ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,341,286, issued on June 24, was assigned to SIEMENS ENERGY Ltd. (Newcastle Upon Tyne, Great Britain).
"Subsea dummy insert" was invented by Cameron Brennan (Bothwell, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dummy insert (20) for a plug (12) of a connector assembly (11), the dummy insert (20) comprises a forward end (45) and a rearward end (46), an insert body (22), an array of shuttle pin assemblies (24), a retention plate (26). The insert body (22) has an internal wall (42) and a plurality of guide tubes (36). The plurality of guide tubes (36) extends generally forwardly from the internal wall (42). The retention plate (26) is lo...