US Patent Issued on Feb. 4 for "Hose lift and connection assembly and method of use with a top drive cement head" (Colorado, Oklahoma Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,215,561, issued on Feb. 4.

"Hose lift and connection assembly and method of use with a top drive cement head" was invented by Nicolas Rogozinski (Evergreen, Colo.) and Henry E. Rogers (Owasso, Okla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hose lift and connection assembly for use with a top drive head includes a stinger housing and a stinger. The stinger housing is to connect to the top drive head and includes a main manifold connected to a side port assembly to direct fluid to the top drive head, a tubular body having flow ports to direct fluid flow into the side port assembly, and a latch mechanism having an open configuration to receive a sti...