Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Pressure activated flow switch for a downhole tool
- Patent Title (中): 用于井下工具的压力启动流量开关
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Application No.: US13345400Application Date: 2012-01-06
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Publication No.: US08967300B2Publication Date: 2015-03-03
- Inventor: Charles H Dewey , John E. Campbell , Daniel LeVon
- Applicant: Charles H Dewey , John E. Campbell , Daniel LeVon
- Applicant Address: US TX Houston
- Assignee: Smith International, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Smith International, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston
- Main IPC: E21B10/32
- IPC: E21B10/32

Abstract:
A downhole tool includes a pressure activated flow switch for selectively actuating and deactuating a device, such as a reaming block. The flow switch is deployed external to the flow bore and includes a flow piston configured to reciprocate between axially opposed open and closed positions such that the device is actuated when the flow piston is in the open position and deactuated when the flow piston is in the closed position. The flow piston is configured to translate from the closed position to the open position when a differential pressure exceeds a predetermined threshold. The flow piston may be further configured to remain in the open position at differential pressures less than the threshold.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130175095A1 PRESSURE ACTIVATED FLOW SWITCH FOR A DOWNHOLE TOOL Public/Granted day:2013-07-11
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