US Patent Issued to OMEGA FLEX on Oct. 14 for "Arc resistant corrugated tubing system with protective jacket and fitting" (Pennsylvania Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,442,470, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to OMEGA FLEX INC. (Exton, Pa.).

"Arc resistant corrugated tubing system with protective jacket and fitting" was invented by Steven A. Treichel (West Chester, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tubing apparatus includes corrugated tubing including convolutions of peaks and valleys; an electrically conductive or semi-conductive, polymer jacket disposed along an exterior length of the corrugated tubing; wherein the jacket includes a conductive material in an amount sufficient to protect the corrugated tubing from damage resulting from electrical arcing at levels of at least 9 coulombs at a wavefor...