US Patent Issued to ENKI on May 13 for "Method of welding a sleeve to a tube, and device obtained thereby" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,542, issued on May 13, was assigned to ENKI S.R.L. (Concesio, Italy).

"Method of welding a sleeve to a tube, and device obtained thereby" was invented by Matteo Storer (Collebeato, Italy), Nicola Spatarella (Brescia, Italy), Simona Pasotti (Concesio, Italy) and Monica Venturini (Bovezzo, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of welding a sleeve (10) to a tube (20) includes putting onto end portions (11) of the sleeve (10) respective protective elements (40), of a material that cannot be fused with the materials of the sleeve (10) and of the outer coating (24) of the tube (20); applying on each end portion (11) of the sleeve (...