US Patent Issued to S3N Ventus on Sept. 29 for "Connector assembly for emergency decoupling of a subsea end fitting of a movable subsea structure" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,747,653, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to S3N Ventus Ltd (Great Britain).

"Connector assembly for emergency decoupling of a subsea end fitting of a movable subsea structure" was invented by Richard Pattison (Ashington, Great Britain), Michael Stanton (Ashington, Great Britain) and Paul Groves (Ashington, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connector assembly for decoupling of an end fitting of a movable subsea structure from a fixed subsea structure. The connector includes a first body having a first end configured for receipt into the tubular subsea structure, a second end formed into a receiving socket portion and one or...