US Patent Issued to Halliburton Energy Services on March 25 for "Auto-insulating concentric wet-mate electrical connector for downhole applications" (American, Brazilian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,261,386, issued on March 25, was assigned to Halliburton Energy Services Inc. (Houston).

"Auto-insulating concentric wet-mate electrical connector for downhole applications" was invented by Lorenzzo Minassa (Tomball, Texas) and Marco Antonio dos Santos Fernandes (Macae, Brazil).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wet-mate connector assembly can include a male portion having a male electrical contact with a valve metal alloy thereon. The wet-mate connector assembly can also include a female portion having a female electrical contact with the valve metal alloy thereon. The female portion can receive the male portion for defining a fluid flow ...