US Patent Issued to Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations on Oct. 7 for "Adjustable flowline connections" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,435,819, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLC (Houston).

"Adjustable flowline connections" was invented by Jeremy Choate (Houston), Keith Adams (Katy, Texas), Mahesha Udipi (Houston), Brian N. Munk (Houston) and Blanca Estela Montoya (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tubular connection system includes a connector coupled to a tubular segment, the connector having a first bore with a first bore diameter and a mating connector coupled to the connector, the mating connector having a second bore with a second bore diameter. The connector includes a plurality of connector lugs extending into the first ...