ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,281,689, issued on April 22, was assigned to FIRST SUBSEA Ltd. (Lancaster, Great Britain).
"Mounting device for an elongate member" was invented by Craig Richard Thomson (Lancaster, Great Britain), Anthony John Little (Lancaster, Great Britain), Stephen Bennett (Lancaster, Great Britain) and Daniel Mark Giddings (Lancaster, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mounting device for an elongate member, comprising: an elongate housing having an elongate axis; an internal passageway passing through the elongate housing parallel to the elongate axis; an elongate sleeve located within the internal passageway and being configured for lo...