ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,669,029, issued on June 30, was assigned to Schlumberger Technology Corp. (Sugar Land, Texas).

"Electrical accumulator system with internal transfer barrier" was invented by Vikas Rakhunde (Cypress, Texas), Sean Clarke (Katy, Texas) and Gerrit Kroesen (Katy, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system includes a first accumulator system, a second accumulator system, an electronic module including a battery system, and a drilling component. The electronic module is electrically coupled to the first and second accumulator systems, and the drilling component is hydraulically coupled to the first and second accumulator systems."

The paten...