ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,651,688, issued on June 9, was assigned to SIEMENS ENERGY AS (Oslo, Norway).

"Subsea control and power enclosure" was invented by Steinar Hommedal (Sandvika, Norway), Swethnag Mahidhar Padakandla (Heimdal, Norway) and Helyson Parente (Trondheim, Norway).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An enclosure (10) for a subsea control and power arrangement (12), the enclosure (10) comprises: a cannister (14) and a lid (16), a connector assembly (20), a first volume compensator (22) and a second volume compensator (30). The cannister (14) and the lid (16) form an enclosure volume (18). The first volume compensator (22) having a first chamber (23), the f...