US Patent Issued to KING SOUTHWEST & CONSULTING OF CYPRESS on March 4 for "Disconnection of tool string sections in a subterranean well" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,241,317, issued on March 4, was assigned to KING SOUTHWEST & CONSULTING OF CYPRESS (Houston).

"Disconnection of tool string sections in a subterranean well" was invented by Santos D. Ortiz (Houston) and George R. King (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A disconnect tool can include an electrical motor and a weak link. The electrical motor can be configured to part the weak link in response to electrical power applied to the electrical motor. A method of disconnecting sections of a tool string from each other in a well can include connecting a disconnect tool in the tool string, the disconnect tool including an electrical motor and a...