US Patent Issued to Fluoramics on May 12 for "Polyurethane pipe thread tape assembly" (Minnesota Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,624,778, issued on May 12, was assigned to Fluoramics Inc. (Lewiston, Minn.).

"Polyurethane pipe thread tape assembly" was invented by Gregg Gerald Reick (Minnesota City, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Some embodiments include a polyurethane pipe thread tape and a pipe thread tape assembly including the pipe thread tape and a paper liner, and in some instances a casting layer. The pipe thread tape can include a polyurethane film and an adhesive. The pipe thread tape can be wrapped around external threads at an end region of a first piping component. The wrapped end region of the first piping component can be attached to an internall...