ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,210,131, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to FMC Technologies Inc. (Houston).
"Seal pocket detection assembly" was invented by James Cook (Houston), Chad Vrla (Houston), Rajeev Pillai (Houston), Pablito Derayunan (Odessa, Texas), Thiago Machado (Houston) and Corey Massey (Houston).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, methods, and at least one seal pocket detection assembly configured to be placed within a pressure cavity of a well tubing system. The seal pocket detection assembly includes a selectively removable insert body supporting one or more seals and one or more coils that produce an electromagnetic field extending into the bore o...