US Patent Issued to UPONOR INNOVATION on Oct. 21 for "Cold expansion pipe fitting, pipe connection, system, equipment, and method" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,449,083, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to UPONOR INNOVATION AB (Virsbo, Sweden).

"Cold expansion pipe fitting, pipe connection, system, equipment, and method" was invented by Duane Adelman (Lakeville, Minn.) and Adam Platt (Lakeville, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pipe fitting (100) includes a tubular connecting part (101); the tubular connecting part being configured to be inserted into an expanded pipe end section (111) of a pipe (110) having a first circumferential intact sealing region (113) on the inner surface (112) of the pipe end section (111); the tubular connecting part comprising a first radially outwards extending ...