ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,590,666, issued on March 31, was assigned to AIRBUS OPERATIONS Ltd. (Bristol, Great Britain).
"Coupling for insulated piping" was invented by Samuel Phillips (Bristol, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coupling for insulated piping is disclosed having first and second parts for forming the coupling. The first and second parts include an inner conduit portion for fluid communication with an inner tube of an insulated pipe and an outer conduit portion, the inner conduit portion and outer conduit portion forming therebetween a space for fluid communication with the insulating part of an insulated pipe. In use, cold liquid is t...