US Patent Issued to TRC Services on Sept. 23 for "Connection assembly and method to assemble sucker rod" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,421,807, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to TRC Services Inc. (The Woodlands, Texas).

"Connection assembly and method to assemble sucker rod" was invented by Donald Mike Johnson (The Woodlands, Texas), Michael Eric Johnson (The Woodlands, Texas) and Rodrigo Ariel Ruiz (The Woodlands, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An assembled sucker rod includes a rod body with a rod end and an endpiece containing a receptacle at the rod end. An adhesive is set between the receptacle and rod end, and an insert is positioned through the endpiece's side, contacting the rod end, and resisting compressive loads. The endpiece has apertures for the in...