ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,392,219, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to DOWNHOLE PRODUCTS Ltd..
"Ball deflector for float collar" was invented by Darko Arsoski (Angus, Great Britain), Douglas Brian Farley (Missouri City, Texas) and Christopher Hay (Aberdeen, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A float collar for use in a wellbore includes: a float valve; a tubular housing having a coupling formed at a longitudinal end thereof for assembly as part of a downhole tubular; a sheath bonding the float valve to an inner surface of the housing within a flow bore thereof, the sheath having a bore formed therein; and a ball deflector seated against a top of the shea...