ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,526, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLC (Houston).
"Inflow control device" was invented by John Wakefield (Cypress, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An inflow control device, including an upstream flow control structure configured to induce water droplet collisions, and a downstream flow control structure disposed downstream of the upstream flow control structure and comprising a channel formed therethrough. A method of controlling flow including flowing a fluid from a source to a destination through an inflow control device comprising an upstream flow control structure and a downstream flow con...