ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,704,212, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to VALLOUREC OIL AND GAS FRANCE (Aulnoye-Aymeries, France).
"Drifting device and method for tubular goods" was invented by Lucas Kling E Silva (Meudon, France), Sebastien Petit (Meudon, France), Alastair Brodie (Meudon, France), Nicolas Wilbert (Meudon, France) and Nestor Medeiros (Meudon, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This drifting device for a tubular good includes a body, a device to propel the body through the tubular good, and at least one attachment part for attaching a cylindrical drift mandrel to the body, the attachment part is so configured to enable a degree of mobility of the c...