US Patent Issued on Jan. 20 for "Automated system and process for vertically assembling and disassembling a wireline bottom hole assembly" (Texas Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,529,289, issued on Jan. 20.

"Automated system and process for vertically assembling and disassembling a wireline bottom hole assembly" was invented by Jerred Smith (Wichita Falls, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An automated system and process for vertically assembling and disassembling a wireline bottom hole assembly (BHA) comprises one or more robots, and a structure comprising a receiver assembly. The receiver assembly comprises a conduit adapted to permit respective bottom hole assembly sections to be moved between an interior and an exterior of the structure. The robots are structured to retrieve bottom hole assembly components...