ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,498,070, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Flexible Engineered Solutions Ltd. (Northumberland, Great Britain).
"Marine breakaway couplings" was invented by Ian Latimer (Stannington, Great Britain) and Michael Stanton (Backcrofts, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A breakaway coupling system for an offloading string comprises a first coupling part 101 and a second coupling part 102. The coupling parts are connectable together to form a conduit through which fluid can flow and separable from each other to seal the conduit. The system further comprises movement sensing means 160, 162, 166, 168 arranged to sense movement of the t...