ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,435,581, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Chevron U.S.A. Inc. (San Ramon, Calif.).
"Standoff for wireline" was invented by Albert Eugene Butterfield (Novato, Calif.), Mayank Malik (Houston), Mark Allen Gracy (Napa, Calif.) and Brian Christopher Weber (Martinez, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wireline standoff can include a base comprising a base body having a base channel that traverses a thickness of the base body along its length, where the base channel has a width and a depth that are large enough to receive the wireline. The wireline standoff can also include an end piece having an end piece body having an end piece channel ...