US Patent Issued to Halliburton Energy Services on March 25 for "Expanding metal used in forming support structures" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,258,723, issued on March 25, was assigned to Halliburton Energy Services Inc. (Houston).

"Expanding metal used in forming support structures" was invented by Stephen Michael Greci (Carrollton, Texas), Luke William Holderman (Carrollton, Texas) and Brandon T. Least (Carrollton, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a support structure and a method for manufacture thereof. The support structure, in one aspect, includes first and second expanded metal structural pillars positioned within the ground by a distance (d1), the first and second expanded metal structural pillars comprising a metal that has expanded in response to hydro...