US Patent Issued to Halliburton Energy Services on April 8 for "Multiple selectable pressure driven devices on a drill bit" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,270,255, issued on April 8, was assigned to Halliburton Energy Services Inc. (Houston).

"Multiple selectable pressure driven devices on a drill bit" was invented by Bradley David Dunbar (Conroe, Texas), Robert Warner (Conroe, Texas) and Matt Barnes (Conroe, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for downhole drilling and, more particularly, hydraulic control systems and methods for hydraulically locking and unlocking moveable elements of a drill bit are provided. A drill bit may include a body; a moveable element secured to the body, wherein the moveable element is configured to extend or retract from a surface of the d...