US Patent Issued to BAKER HUGHES OILFIELD OPERATIONS on July 29 for "Downhole component having a variable bending stiffness" (German, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,371,951, issued on July 29, was assigned to BAKER HUGHES OILFIELD OPERATIONS LLC (Houston).

"Downhole component having a variable bending stiffness" was invented by Volker Peters (Celle, Germany), Paul Madero (Cypress, Texas), Sven Krueger (Winsen, Germany), Andreas Peter (Celle, Germany) and Christian Fulda (Sehnde, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An embodiment of a coupling device is configured to be disposed in a borehole string in a borehole in a subterranean region. The coupling device includes a coupler body having a longitudinal axis, the coupler body including an elongated shaft extending along the longitudinal axis and co...