US Patent Issued to TURBO DRILL INDUSTRIES on July 21 for "Downhole tool safety catch" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,687,089, issued on July 21, was assigned to TURBO DRILL INDUSTRIES INC. (Conroe, Texas).

"Downhole tool safety catch" was invented by Chad Feddema (Conroe, Texas) and Sheldon Ritchie (Conroe, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A downhole catch assembly includes a catch stem having a radial protrusion to provide a landing shoulder and a catcher sub having a longitudinal central axis and the radial protrusion of the catch stem located within the catcher sub. A landing ledge extends radially inward inside the catcher sub for engagement with the landing shoulder of the catch stem. An installation bore angled relative to the longitudinal ce...