ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,742,510, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to Krausz Industries Ltd. (Rosh HaAyin, Israel).

"Retaining device for end rings of pipe coupling" was invented by Liron Golan (Kfar Sava, Israel) and Sergey Ryvzh (Rishon LeZion, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pipe coupling includes a body, a center ring at each end of the body, and an end ring coupled to the center ring by means of an annular rim located at an axially-inner end of the end ring. The annular rim extends radially outwards to form an annular hollow portion that fits over and is coupled to the center ring. A retaining device is positioned to snugly press against the annula...