US Patent Issued to SBS TECHNOLOGY AS on July 8 for "Two-stage torque release sub" (Texas Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,352,124, issued on July 8, was assigned to SBS TECHNOLOGY AS (Indre Arna, Norway).

"Two-stage torque release sub" was invented by Anthony Kent (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A decoupling apparatus for use in a wellbore includes a top sub section and a bottom sub section rotationally coupled to the top sub section. The bottom and top sub sections are aligned along a decoupling apparatus axis. A torque ring is disposed between the top sub section and the bottom sub section. A method for decoupling a lower tubular section from an upper tubular section of a stuck downhole tubular string including the decoupling apparatus includes ide...