US Patent Issued to Stress Engineering Services on June 24 for "Precision high-temperature hydrogen attack apparatus" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,339,258, issued on June 24, was assigned to Stress Engineering Services Inc. (Houston).

"Precision high-temperature hydrogen attack apparatus" was invented by Steven Kinyon (Magnolia, Texas), Dustin McKnight (Waller, Texas) and David Murphey (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and apparatus for measuring corrosion damage in a sample while under a bending load at a desired temperature and pressure to simulate production environments and accelerate hydrogen attack on the sample undergoing hoop stress, axial stress, and/or tensile stress, while controlling the exposure rate to hydrogen and increasing the safety of using pressur...