US Patent Issued to PETROMAC IP on Oct. 6 for "Tool string transportation device" (New Zealander Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,753,667, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to PETROMAC IP Ltd. (Auckland, New Zealand).

"Tool string transportation device" was invented by Stephen Peter McCormick (Auckland, New Zealand).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for transporting a tool string down a bore comprises a body with a connection at one or both ends for in-line connection in a tool string, and a pair of wheels mounted to rotate relative to the body on a rotational axis perpendicular to a longitudinal axis. The device defines an outer form configured to orient the device in the bore during use so that a radial extremity of the wheels contacts a low side of a wall of th...