US Patent Issued to WEATHERFORD TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS on Jan. 13 for "Monitoring operation of a rotating control device" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,523,112, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to WEATHERFORD TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS LLC (Houston).

"Monitoring operation of a rotating control device" was invented by Levi C. Banuta (Houston) and Thomas H. Koithan (Cypress, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pressure control assembly can include an outer housing and a rotating control device including a bearing assembly with a rotatable inner barrel, a pressure sensor and one or more magnetic field generators, and at least two seal elements configured to seal between the inner barrel and a tubular positioned in the pressure control assembly. A magnetic field detector secured to the outer hou...