US Patent Issued to QUANTUM ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES on July 28 for "External gap assembly" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,692,754, issued on July 28, was assigned to QUANTUM ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Houston).

"External gap assembly" was invented by David A. Switzer (Calgary, Canada), Danick R. J. Normandeau (Calgary, Canada) and Kyle W. Twynam (Calgary, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An external gap assembly for a gap sub includes a plurality of non-conductive spacer rings and a plurality of high-strength conductive spacer rings arranged in an alternating pattern about an exterior of the gap sub, a non-conductive external gap seal sleeve disposed beneath the spacer rings that electrically insulates the conductive spacer rings from upper and lower con...