US Patent Issued to Hydril USA Distribution on May 12 for "Integrated composite seals for ram body" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,624,610, issued on May 12, was assigned to Hydril USA Distribution LLC (Houston).

"Integrated composite seals for ram body" was invented by Manuel Garibay (Houston), Michael Denk (Houston), Joseph Incavo (Houston) and Justin Fenske (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A seal in a ram body includes an integrated structure of a first composite material having at least one channel and a second composite material within such at least one channel, which in turn allows movement therethrough of such a second composite material during energizing of a ram body and which allows return of such a second composite material to, at least in part, an ...