ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,986, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Baker Hughes Energy Technology UK Ltd. (Great Britain).
"End fitting apparatus and method" was invented by Carol Benirschke (Newcastle upon Tyne, Great Britain) and Andrew Roberts (Newcastle upon Tyne, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An end fitting (400) for a flexible pipe is disclosed. The end fitting comprises a window (410) and a cavity (402) disposed in the end fitting radially inwards of the window and configured to be in fluid communication with an annulus of the flexible pipe, wherein at least a portion of the cavity (402) is visible from the exterior of the end fitting via t...