US Patent Issued to RB Distribution on Oct. 27 for "Apparatus for protecting a catalytic converter" (Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,774,671, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to RB Distribution Inc. (Colmar, Pa.).

"Apparatus for protecting a catalytic converter" was invented by Ricardo Llorente Ruiz (Perkasie, Pa.) and Daniel E. Theobold (Center Valley, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for protecting a component of an exhaust system using a hinged clamp. The clamp has grouped links that are joined by hinge pins that fit within apertures in the links and the grouped links are movable relative to each other about the hinges. A closer that draws the ends of selected links together is also disclosed."

The patent was filed on April 18, 2023, under Applicatio...