US Patent Issued to ITP on Aug. 25 for "Device for closing off a segment of pipe-in-pipe pipeline comprising a water detector" (French Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,716,540, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to ITP SA (Louveciennes, France).

"Device for closing off a segment of pipe-in-pipe pipeline comprising a water detector" was invented by Christian Geertsen (Versailles, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for sealing off a segment of pipe-in-pipe pipeline including an inner pipe and an outer pipe between which an insulating material is interposed, and including a water detector. The device includes: a first plug for closing off the inner pipe, a tubular extension welded to the end of the outer pipe, the free end of the extension extending beyond the first plug and being closed off by a...