US Patent Issued to BAKER HUGHES OILFIELD OPERATIONS on Oct. 7 for "Downhole component having a variable bending stiffness" (German, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,435,572, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to BAKER HUGHES OILFIELD OPERATIONS LLC (Houston).

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

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bending stiffness control system in a downhole drilling assembly includes a body configured to be connected to a downhole component of the downhole drilling assembly, the body having a longitudinal axis. The bending stiffness control system also includes a cavity disposed within the bod...