US Patent Issued to SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY on May 19 for "Permanently installed in-well dry mate connectors with shape memory alloy technology" (French, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,631,071, issued on May 19, was assigned to SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY Corp. (Sugar Land, Texas).

"Permanently installed in-well dry mate connectors with shape memory alloy technology" was invented by Jean-Luc Garcia (Courcouronnes, France), Yann Dufour (Houston) and Steve Wattelle (Clamart, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A technique facilitates formation of secure connections for use in downhole environments. According to an embodiment, a connector may be constructed as a dry mate connector which provides both a sealed connection and a connection able to withstand a predetermined tensile loading. The connector comprises connector ends...