US Patent Issued to FMC Technologies on July 15 for "Overpressure valve system for a subsea manifold" (British, Singaporean, American, Brazilian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,359,540, issued on July 15, was assigned to FMC Technologies Inc. (Houston).

"Overpressure valve system for a subsea manifold" was invented by Leonardo de Araujo Bernardo (Dunfermline, Great Britain), Chung Yong Lim (Singapore), John Calder (Gremp Campus, Texas) and Andre Faisca (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, methods, and devices for relieving overpressure associated with thermal expansion of fluid within a closed cavity of a subsea manifold assembly. The subsea manifold assembly may comprise a header bore fluidly connected to one or more branch connections. A unidirectional valve is included at the branc...