ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,442,714, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Halliburton Energy Services Inc. (Houston).
"Downhole leak detection in a hydraulic system" was invented by Ruchir Shirish Patwa (Sugar Land, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are provided for detecting leaks in a hydraulic system. An example method can include retrieving from memory, current signatures for a plurality of components in a hydraulic system; monitoring current consumption of a hydraulic motor during operation of the motor; determining, based on a comparison of the current consumption and current signature of the motor, an abnormal operating condition of the ...