ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,590,635, issued on March 31, was assigned to Schlumberger Technology Corp. (Sugar Land, Texas).
"Metal end cap seal" was invented by Thomas Evrard (Clamart, France), Steve Wattelle (Clamart, France) and Richard Windslow (Rosharon, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A metal end cap seal including metal end caps bonded to a central elastomer component is provided. In one embodiment, a metal end cap seal includes two metal end caps and a central elastomer component. The central elastomer component can be bonded to the metal end caps. The elastomer can include FFKM. Additional systems, devices, and methods are also disclosed."
The patent...