Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Systems and methods for measuring loads applied to downhole structures
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Application No.: US16046782Application Date: 2018-07-26
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Publication No.: US11021946B2Publication Date: 2021-06-01
- Inventor: Conrad L. Puls , George Wyatt Tubb , Frederick Charles Lochte , Sean Michael Roy , Donald W. Johnson
- Applicant: EOG Resources, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US TX Houston
- Assignee: EOG Resources, Inc.
- Current Assignee: EOG Resources, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston
- Agency: Conley Rose, P.C.
- Main IPC: E21B49/00
- IPC: E21B49/00 ; E21B47/009 ; E21B43/12 ; E21B17/10 ; G01L5/00

Abstract:
A load measurement sub for measuring a load transferred between the sub and an inner surface of a tubing string includes a housing. The housing includes a central axis, an internal cavity, and a radially outermost surface. In addition, the load measurement sub includes a first load measurement assembly at least partially disposed within a first port extending from the radially outermost surface to the internal cavity. The first load measurement assembly includes a first button extending radially from the first port and the radially outermost surface of the housing. The first load measurement assembly also includes a first load cell. Further, the load measurement sub includes a first biasing member disposed between the first button and the first load cell. The first biasing member is configured to bias the first button away from the first load cell.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190032471A1 Systems and Methods for Measuring Loads Applied to Downhole Structures Public/Granted day:2019-01-31
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