US Patent Issued to Halliburton Energy Services on Feb. 17 for "Coupling member for use with a connection" (Oklahoma Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,553,295, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Halliburton Energy Services Inc. (Houston).

"Coupling member for use with a connection" was invented by Casey Laine Newport (Tulsa, Okla.), Grant Walker Buchman (Tulsa, Okla.), Daniel Steven McWherter (Tulsa, Okla.), David McManus (Tulsa, Okla.) and Joshua Wayne Webster (Tulsa, Okla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided in one example is a coupling member, a downhole tool, and a well system. The coupling member, in one aspect, includes an axial tension member portion, and a first shear member portion, the first shear member portion having a first shear member shoulder extending from a first ...