US Patent Issued to KIM on Oct. 20 for "Bop pipe connection system" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,768,478, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to KIM Co. LTD. (Changwon-si, South Korea).

"Bop pipe connection system" was invented by Hong Min Kim (Busan, South Korea) and Geum Je Park (Changwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A BOP pipe connection system includes: a shaft formed in a circular trajectory in a plurality and rotated by an external force, and having a shaft screw thread formed on an outer circumferential surface; roller screws provided in a plurality on the outer circumferential surface of the shaft, and having roller screw threads formed on each outer circumferential surface so as to be gear-engaged with the sha...