US Patent Issued to INNOVEX DOWNHOLE SOLUTIONS on March 31 for "Surface swivel for wellhead orientation" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,590,501, issued on March 31, was assigned to INNOVEX DOWNHOLE SOLUTIONS INC. (Humble, Texas).

"Surface swivel for wellhead orientation" was invented by Graeme Marr (Humble, Texas), Nicolas Sluys (Humble, Texas) and Alagappan Viswanathan (Humble, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surface swivel for use in a wellhead includes a mandrel configured to be connected to a first wellhead component. The surface swivel also includes a sub configured to be connected to a second wellhead component. A portion of the mandrel is positioned within the sub and another portion extends axially from the sub. A bore extends radially through the sub. Th...