ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,988, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Cameron International Corp. (Houston).
"Seal monitoring system" was invented by Haw Keat Lim (Singapore), Yong Wee Lee (Singapore), Albert Christian (Singapore), Boon Hao Hee (Singapore) and Ping Cheng Lai (Singapore).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A seal monitoring system includes at least one sensor configured to couple to an outer surface of a housing and to output a sensor signal indicative of deformation of the housing. The housing is configured to receive an insert within an internal cavity of the housing, and an engageable seal is configured to selectively establish a seal between the inser...