US Patent Issued to Saudi Arabian Oil, Wireless Instrumentation Systems AS on Dec. 9 for "Magnetic coupling to transfer torque across hermetic chamber walls" (Norwegian, Saudi Arabia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,492,614, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Saudi Arabian Oil Co. (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia) and Wireless Instrumentation Systems AS (Trondheim, Norway).

"Magnetic coupling to transfer torque across hermetic chamber walls" was invented by Muhammad Arsalan (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia), Jarl Andre Fellinghaug (Leinstrand, Norway), Henrik Clayborough (Trondheim, Norway) and Stian Marius Hansen (Trondheim, Norway).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for providing power to a device of a downhole tool within a subterranean well during production operations include an energy harvesting system located within a tubular. The energy harvesting ...