ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,312,899, issued on May 27, was assigned to Beyond Energy Services and Technology Corp. (Calgary, Canada).
"Powered clamp assembly" was invented by Charles Erle Norvila (Blackfalds, Canada), Stewart George Wilson (Red Deer, Canada), Scott Rypstra (Red Deer, Canada) and George James Michaud (Beaumont, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A powered clamp assembly for use on a rotating control device on a managed pressure drilling rig may comprise a first jaw and a second jaw. Each one of the jaws may include a pivot extremity and a locking extremity. Each pivot extremity may include a structural member jutting outwardly from its respective...