ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,359,521, issued on July 15.
"Remote actuated rotary wellhead connection" was invented by Daine Strankman (Red Deer, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one aspect there is provided a remote actuated rotary wellhead connection system for connecting pressure control equipment to a wellhead. The system comprises a flange assembly connectable to the wellhead, a crossover, a nut assembly to threadably secure the crossover to the flange assembly, and a nut assembly actuator to actuate the nut assembly between a threaded, connected state and an unthreaded, disconnected state. The crossover is connectable to the pressure control equipment, ...