US Patent Issued to Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations on Feb. 17 for "Auto-engageable coupling for preventing transmission of reverse rotation to ESP motors" (Oklahoma Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,553,320, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLC (Houston).

"Auto-engageable coupling for preventing transmission of reverse rotation to ESP motors" was invented by Zheng Ye (Claremore, Okla.) and David Tanner (Broken Arrow, Okla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An auto-engageable coupling is disclosed for use in a pumping system that includes an electric motor and a pump driven by the electric motor. The auto-engageable coupling permits the transfer of torque from the motor to the pump, but prevents the pump from applying torque to the motor. In some embodiments, the auto-engageable coupling includes a dri...