US Patent Issued to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL on Aug. 18 for "Corrosion-free welding connection for reinforced thermoplastic pipes (RTP)" (French, British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,710,118, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"Corrosion-free welding connection for reinforced thermoplastic pipes (RTP)" was invented by Francisco Daniel Nieves Bogonez (Claverham, Great Britain), Abderrazak Traidia (Lussan, France) and Thibault Villette (Belfort, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "System and method for a connection system including a coupler disposed internally between a first pipe and a second pipe, a set of wedges positioned circumferentially around an outer surface of each of the first and second pipe, and a spacer positioned circumferentially around the coupler a...