US Patent Issued to The Boeing on July 28 for "Mitigation of vibration in pipe systems" (Arizona Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,692,960, issued on July 28, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).

"Mitigation of vibration in pipe systems" was invented by Alin Ifrim (Surprise, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A liquid flow-induced vibration suppression device, system, and method are disclosed. In an embodiment, the device is a mounting ring or hoop to which fin-shaped strakes are secured. The hoop is affixable to an interior wall of a first pipe positioned upstream of, and connected by a flexible joint to, a second pipe. The strakes are angled inwardly from the interior wall, and are positioned adjacent to an interface of the first pipe and the flexibl...