US Patent Issued to Halliburton Energy Services on Jan. 27 for "Well tool having an autonomous ballisic arming mechanism" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,534,984, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Halliburton Energy Services Inc. (Houston).

"Well tool having an autonomous ballisic arming mechanism" was invented by Christopher C. Hoelscher (Alvarado, Texas) and Kevin Cook (Alvarado, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, methods, and apparatus including an autonomous ballistic arming mechanism that may be used in well systems. A first well tool may include an initiating device, and a ballistic barrier housing the initiating device. The ballistic barrier may be configured to mechanically move when the first well tool is engaged with a second well tool to position the initiating devi...