ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,385,588, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to M&M INTERNATIONAL LLC (Cade, La.).
"Side entry sub" was invented by Tripp Capel Staples (Youngsville, La.), Shaun Paul Montet (Youngsville, La.), Juan Carlos Hincapie (Broussard, La.) and Johnson M. McKnight (Youngsville, La.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A side entry sub has an elongated main body with a longitudinal bore and a side passage intersecting the longitudinal bore. A removable hub has a nose portion which threadably engages mating threads in the side passage, with a resilient seal on the nose portion providing a fluid seal with the main body. The threads are formed such that a flan...