US Patent Issued to THE VICTAULIC COMPANY OF JAPAN on Feb. 17 for "Repair joint device and method of assembling the same" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,553,563, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to THE VICTAULIC COMPANY OF JAPAN Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Repair joint device and method of assembling the same" was invented by Shinichi Asada (Kobe, Japan) and Masao Naito (Kobe, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A repair joint device capable of joining by welding divided housings and of facilitating the welding operation; and includes a plurality of circumferentially divided housings, wherein each divided housing has a divided sleeve, a pair of end plates provided on both end portions of the divided sleeve, and a seal accommodation projection provided on each end plate. A projection-free area is form...