US Patent Issued on June 3 for "End of tubing carrier tool and method for releasably securing same to end of a tubular" (Texas Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,320,228, issued on June 3.

"End of tubing carrier tool and method for releasably securing same to end of a tubular" was invented by Gary N. Brint (Katy, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An end of tubing carrier tool is provided for running through and attaching to the end of a tubular. The tool includes a body section, a lower collet on a distal portion of the body section. The lower collet includes lugs for contacting an exterior surface of the end of the tubular. A lower collet expander expands the lower collet. A mandrel section is arranged movably within and releasably lockable to the body section, and is configured to move the lo...