ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,320,212, issued on June 3, was assigned to M&M Oil Tools LLC (Breaux Bridge, La.).

"Die adaptor and method" was invented by Andy Paul Todd (Lafayette, La.), Brad Indest (Breaux Bridge, La.), Sythonh Sysavath (Breaux Bridge, La.) and Joseph Wertz (Duson, La.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An adapted die carrier assembly for a gripping device includes a conventional die carrier, a die adapter, and an alternate die that is not configured to directly engage die receptacles of the conventional die carrier. The die adapter is secured to the conventional die carrier, and the alternate die is secured to the die adapter. The die adapter includes a...