US Patent Issued to CROWN OIL TOOLS on Jan. 28 for "Gravity actuated connection mechanism for high pressure wellhead applications" (South Carolina Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,209,473, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to CROWN OIL TOOLS LLC (Humble, Texas).

"Gravity actuated connection mechanism for high pressure wellhead applications" was invented by Ross Pliska (Rock Hill, S.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pressurizable assembly which comprises first and second assemblies. The first assembly has a plurality of cam grooves while the second assembly is size and shaped to intimately receive and mate with the first assembly. The second assembly has a connection member a plurality of radially mounted locking pin mechanisms for interacting with one of the plurality of spaced apart cam grooves. Axial movement of...