US Patent Issued to FMC Technologies on Aug. 11 for "Overpressure compensation systems and assemblies for a subsea manifold" (British, Brazilian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,704,862, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to FMC Technologies Inc. (Houston).

"Overpressure compensation systems and assemblies for a subsea manifold" was invented by Leonardo de Araujo Bernardo (Dunfermline, Great Britain), Guilherme Sousa Moura (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), Huei Lai (Linlithgow, Great Britain), Andre Faisca (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) and Gustavo Antonio Vieira Borges (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, methods, and devices for compensating overpressure associated with thermal expansion of fluid within a closed cavity of a subsea manifold assembly. At least one piston assembly may be included and se...