ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,723,367, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Evolution Drilling Tools Inc. (Quanah, Texas).
"Extended scooped trenching blade" was invented by Jason Palmer (Huntsville, Utah) and Ronnie Keys (Quanah, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Microtrenching blades and methods of manufacturing the same. A blade a first blade portion comprising a center arbor bore defining a hole through the blade and a second blade portion comprising a plurality of blade segments, wherein the second blade portion is distal to the first blade portion relative to the center arbor bore. The blade includes a plurality of blade scoops disposed around a perimeter of t...