ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,687,247, issued on July 21, was assigned to HS R & A Co. Ltd. (Yangsan-si, South Korea).
"Pipe connection device" was invented by Kwonsik Hwang (Yangsan-si, South Korea), Youngjun Kim (Yangsan-si, South Korea) and Jaewon Sim (Yangsan-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pipe connection device may include a pipe and a flange. The pipe may include a first region and a second region extended perpendicularly to the first region. The flange may include a coupling hole into which at least a portion of the second region of the pipe is joined. The coupling hole may include a first part and a second part. The first part may include a ...