ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,222,054, issued on Feb. 11, was assigned to SPM Oil & Gas Inc. (Fort Worth, Texas).
"Swivel assembly formed of a corrosion-resistant material" was invented by Jacob Bayyouk (Richardson, Texas) and Brian Witkowski (Weatherford, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A swivel assembly for oilfield operations, the swivel assembly including a first pipe section having a first end fitting and a second pipe section having a second end fitting corresponding to and receiving the first end fitting, each of the first and second end fittings having an inner surface and an outer surface. The swivel assembly further includes a swivel joint rotatably se...