ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,286,864, issued on April 29.
"Multi position single direction sleeve, method, and system" was invented by Todd C. Jackson (Houston), Maria Meredith (Cypress, Texas), Ricardo Arturo Gomez Barker (Houston) and Matthew Solfronk (Katy, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multi position single direction sleeve valve includes a housing having a port therein, and a sleeve movable within the housing, the sleeve having a first portion including a radially extending opening therein and a second portion, the second portion being releasably attached to the first portion. A fracture system, including multi position single direction sleeve valve, an...