US Patent Issued to Halliburton Energy Services on July 8 for "Journal bearing lubrication side ports for optimum bearing load capacity" (British Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,352,141, issued on July 8, was assigned to Halliburton Energy Services Inc. (Houston).

"Journal bearing lubrication side ports for optimum bearing load capacity" was invented by Michael Rimmer (Frimley, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bearing assembly for an electrical motor of an ESP pump assembly comprising an outer bearing sleeve with an inner surface and an anti-rotation device rotationally coupling the outer sleeve to a stator and an inner bearing sleeve with an outer surface and an anti-rotation device coupling the inner bearing sleeve to a drive shaft. A fluid film gap located between the outer surface and the inner ...