US Patent Issued to Halliburton Energy Services on Aug. 12 for "Vortex filtration for debris-sensitive components in a well" (Singaporean, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,385,366, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Halliburton Energy Services Inc. (Houston).

"Vortex filtration for debris-sensitive components in a well" was invented by Stephen Michael Greci (Carrollton, Texas), Michael Linley Fripp (Singapore), Ryan W. McChesney (Carrollton, Texas) and Ryan M. Novelen (Carrollton, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for supplying clean fluid to a component in a well may include a filter. The filter may include a housing having an outlet, a conical permeable element disposed at least partially inside the housing, and a tapered helical coil disposed at least partially inside the permeable eleme...