US Patent Issued to OPTIONX HOLDINGS on Sept. 1 for "Drill head for use with microtunneling apparatus" (Australian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,723,470, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to OPTIONX HOLDINGS PTY LTD (Burleigh Waters, Australia).

"Drill head for use with microtunneling apparatus" was invented by Stuart Harrison (Burleigh Waters, Australia), Allen Henley (Burleigh Waters, Australia) and Albert Fourie (Burleigh Waters, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This application relates to a drill head (4) for use with microtunneling apparatus (1) having a cutter bar (12) at a distal end of a housing. The housing includes an annular body (25) which is adapted to be articulated by way of radially mounted actuators (60)."

The patent was filed on June 14, 2023, under Appli...