US Patent Issued to MHWIRTH AS on Sept. 29 for "Drilling system and method of operating a drilling system" (Norwegian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,747,644, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to MHWIRTH AS (Kristiansand S, Norway).

"Drilling system and method of operating a drilling system" was invented by Petter Mydland (Kristiansand S, Norway) and Erland Nyjordet (Grimstad, Norway).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A drilling system includes a hoisting system, a slips arrangement, and a sensor. The hoisting system holds and suspends a tubular string through an opening in a drill floor. The slips arrangement has a body positioned in the opening and at least one wedge-shaped slips member which is movable within the body and operable to engage the tubular string. The sensor monitors a ver...