ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,224,521, issued on Feb. 11, was assigned to ONESUBSEA IP UK Ltd. (London).
"Subsea electrical connector" was invented by Joseph Allan Nicholson (Barrow in Furness, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system includes a first electrical connector configured to removably couple with a second electrical connector. The first electrical connector includes a housing having an axial opening. The first connector also includes a movable support disposed inside the housing. The movable support includes a first connector portion having a first electrical path with a first radial contact electrically coupled to a first axial contact. The f...