US Patent Issued to Aquirian Technology on March 31 for "Apparatus and method for supporting a collar region of a blast hole during drilling" (Australian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,590,496, issued on March 31, was assigned to Aquirian Technology Pty Ltd (Perth, Australia).

"Apparatus and method for supporting a collar region of a blast hole during drilling" was invented by Gregory Patching (Perth, Australia) and Jonathan Wright (Perth, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bore hole drilling system includes a mobile bore hole drilling platform including a mast disposed on the platform including a support for a drill string and a tube member for location within the collar region of a bore hole. The tube member includes an internal longitudinal passage for receiving a drill string therethrough and an external s...