Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Swivel and method of use
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Application No.: US14709953Application Date: 2015-05-12
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Publication No.: US09915105B2Publication Date: 2018-03-13
- Inventor: Ivan Andre Barannikow , Douglas Brian Farley , Egor Dudochkin , Steven Michael Rosenberg
- Applicant: Weatherford Technology Holdings, LLC
- Applicant Address: US TX Houston
- Assignee: Weatherford Technology Holdings, LLC
- Current Assignee: Weatherford Technology Holdings, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston
- Agency: Patterson & Sheridan, L.L.P.
- Main IPC: E21B17/05
- IPC: E21B17/05 ; E21B21/02 ; E21B33/13 ; E21B17/046 ; E21B17/02

Abstract:
A swivel configured to rotationally decouple an upper section of a work string from a lower section of the work string. The swivel includes an upper body coupled to a lower body by a ring member and a plurality of shearable members. The lower body has a plurality of teeth members that engage a plurality of teeth members of the ring member. Rotation of the upper body is transmitted to the lower body by the ring member. The upper body is rotatable relative to the lower body when the shearable members are sheared.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150330156A1 SWIVEL Public/Granted day:2015-11-19
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