ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,595,713, issued on April 7.
"Externally pressure-testable connector assembly" was invented by Jose Angel Garza (Spring, Texas), Roman Chirko (Tomball, Texas), Joshua Duane Douglas (Pearland, Texas), Richard Adam Bridwell (Houston) and Yaguan Ji (Surry, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connector assembly for securing a first hydrocarbon production system component to a second hydrocarbon production system component includes a connector body having a first end connectable to the first component and a second end connectable to the second component. An annular primary sealing member is positioned between the connector body and the sec...