US Patent Issued to ASC ENGINEERED SOLUTIONS on March 31 for "Pre-assembled coupling assembly with cap" (Rhode Island Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,590,657, issued on March 31, was assigned to ASC ENGINEERED SOLUTIONS LLC (Oak Brook, Ill.).

"Pre-assembled coupling assembly with cap" was invented by Matthew William McNamara (Portsmouth, R.I.), Jordan Cameron Belen (West Warwick, R.I.) and Stephen Eric Scott (North Kingstown, R.I.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pipe fitting is disclosed that can be configured for engagement with a coupling. The coupling can include a first ridge and a second ridge opposite the first ridge, and can define a coupling bore extending from the first ridge to the second ridge. A cap can extend into the coupling bore of the coupling. A gasket can be posit...