ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,312,873, issued on May 27, was assigned to Reelwell AS (Sola, Norway).
"Wired pipe and method for making" was invented by Kyrre Delin Fredriksen (Stavanger, Norway) and Espen Alhaug (Stavanger, Norway).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for making a wired drill pipe joint includes forming an electrically conductive material into a structure that is radially expandable to conform to an interior of the pipe joint substantially without plastic deformation of the electrically conductive material. An electrical connector is coupled to each longitudinal end of the formed electrically conductive material to form an electrical conductor asse...