ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,754, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Schlumberger Technology Corp. (Sugar Land, Texas).
"Clamp-to-fastlock converter" was invented by Sebastien Bories (Beziers, France), David Sanchez (Beziers, France) and Jerome Proust (Beziers, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A clamp for coupling two tubular members together includes an annular body. The clamp also includes a plurality of fixed segments that are configured to be secured at least partially within a recess formed in an inner surface of the body. The fixed segments are circumferentially offset from one another with respect to a central longitudinal axis through the body. The fi...