US Patent Issued to Halliburton Energy Services on March 25 for "Downhole wash tool with a speed limiting brake" (Texas Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,258,842, issued on March 25, was assigned to Halliburton Energy Services Inc. (Houston).

"Downhole wash tool with a speed limiting brake" was invented by Carson Edward Riggins (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Some implementations include an apparatus for washing a downhole tubular. The apparatus may include a head coupled to a rotatable shaft, the head including one or more jets configured to emit fluid to cause the head to rotate on the rotatable shaft and wash the downhole tubular. The apparatus may include one or more brakes coupled with the rotatable shaft and configured to control rotation of the head."

The patent was filed...