Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Downhole ball mechanism with enhanced drift clearance
- Patent Title (中): 井下球机构具有增强的漂移间隙
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Application No.: US12245287Application Date: 2008-10-03
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Publication No.: US08403063B2Publication Date: 2013-03-26
- Inventor: Peter Derek Walter Inglis
- Applicant: Peter Derek Walter Inglis
- Applicant Address: US TX Houston
- Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston
- Agency: Fish & Richardson P.C.
- Agent Scott Wendorf
- Main IPC: E21B34/06
- IPC: E21B34/06

Abstract:
A downhole tool including a ball valve having a pivotal ball and providing full drift clearance through a fluid pathway of the valve over a portion of a pivotal range of the ball is described. An internal bore of the ball includes a first opening larger than a second opening, and the internal bore transitions between the first and second openings. The first opening overlays or encompasses an opening formed by a first bore portion over a range of pivot of the ball, and the second opening may be fully encompassed by an opening formed by a second bore portion over a pivotal range when the internal bore is not centrally aligned with the first or second bore portions.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100084138A1 Downhole Ball Mechanism With Enhanced Drift Clearance Public/Granted day:2010-04-08
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