ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,774,640, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to G&H Diversified Manufacturing LP (Houston).

"Articulable couplings for downhole tools" was invented by Benjamin Knight (Katy, Texas), Steven Zakharia (Houston), Ryan Ward (Tomball, Texas), Aidan K. Gale (Katy, Texas) and William D. Freeman (Mineola, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A swivel assembly includes a first member having a first throughbore, a second member having a second throughbore, a flexible joint coupled between the first member and the second member that permits at least one of the first member and the second member to rotate an unlimited number of rotations relative to the ...