US Patent Issued to TechnipFMC Subsea France on Aug. 11 for "Thermoplastic composite hose for transporting fluid and flexible pipe comprising same" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,704,208, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to TechnipFMC Subsea France (France).

"Thermoplastic composite hose for transporting fluid and flexible pipe comprising same" was invented by Thomas Epsztein (Rouen, France), Anh-Tuan Do (Cormeilles en Parisis, France) and Loic Lugiery (Le Pecq, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A thermoplastic composite pipe intended for transporting fluids that includes, from the inside toward the outside: a tubular internal sheath; a reinforcing composite structure around the tubular sheath and which is bonded to the tubular sheath, the reinforcing composite structure comprising a winding of at least two la...