ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,359,525, issued on July 15, was assigned to Saudi Arabian Oil Co. (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).
"Hammer shear ram" was invented by Atallah N. Alharbi (Dammam, Saudi Arabia) and Salman Al-Anazi (Al Kohbar, Saudi Arabia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wellbore assembly includes a housing and a ram assembly that includes a linear actuator, a reciprocating actuator, and a ram block. The housing is coupled to a blowout preventer coupled to a wellbore. The housing receives a wellbore pipe. The ram assembly is disposed at least partially within the housing. The linear actuator is coupled to the housing. The reciprocating actuator is coupled to an e...