US Patent Issued to Baker Hughes Pressure Control on April 21 for "Mechanically locked actuator system and method" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,607,277, issued on April 21, was assigned to Baker Hughes Pressure Control LLC (Houston).

"Mechanically locked actuator system and method" was invented by Keith Adams (Katy, Texas), Lauren Valera (Houston) and Javier Garcia (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A spring force assembly a sleeve coupled to a valve stem and configured to move axially along a valve axis responsive to movement of the valve stem. The spring force assembly also includes a collet positioned circumferentially about the sleeve, wherein an interface between the sleeve and the collet is used to transmit force from the sleeve to the collet. The spring force assemb...