US Patent Issued to FRANK'S INTERNATIONAL on Nov. 4 for "Shearable lock mechanism for storm packer anchor" (Texas Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,494, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to FRANK'S INTERNATIONAL LLC (Houston).

"Shearable lock mechanism for storm packer anchor" was invented by Robert Justyn Taylor (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A downhole tool includes an inner mandrel including external threads. The downhole tool also includes a lock ring positioned around the inner mandrel. The lock ring includes a plurality of segments that are circumferentially-offset from one another. Each segment includes an inner lock segment portion including internal threads that are configured to engage the external threads of the inner mandrel. Each segment also includes an outer ...