US Patent Issued to Halliburton Energy Services on July 28 for "Variable torque converter for borehole operations" (Oklahoma Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,692,859, issued on July 28, was assigned to Halliburton Energy Services Inc. (Houston).

"Variable torque converter for borehole operations" was invented by Stanley Vernon Stephenson (Duncan, Okla.), Adam Lynn Marks (Duncan, Okla.), Brenden Chenoweth (Duncan, Okla.), Ronald Glen Dusterhoft (Waurika, Okla.) and Philip D. Nguyen (Duncan, Okla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "When conducting borehole operations, such as drilling, injection, or hydraulic fracturing, using a variable torque converter to reduce the torque force output of a constant speed engine or motor would enable a more efficient use of resources and lower costs due to less w...