ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,281,528, issued on April 22, was assigned to GEODYNAMICS INC. (Millsap, Texas).
"Quick connect setting kit and method" was invented by Raymond Christopher Shaffer (Burleson, Texas), Jeremy Eli Castaneda (Weatherford, Texas) and Kevin George (Cleburne, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A setting kit for connecting a plug to a setting tool includes a collet connecting part configured to be attached to an internal sleeve of the setting tool; and a collet configured to be attached with a first end to the collet connecting part and with a second end to the plug. The second end automatically connects to the plug by only pushing the second en...