ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,378,833, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to DynaEnergetics Europe GmbH (Troisdorf, Germany).
"Gas driven wireline release tool" was invented by Christian Eitschberger (Munich), Thilo Scharf (Letterkenny, Ireland) and Gernot Uwe Burmeister (Austin, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wireline release tool may include a casing configured to couple to a wireline and a connector configured to couple to a tool string. The casing may have a first end, a second end, and a chamber therebetween, and the connector may be detachably attached to the second end of the casing. A gas generator may be disposed in the chamber and may be capable of gener...