US Patent Issued to Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations on June 23 for "Conductor insulation anchoring system" (Oklahoma Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,665,326, issued on June 23, was assigned to Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLC (Houston).

"Conductor insulation anchoring system" was invented by James Christopher Clingman (Broken Arrow, Okla.), Nicholas William Pond (Broken Arrow, Okla.) and Spencer Wilcox (Claremore, Okla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The unintended retraction of extruded insulation from a conductor causes reliability and safety concerns. A variety of insulation lock mechanisms are designed to prevent the insulation layer of an insulated lead from retracting and exposing uninsulated portions of the conductor. The insulation lock mechanism can be included between t...