ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,428,917, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to DRILL SAFE SYSTEMS INC. (Chestermere, Canada).
"Drilling downhole regulating devices and related methods" was invented by David Dyck (Chestermere, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A downhole regulating device used in a downhole drill string between a drilling rig and a drill bit. The downhole regulating device has a helical coupling between the upper and lower portion to allow a relative axial and rotational movement defined by the lead of the helical coupling, between the upper and lower portions; a bi-directional biasing device that resists movement in both extension and contraction fr...