US Patent Issued to ENDSERV INSPECAO DE EQUIPAMENTOS E MATERIAIS, PETROLEO BRASILEIRO S.A.-PETROBRAS on May 6 for "Pipe repair and the methods for operational fixing and definitive welding thereof" (Brazilian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,292,153, issued on May 6, was assigned to ENDSERV INSPECAO DE EQUIPAMENTOS E MATERIAIS LTDA (Serra, Brazil) and PETROLEO BRASILEIRO S.A.-PETROBRAS (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil).

"Pipe repair and the methods for operational fixing and definitive welding thereof" was invented by Fabio Correia Do Rosario (Serra, Brazil) and Tatyana Soriano De Oliveira (Serra, Brazil).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to the repair of pipes, comprising a two-part ring fixed initially by a compression unit which allows the execution of longitudinal welding in order definitively to fix the two-part ring, via apertures, before the compressi...