ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,567,683, issued on March 3, was assigned to Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLC (Houston).
"Hybrid cable crimp" was invented by Juan Franco (Blacksburg, Va.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A communication system is included in a work string. The communication system includes a communication cable and a crimp sleeve. The communication cable has a housing with a communication line and a metal tube therein, a free line end of the communication line and a free tube end of the metal tube extending from an open end of the housing. The crimp sleeve includes a first sleeve section having a first inner diameter configured to receive the open end ...