ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,352,374, issued on July 8, was assigned to FMC Technologies Inc. (Houston).
"End fittings for flexible pipe segments" was invented by James Cook (Houston), James R. Soltau (Stephenville, Texas), Cody Bedwell (Houston), Corey Massey (Houston) and Yaswanth Kasireddy (Houston).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pipe assembly includes a flexible pipe segment and at least one end fitting. The at least one end fitting includes an end casing coupled to the flexible pipe segment and a seal housing removably coupled to the end casing. The end casing defines a seal housing-receiving bore extending longitudinally through the end casing, and the seal ho...