US Patent Issued to Trenergy Investments on Jan. 28 for "Temporary pipe plugging device for extreme pressure" (Texas Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,209,480, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to Trenergy Investments LLC (Conroe, Texas).

"Temporary pipe plugging device for extreme pressure" was invented by Kevin Trahan (Magnolia, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus that provides for the temporary plugging of a pipe string is disclosed. In an embodiment, the apparatus is a temporary tubing plug apparatus comprising a housing having an axial internal passageway. The housing being connected to a pipe string on at least a first end of the housing. The temporary tubing plug apparatus also includes a frangible plug. The frangible plug having a first support surface and a second ...