US Patent Issued to Halliburton Energy Services on Dec. 2 for "Ball screw and electric brake for a tubing-retrievable safety valve" (Saudi Arabia, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,486,736, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Halliburton Energy Services Inc. (Houston).

"Ball screw and electric brake for a tubing-retrievable safety valve" was invented by Ibrahim El Mallawany (Al-Khobar, Saudi Arabia) and Bruce Edward Scott (Carrollton, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In general, in one aspect, embodiments relate to a sliding assembly, that includes a hydraulic piston, a ball nut affixed to the hydraulic piston, a ball screw disposed through the ball nut, and an electric brake affixed to the ball screw."

The patent was filed on May 30, 2024, under Application No. 18/678,218.

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