US Patent Issued to OneSubsea IP UK on April 7 for "Subsea connection enhancement assembly" (British, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,595,712, issued on April 7, was assigned to OneSubsea IP UK Ltd. (London).

"Subsea connection enhancement assembly" was invented by Jonathan Mark Frankland (Leeds, Great Britain) and Scott Ward (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A subsea connector assembly for coupling a spool member to a wellhead member, comprising a connector and a bending moment suppression device coupled to the connector. The connector includes a lock assembly configured to engage a first portion of a wellhead member. The bending moment suppression device is configured to engage a second portion of the wellhead member, wherein the second portion is spaced axiall...