US Patent Issued to Halliburton Energy Services on Aug. 5 for "High-expansion dynamic inflatable packer element" (Singaporean Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,378,840, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Halliburton Energy Services Inc. (Houston).

"High-expansion dynamic inflatable packer element" was invented by Mark S. Holly (Singapore).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed embodiments relate to inflatable packer elements, which may be configured to dynamically adjust the axial position of the seal element. The seal element may include an inflatable bladder having a thin-walled skin, which may be radially expanded into sealing position by inflation of the bladder. Embodiments may be configured to dynamically alter the configuration of the bladder by axial movement of the bladder in order to p...