US Patent Issued to ASC ENGINEERED SOLUTIONS on Aug. 4 for "Method of securing a pipe in a hanger" (Rhode Island Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,698,848, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to ASC ENGINEERED SOLUTIONS LLC (Oak Brook, Ill.).

"Method of securing a pipe in a hanger" was invented by Jordan Cameron Belen (West Warwick, R.I.), Matthew William McNamara (Portsmouth, R.I.) and Jason F. Santos (Providence, R.I.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of securing a pipe in a hanger includes supporting the pipe with a suspension member; inserting a threaded rod through the suspension member; placing a lock tab washer on the threaded rod; threading a nut on the threaded rod; preventing the lock tab washer from rotating with respect to the suspension member by folding a first tab of...