US Patent Issued to Halliburton Energy Services on March 25 for "Wet-mate connector assembly with a dielectric grease retainer and a stiffening material in a wellbore" (Singaporean, American, Brazilian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,261,394, issued on March 25, was assigned to Halliburton Energy Services Inc. (Houston).

"Wet-mate connector assembly with a dielectric grease retainer and a stiffening material in a wellbore" was invented by Xiaoguang Allan Zhong (Singapore), Marco Antonio dos Santos Fernandes (Macae, Brazil) and Shengjun Yin (Frisco, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are provided for a wet-mate connector assembly that can include a stiffening material and a dielectric grease retainer for preventing the extrusion of dielectric grease during a wet connect. The wet-mate connector assembly can include a male portion and a female por...