US Patent Issued to Endurance Lift Solutions on Oct. 14 for "Plunger lift with an adjustable and variable clutch" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,442,368, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Endurance Lift Solutions LLC (Gainesville, Texas).

"Plunger lift with an adjustable and variable clutch" was invented by Ryan Gernentz (Midland, Texas), Travis Bayer (Conroe, Texas) and Benjamin Garcia (Cypress, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A plunger including a plunger body having a radially directed flow hole disposed therein; a pin that is removable without destroying the pin or the plunger body; a clutch mechanism supported by the pin to control the force necessary to shift the pin in the plunger body; and a bumper portion supported by a body of the pin to limit the travel of the pi...