ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,729,792, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Airbus Operations GmbH (Hamburg, Germany).
"Coupling for double-walled tubes" was invented by Steffen Wiegand (Hamburg, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A support for coaxial flanges of a double-coaxial coupling includes a circular support structure providing a primary mounting zone for attaching a primary flange for connecting a primary outer tube, and a secondary mounting zone for attaching a secondary flange for connecting a coaxial secondary inner tube. The primary and the secondary mounting zones are spaced apart from each other in a radial direction for centering the primary and the...