ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,455,028, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Legacy Forward Innovations LLC (Flint, Texas).
"High pressure pipe swivel assembly" was invented by Paul Myrick (Flint, Texas) and Logan Kennedy (Palestine, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pipe swivel assembly is provided including a body, an outer bearing, a stem, an inner bearing, and a locking collar, all annular about a central axis. The body includes a threaded socket and tapered throat. The stem includes a tapered nose and barrel section with a radial flange. The inner bearing is received in the socket and is trapped by the flange when the nose is at a predetermined distance from t...