ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,584,573, issued on March 24, was assigned to Schlumberger Technology Corp. (Sugar Land, Texas).
"Flange assembly" was invented by Muhammad Fuad Bin Mohamed Zain (Singapore), Gobinath Chandrahasan (Singapore), Linyuan Zhan (Singapore) and Zhi Hong Tan (Singapore).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An assembly can include a flange that includes a bore wall, a seal recess, and a radially extending surface between the bore wall and the seal recess; another flange that includes a bore wall, a seal recess, and a radially extending surface between the bore wall and the seal recess; a joint component seated in part in each of the seal recesses to fo...