US Patent Issued to Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations on Dec. 2 for "Downhole generator with surface command load switching" (Kuwaiti Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,486,742, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLC (Houston).

"Downhole generator with surface command load switching" was invented by Rawshan Mostafa Abdeldaim (Salmiya, Kuwait).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A downhole pumping system is configured for producing fluids from a subterranean geologic formation. The downhole pumping system includes an electric motor driven by a motor drive located on the surface, a power cable connected between the motor drive and the electric motor, a pump driven by the electric motor, an auxiliary load, and a generator module driven by the electric motor and configured to provid...