ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,352,126, issued on July 8, was assigned to Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLC (Houston).
"Seal arrangement and system" was invented by Wade Miller (Broken Arrow, Okla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A seal arrangement includes a seal assembly and a seal subassembly in operable contact with the seal assembly. The seal subassembly is configured to impart energy to the seal assembly to promote sealing of the seal assembly with a mating surface. A non-sealing feature of the seal subassembly depends from the seal subassembly and is interactive with a load shoulder of a structure adjacent the seal subassembly. The seal arrangement redirects a...