US Patent Issued to TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITEIT EINDHOVEN on May 12 for "Coupling device and combination and assembly thereof with a tube" (Dutch Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,623,183, issued on May 12, was assigned to TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITEIT EINDHOVEN (Eindhoven, Netherlands).

"Coupling device and combination and assembly thereof with a tube" was invented by Fausto Gallucci (Eindhoven, Netherlands) and Madan Bindraban (Eindhoven, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a coupling device for a tube having a Palladium-based membrane deposited thereon, for use in separation and purification of hydrogen in a hydrogen separator or reactor. The coupling device has an inlet for gas and configured to couple said tube to the inlet; a body part with a cylindrical opening for receiving the tub...