US Patent Issued to China University of Petroleum-Beijing on Dec. 9 for "Experiment device for spudcan penetration and pullout of jack-up rig" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,492,525, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to China University of Petroleum-Beijing (Beijing).

"Experiment device for spudcan penetration and pullout of jack-up rig" was invented by Qishuai Yin (Beijing), Jin Yang (Beijing), Dongsheng Xu (Beijing), Chao Fu (Beijing) and Bo Wei (Tianjin, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This disclosure provides an experiment device for spudcan penetration and pullout of a jack-up rig, comprising an experiment bench and a spudcan leg, and further comprising: a ballasting tank; supporting wheels provided on the experiment bench; a suspension rope wound around the supporting wheels with two ends being connec...