US Patent Issued to TRELLEBORG RIDDERKERK on May 13 for "Low-pressure tubular system comprising expansion joints" (Dutch Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,297,941, issued on May 13, was assigned to TRELLEBORG RIDDERKERK B.V. (Ridderkerk, Netherlands).

"Low-pressure tubular system comprising expansion joints" was invented by Dirk Jan Dingeman Van Waardhuizen (Ridderkerk, Netherlands) and Simon Wolfert (Ridderkerk, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A low-pressure tubular system includes a multitude of interconnected tube sections having a longitudinal axis. Each of the tube sections includes a central part and two outer end parts. The tubular system is configured to maintain a low-pressure environment within the connected tube sections. The system further includes a multitude of exp...