ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,378,837, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Schlumberger Technology Corp. (Sugar Land, Texas).
"Blowout preventer ram seals and ram blocks" was invented by Ray Zonoz (Sugar Land, Texas) and Miguel Urrutia (Rosharon, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ram assembly of a BOP includes a ram block including a top cavity formed on a top of the ram block, a first side cavity formed on a first side of the ram block, a second side cavity formed on a second side of the ram block, a top seal disposed in the top cavity, a first side packer assembly disposed in the first side cavity, a second side packer assembly disposed in the second side cavity,...