US Patent Issued to XConnect on Dec. 30 for "Roller bearing assembly, and method of grounding a perforating gun assembly" (North Dakota, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,509,971, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to XConnect LLC (Denver).

"Roller bearing assembly, and method of grounding a perforating gun assembly" was invented by Shelby L. Sullivan (Minot, N.D.) and Joshua M. Scott (Katy, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bearing member assembly used in a wellbore completion operation. The bearing member assembly first comprises a tubular sub. The tubular sub has a first end, a second end opposite the first end, and connection threads residing at each of the first and second ends. The bearing member assembly also comprises an internal bore, and a tapered shoulder residing along the internal bore prox...