US Patent Issued to Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations on March 25 for "Compliant compression plate for a slip hanger or packoff" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,258,827, issued on March 25, was assigned to Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLC (Houston).

"Compliant compression plate for a slip hanger or packoff" was invented by Samuel Cheng (Katy, Texas) and Paul Cody (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In at least one embodiment, a compression plate to be used with a slip hanger or a packoff in oilfield equipment is disclosed. The compression plate includes one or more grooves or slots extending circumferentially with respect to an axis of the slip hanger or the packoff. The compression plate is to be associated with an annulus seal gland of the slip hanger or the packoff and is to enable a...