US Patent Issued to Weatherford Technology Holdings on July 15 for "Gas lift device having nozzle with spiraling vane" (Louisiana Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,359,544, issued on July 15, was assigned to Weatherford Technology Holdings LLC (Houston).

"Gas lift device having nozzle with spiraling vane" was invented by Matthew Smith (Cankton, La.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gas lift device includes a housing, a valve, and a nozzle. The housing defines a chamber and defines an inlet and an outlet in communication with the chamber. The valve in the chamber permits fluid communication from the inlet toward the outlet and prevents fluid communication in the reverse. The nozzle disposed in the chamber has a converging section, a throat, and a diverging section, which extend along a longitudinal a...