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- Patent Title: Corrodible triggering elements for use with subterranean borehole tools having expandable members and related methods
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Application No.: US14482795Application Date: 2014-09-10
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Publication No.: US09677355B2Publication Date: 2017-06-13
- Inventor: James Andy Oxford
- Applicant: Baker Hughes Incorporated
- Applicant Address: US TX Houston
- Assignee: Baker Hughes Incorporated
- Current Assignee: Baker Hughes Incorporated
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston
- Agency: TraskBritt
- Main IPC: E21B23/00
- IPC: E21B23/00 ; C22C1/04 ; E21B10/32 ; B22F7/08 ; C22C32/00 ; B22F5/00

Abstract:
Expandable apparatus include a triggering element comprising an at least partially corrodible composite material. Methods are used to trigger expandable apparatus using such a triggering element and to form such triggering elements for use with expandable apparatus.
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