US Patent Issued to Halliburton Energy Services on Jan. 27 for "Mechanism for generating downlink confirmation signal" (Texas Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,535,002, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Halliburton Energy Services Inc. (Houston).

"Mechanism for generating downlink confirmation signal" was invented by Daniel Seutter (Conroe, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A downhole signal generation system may include a main housing, a spring, and a valve plug configured to move along a central bore of the main housing between an open position and a closed position to selectively block fluid flow through the main housing. The downhole signal generation system may further include a ball housing insert with a ball slot and a ball release collar disposed about the ball housing insert. The d...