ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,230,910, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to Siemens Energy AS (Oslo, Norway).
"Single phase coupler" was invented by Steinar Hommedal (Sandvika, Norway), Havard Hamstad (Trondheim, Norway) and Christopher Plant (Lancaster, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A subsea single phase coupler for a subsea connector includes a housing having an inboard end and an outboard end. The inboard end of the housing includes a rigid mount to receive a first wet mate connector part. The outboard end of the housing includes a cradle to receive a second wet mate connector part. The housing further includes a first locating element in the cradle t...