ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,540,516, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Cameron International Corp. (Houston).
"Short wellhead system for a mineral extraction system" was invented by Brandon Blake Shirley (Houston) and Dennis P. Nguyen (Houston).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hanger running assembly for a wellhead includes a hanger to support a casing. The hanger running assembly also includes a seal assembly with a push ring and a seal body to support one or more seal elements. The hanger running assembly further includes a torque tool coupled to the push ring via one or more shear pins, wherein rotation of the torque tool in a first direction while the one or more...