ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,209,464, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to QCD Technology Inc. (Calgary, Canada).
"Axial, lateral and torsional force dampener" was invented by Cornel Dinica (Calgary, Canada), Anthony Desmond Russell (Okotoks, Canada), Denice Monteil (Calgary, Canada) and Benjamin Russell (Calgary, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A downhole tool for dampening vibrational, lateral, compressive, and tensile forces exerted on sensor equipment inside a drillstring is described. The downhole tool is housed inside the drill string. The tool generally includes a bottom end shaft for connection to the drillstring and that is telescopically engaged within...