US Patent Issued to Chevron U.S.A., ADVANCED INNERGY on Feb. 18 for "Device for monitoring strain of an elongate underwater member" (British, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,228,463, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to Chevron U.S.A. Inc. (San Ramon, Calif.) and ADVANCED INNERGY Ltd. (Gloucester, Great Britain).

"Device for monitoring strain of an elongate underwater member" was invented by Antonio Critsinelis (Houston), Yiannis Constantinides (Katy, Texas), Will Twelvetrees (Skelmersdale, Great Britain), Sid Mebarkia (Sugar Land, Texas) and Austin Harbison (Skelmersdale, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device (10) for monitoring strain of an elongate member (12) is deployed underwater. The device (10) comprises a first clamp (14) configured to embrace and couple to the elongate member (12) at ...