US Patent Issued on June 30 for "Mechanical release tool for downhole wireline" (North Dakota, Arizona Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,669,026, issued on June 30.

"Mechanical release tool for downhole wireline" was invented by Jon Randall Rasmussen (Williston, N.D.) and Brandon J. Fair (Queen Creek, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wireline cutting tool. The wireline cutting tool comprises an elongated tubular body. A knife housing resides within the tubular body proximate an upper end, while a plunger resides within the tubular body proximate a lower end. An electric wireline passes through a bore of the knife housing and the plunger en route to an electrical connection sub. The electrical connection sub includes a pin that transmits signals from the electric wir...