ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,259,130, issued on March 25, was assigned to THE SCHEBLER Co. (Bettendorf, Iowa).
"Joint seal system and method" was invented by Bradley Zogg (Blue Grass, Iowa), David Bruggeman (Matherville, Ill.), Al Landwher (Sheffield, Ill.) and Jason Heinz (Davenport, Iowa).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A joint seal system and method may include a seal and a band. The seal may be positioned between abutting flanges of two adjacent duct sections. A band may be positioned over the two flanges and the flange interface. The joint seal system and method may be configured to mitigate and/or eliminate leakage of pressure, flue gases, condensate, and/or an...