US Patent Issued on June 30 for "Flow regulator assembly for drilling operations" (Nebraska Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,669,205, issued on June 30.

"Flow regulator assembly for drilling operations" was invented by Mitchell Znamenacek (Lincoln, Neb.) and Charles Barber (Lincoln, Neb.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A flow regulator assembly for regulating a fluid contained within a shell. The shell having an exterior surface and a cavity storing a fluid. The flow regulator assembly includes a body and an inner surface defining a main passage, the main passage is sized to receive a tool configured to form an opening, a connector assembly for connecting the body to the shell, and a flow control device that is selectively positionable, relative to the body, in...