ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,601,244, issued on April 14, was assigned to FMC Technologies Inc. (Houston).
"Flexible pipe connection systems and methods" was invented by James Cook (Houston), Corey Massey (Houston) and John Eden (Houston).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system may a first frac tree having a first inlet, a manifold having a first fluid outlet, and a first flexible pipe. The first flexible pipe may include a first end of the first flexible pipe coupled to the first fluid outlet; a second end of the first flexible pipe is coupled to the first inlet; and a first outer shell rotationally mounted on the manifold, the first outer shell extends from the ma...