ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,618,504, issued on May 5.
"Connector for subsea pipelines and risers, and repair of a pipeline or riser utilizing the connector" was invented by Lyman J. Dolan III (Houston).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connector (30) for pipelines and risers has a body (34) with a packing and scaling (36) is connected thereto. A plurality of elastomeric packing seals (38) are provided between the body (34) and a pipe or riser. A packing and scaling reaction ring (42) is provided at an end of the body (34) opposite the packing/seal flange (36) and abuts the last of the plurality of elastomeric packing seals (38). An outer fastener bolt circle (44) is fo...