US Patent Issued to The Gund on Nov. 25 for "Systems for a low friction slip sleeve and related methods" (Canadian, American, Mexican Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,480,379, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to The Gund Co. Inc. (St. Louis).

"Systems for a low friction slip sleeve and related methods" was invented by Devon Thomas (O'Fallon, Mo.), Mike Moran (Lake Saint Louis, Mo.), Alejandro Vega Gonzales (Queretaro, Mexico) and Solomon Chiang (Oakville, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An improved system for well boring and related hydraulic fracturing processes, which typically includes a sleeve that may be formed with some composite material to provide a stable and consistent low-friction surface, which surface may potentially improve the seating and uniform breaking of slip segments in a frac...