ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,345,152, issued on July 1, was assigned to Precise Downhole Services Ltd. (Nisku, Canada).
"Polymer insulated thermocouple bundles" was invented by Michael Melnychuk (Nisku, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A thermocouple cable is formed from a tubing and a plurality of thermocouple conductors bundled within the tubing, wherein each thermocouple conductor forms a junction with a shared thermocouple conductor to form a thermocouple junction, and each thermocouple junction is attached to a support cable in a thermocouple bundle. The cable is formed by pulling the thermocouple bundle into the tubing."
The patent was filed on Jan. 23, 2...