US Patent Issued to AIRBUS OPERATIONS on Oct. 27 for "Pipe spacer" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,774,764, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to AIRBUS OPERATIONS Ltd. (Bristol, Great Britain).

"Pipe spacer" was invented by Callum Johnson (Bristol, Great Britain) and Anthony Bryant (Bristol, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pipe spacer for separating inner and outer pipes of a double-walled pipe is disclosed including an inner circumferential bearing surface for contacting an inner pipe of a double-walled pipe assembly; an outer circumferential bearing surface for contacting an outer pipe of the double-walled pipe assembly; at least three inner lobes, each of the inner lobes having an apex on which lies the inner circumfer...