US Patent Issued to Caillau on March 17 for "Clamping system for connecting tubes, comprising a collar and a seal" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,578,044, issued on March 17, was assigned to Caillau (Issy-les-Moulineaux, France).

"Clamping system for connecting tubes, comprising a collar and a seal" was invented by Abdelfettah Zinbi (Romorantin-Lanthenay, France), Quentin Minet (Villentrois, France) and Eric Mesnard (Tours en Sologne, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The clamping system is used to connect a first and a second tube whose facing ends have bearing surfaces protruding relative to their cylindrical external surface. The clamping system has a clampable collar and a seal. The collar includes a belt able to cooperate with the bearing surfaces of the tubes by this in...