US Patent Issued to TCO Group AS on July 14 for "Plug breaker" (Norwegian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,680,405, issued on July 14, was assigned to TCO Group AS (Indre Arna, Norway).

"Plug breaker" was invented by Tommy Eriksen (Voss, Norway), Anja Berge Bauman (Kleppesto, Norway) and Richard Hagvag Ringstad (Indre Arna, Norway).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A plug breaker system including: a plug breaker including a breaker body, a pressure catcher arranged on the breaker body, a release element, a breaker object; and a plug assembly including a plug, supported by a seat; and a breaker tubular including an upstream tubular portion and a downstream tubular portion, wherein the upstream tubular portion is located upstream of the plug and th...