ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,448,857, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Halliburton Energy Services Inc. (Houston).
"Latch coupling including unique axial alignment slots" was invented by Lars Petter Larsen (Stavanger, Norway), Borisa Lajesic (Stavanger, Norway), Morten Falnes (Stavanger, Norway) and Vegard Dyrseth (Stavanger, Norway).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a latch coupling, a well system, and a method for forming a well system. The latch coupling, in one aspect, includes a housing having an outside diameter (OD) and an inside diameter (ID). The latch coupling, according to this aspect, further includes a plurality of axial alignment slots locate...