US Patent Issued to TruComp Pipe on June 30 for "Method and apparatus for reinforcing piping and installing a pipe adapter" (Kansas Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,669,208, issued on June 30, was assigned to TruComp Pipe LLC (Ohawa, Kan.).

"Method and apparatus for reinforcing piping and installing a pipe adapter" was invented by Todd A. Volker (Overland Park, Kan.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pipe adapter assembly joining first ends of two pipes. The adapter includes a temperature probe for measuring the temperature of a butt joint between the first ends of the two pipes, and a layer of reinforcement material wrapped around the joined ends of the pipes and the temperature probe. A pipe adapter is coupled to a second end of the first pipe, and covers least a portion of the adapter covers at lea...