Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Variable diameter bullnose assembly
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Application No.: US14386361Application Date: 2013-12-09
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Publication No.: US09617832B2Publication Date: 2017-04-11
- Inventor: Benjamin Luke Butler , Cole Alexander Benson
- Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US TX Houston
- Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston
- Agency: McDermott Will & Emery LLP
- International Application: PCT/US2013/073779 WO 20131209
- International Announcement: WO2015/088469 WO 20150618
- Main IPC: E21B41/00
- IPC: E21B41/00 ; E21B23/12 ; E21B17/00 ; E21B23/00

Abstract:
Disclosed are expandable bullnose assemblies. One bullnose assembly includes a body and a bullnose tip arranged at a distal end of the body, a compression ring arranged about an exterior of the body and configured to axially translate with respect to the body upon being actuated, and a plurality of collet fingers coupled to and extending between the compression ring and the bullnose tip, each collet finger being pre-compressed such that each collet finger is predisposed to bow radially outwards, wherein, when the compression ring is actuated, the plurality of collet fingers move radially outward from a first diameter to a second diameter that is greater than the first diameter.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160245046A1 VARIABLE DIAMETER BULLNOSE ASSEMBLY Public/Granted day:2016-08-25
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