ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,421,806, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Halliburton Energy Services Inc. (Houston).
"Smart cable release tool" was invented by Thomas Burky (Alvarado, Texas) and Gerald Graves Craddock Jr. (Alvarado, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system that includes an automatic cable head that includes a strain gauge configured to measure a tension associated with a cable attached to the automatic cable head, and a release mechanism configured to connect to a tool, and a controller, configured to receive load data from the strain gauge, and control the release mechanism based on the tension measured by the strain gauge."
The patent was ...