US Patent Issued to Halliburton Energy Services on June 10 for "Downhole tool with crack compliant seal and high yield strength weld positioned at a joint thereof" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,326,046, issued on June 10, was assigned to Halliburton Energy Services Inc. (Houston).

"Downhole tool with crack compliant seal and high yield strength weld positioned at a joint thereof" was invented by Dara Saphira (Carrollton, Texas), Alireza Yazdanshenas (Carrollton, Texas), Stacey Blaine Donovan (Carrollton, Texas) and David Joe Steele (Carrollton, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a downhole tool, a well system and a method. The downhole tool, in one aspect, includes a first member, the first member having a first member inside diameter (ID1), a first member outside diameter (OD1), and a first member hardness value ...