ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,624,779, issued on May 12, was assigned to AVK HOLDING A/S (Galten, Denmark).
"Pipe coupling for connecting circular elements" was invented by Christian Henrik Simonsen (Ulstrup, Denmark).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pipe coupling for connecting circular elements, including a clamping ring having an inner annular concave groove and at least one fastener arranged to contract the clamping ring, where the pipe coupling further includes a plurality of grip elements each having a plurality of gripping protrusions on an inwards facing surface and a convex protrusion on an opposite outwards facing surface, where the convex protrusion of the p...