US Patent Issued to Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations on Feb. 24 for "Retaining ring, method, and system" (Texas Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,560,032, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLC (Houston).

"Retaining ring, method, and system" was invented by David Bishop (Cypress, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A retaining ring, including a body, a first end extending from the body, and a second end extending from the body, the second end engageable with the first end and releasable from the first end at a threshold energy input. A collet release configuration including a collet having a shoulder thereon, a ring disposed radially adjacent the collet, a sleeve actuable by movement of the collet only with the ring unreleased. A method for actuat...