ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,215,805, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to Balmoral Comtec Ltd. (Aberdeen, Great Britain).
"Subsea line clamp assembly" was invented by Aneel Gill (Monifieth Tayside, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A subsea line clamp assembly (1) has a body (10) having an axis and a clamp member (50), assembled in segments around a subsea line (3), and tethered to a subsea anchor (5). The clamp member (50) is movably located within the body (10). The inner surface of the body (10) and the outer surface of the clamp member (50) have respective tapered portions as part of teeth (32, 72) arranged to inter-engage. Adjacent teeth (32, 72) may be...