US Patent Issued to TechnipFMC Norge AS on Sept. 29 for "Subsea actuation sub-system" (Norwegian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,747,650, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to TechnipFMC Norge AS (Kongsberg, Norway).

"Subsea actuation sub-system" was invented by Espen Brauti (Kongsberg, Norway), Stig Mathisen (Kongsberg, Norway), Deviprasad M S Bhat (Kongsberg, Norway) and Heyn H. Magnus (Kongsberg, Norway).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A subsea actuation sub-system comprising a position indicator and a rotation-to-linear mechanism is disclosed. The rotation-to-linear mechanism being fixable to a subsea structure comprising a valve with a valve stem, and being connectable to the valve stem of the valve for moving the valve between an open position and a closed posi...