US Patent Issued to Innovex International on May 19 for "Rigidized seal assembly using automated space-out mechanism" (Texas Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,631,083, issued on May 19, was assigned to Innovex International Inc. (Humble, Texas).

"Rigidized seal assembly using automated space-out mechanism" was invented by Andrew B. Mitchell (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A seal assembly is provided. The seal includes an upper body; a lower body having a seal for sealing between a first wellhead system component and a second wellhead system component; and a space-out mechanism disposed between the upper body and the lower body, the space-out mechanism comprising a ramp ring having at least one tapered surface. The upper body has at least one tapered surface configured to interface with ...