ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,560,050, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to OneSubsea IP UK Ltd. (London).
"Valve system with contingency override" was invented by Samuvel Vellingiri (Houston), Jose Braz (Houston), Hebert Dacorregio Heidenreich (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), David Gwyn (Houston) and Gustavo Gonzalez (Houston).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wellhead module, comprising: a housing, a valve member, an actuator assembly, and a locking mechanism. The valve member extends through an opening at an end of the housing and is translatable between an open position and a closed position. The actuator assembly is disposed within the housing and is configured to translat...