US Patent Issued to Halliburton Energy Services on Dec. 30 for "Expandable metal slip ring for use with a sealing assembly" (Singaporean, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,509,958, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Halliburton Energy Services Inc. (Houston).

"Expandable metal slip ring for use with a sealing assembly" was invented by Luke William Holderman (Houston), Shanu Thottungal Eldho (Houston), Stephen Michael Greci (Carrollton, Texas) and Michael Linley Fripp (Singapore).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a slip ring for use with a sealing assembly, a sealing tool, and a method for sealing an annulus within a wellbore. The slip ring, in at least one aspect, includes an expandable metal ring member having a width (w), a wall thickness (t), an inside diameter (di) and an outside diameter (do),...