US Patent Issued to G&H Diversified Manufacturing on Sept. 9 for "Downhole setting tool with exhaust diffuser" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,410,668, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to G&H Diversified Manufacturing LP (Houston).

"Downhole setting tool with exhaust diffuser" was invented by Steven Zakharia (Houston), Ryan Ward (Tomball, Texas), Benjamin Vascal Knight (Katy, Texas) and Joe Noel Wells (Lindale, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for redressing a setting tool for actuating a plug in a subterranean wellbore includes recovering the setting tool from the wellbore, the setting tool including a housing with a throughbore therein, a piston arranged for axial movement within the throughbore, a combustible element, and an exhaust diffuser configured to redire...