US Patent Issued to Schlumberger Technology on Sept. 15 for "Boost system for a hoisting system" (Norwegian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,735,949, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Schlumberger Technology Corp. (Sugar Land, Texas).

"Boost system for a hoisting system" was invented by Dag Holen (Kristiansand, Norway), Arve Pedersen (Kristiansand, Norway) and Haavard Saetervik (Kristiansand, Norway).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A boost system for a hoisting system includes a track configured to couple to a mast. The boost system also includes a boost assembly with an upper climb unit with a respective hook configured to selectively engage openings in the track, a lower climb unit with a respective hook configured to selectively engage the openings in the track, and a boo...