ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,486,842, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to SPM Oil & Gas Inc. (Fort Worth, Texas).
"Removable packing gland assembly" was invented by Adalberto Cortes (Fort Worth, Texas), Alireza Atabaie (Keller, Texas) and Chandu Kumar (Fort Worth, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A packing gland assembly may include a packing gland housing defining a bore extending from a front end to a rear end of the packing gland housing. The packing gland housing may include a flange having a front face, that defines the front end of the packing gland housing, and a rear face. The flange may define a plurality of apertures that extend from the front face of the...