US Patent Issued to Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations on March 25 for "Slip subsystem, method and system" (Texas Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,258,829, issued on March 25, was assigned to Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLC (Houston).

"Slip subsystem, method and system" was invented by Tuan Nguyen (Pearland, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A slip subsystem, including a slip having wickers angled in a first direction and wickers angled in a second direction opposite the first direction, an engager disposed adjacent the slip to selectively engage the wickers, and a biaser to bias the engager into engagement with the wickers. An anchor including a housing having a slip ramp, a drive plate, a power spring to bias the drive plate, a slip subsystem operably connected with the ...