US Patent Issued to WESTLAKE PIPE & FITTINGS on April 7 for "Pipe joint insert device, pipe joint assembly, and methods of forming same" (Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,595,869, issued on April 7, was assigned to WESTLAKE PIPE & FITTINGS Corp. (Houston).

"Pipe joint insert device, pipe joint assembly, and methods of forming same" was invented by Andrew Wells (Wayne, Pa.) and Joshua E. Clapper (Downingtown, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A polymer pipe includes a length between a first end and a second end, the length and the first end having a first diameter. The second end is a belled or female end having a second diameter larger than the first diameter. An insert device is received within the second end and has an annular body formed of a body material and has a spline portion formed as a part of ...