ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,297,934, issued on May 13, was assigned to SPM Oil & Gas Inc. (Fort Worth, Texas).

"Flowline quick connector assembly" was invented by Jacob Bayyouk (Richardson, Texas), Emma Henderson (Glasgow, Great Britain) and Phillip Richard Damian Agius (West Lothian, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A flowline connector assembly may include a first flowline member having a first cylindrical passageway and a first stop extending radially outward from an outer surface of the first flowline member, and a second flowline member having an annular configuration defining a second cylindrical passageway. The flowline connector assembly may inc...