ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,546,178, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Cameron International Corp. (Houston).

"Split housing connector assembly for a wellhead" was invented by Dennis P. Nguyen (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A split housing connector assembly for a wellhead housing includes a housing portion, a connector portion, and multiple fasteners configured to couple the housing portion and the connector portion to one another. The connector portion includes at least one tapered portion to enable the multiple fasteners to be within an outer diameter of the connector portion while the multiple fasteners couple the housing portion and the connector por...