Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Annular pressure regulating diaphragm and methods of using same
- Patent Title (中): 环形压力调节膜片及其使用方法
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Application No.: US13195314Application Date: 2011-08-01
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Publication No.: US08739889B2Publication Date: 2014-06-03
- Inventor: David P. Gerrard , Edward T. Wood
- Applicant: David P. Gerrard , Edward T. Wood
- Applicant Address: US TX Houston
- Assignee: Baker Hughes Incorporated
- Current Assignee: Baker Hughes Incorporated
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston
- Agency: Parsons Behle & Latimer
- Main IPC: E21B43/00
- IPC: E21B43/00

Abstract:
Downhole tools comprise a housing chamber with an expandable member disposed therein. An interior of the expandable member is in fluid communication with an outside environment so that hydrostatic pressure can act on an inner wall surface of the expandable member. The outer wall surface of the expandable member partially defines a sealed chamber within the housing chamber such that expansion of the expandable member due to an increase in hydrostatic pressure causes the volume within the sealed chamber to decrease, thereby energizing the sealed chamber. Thus, an increase in hydrostatic pressure within an outside environment is compensated. Further, when the hydrostatic pressure within the outside environment decreases, the energized sealed chamber causes contraction of the expandable member, thereby compensating for the decrease in hydrostatic pressure.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130032354A1 ANNULAR PRESSURE REGULATING DIAPHRAGM AND METHODS OF USING SAME Public/Granted day:2013-02-07
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