ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,392,159, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to WOOD THILSTED LTD. (London).

"Set of flanges; an installation comprising a set of flanges and a method of providing the installation" was invented by William Beckinsale (London), Vaughan Pryce-Jenkins (London), Christian Leblanc Thilsted (London), Alastair Muir Wood (London), Daniel Bonnett (London), Morten Nielsen (London) and Matthew Simms (London).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A set of flanges, an installation including the set of flange and a method for providing the installation are disclosed. The set of flanges includes a first annular flange with a first front side and a second annular f...