ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,255,417, issued on March 18, was assigned to SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY Corp. (Sugar Land, Texas).

"Wireline head for cable termination" was invented by William Rohr (Sugar Land, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Examples herein include systems and methods for improved wireline heads for cable termination. An example wireline head can include a housing configured to receive a frustoconical-shaped object and having external threads on an outer surface of the housing. The wireline head can include a frustoconical liner shaped to fit within the housing. One or more inserts can fit within the liner, the inserts trapping an outer portion of ...