ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,756,148, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to VAT Holding AG (Haag, Switzerland).
"Connecting device" was invented by Karl-Heinz Frast (Hohenems, Austria).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connecting device (1) for a line system for passing through charged particles, the connecting device (1) having first and second flanges (2, 4) and a bellows (6). The first flange (2) and the second flange (4) are connected to each other with the interposition of the bellows (6), and the first flange (2) and the second flange (4) are movable relative to one another to compensate for displacements in the line system in a longitudinal direction (7) and in at l...