US Patent Issued to Halliburton Energy Services on Sept. 23 for "Current-controlled circuit breaker for electrical submersible pump motor leads" (British, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,424,844, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Halliburton Energy Services Inc. (Houston).

"Current-controlled circuit breaker for electrical submersible pump motor leads" was invented by Hassan Mansir (Frimley, Great Britain), Andras Bencze (Frimley, Great Britain) and Robert Charles De Long (Tulsa, Okla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Some implementations include an apparatus configured to, in a wellbore, eliminate voltage on one or more first conductors that are electrically connected to a surface-based power source. The apparatus may include a shorting ring electrically connectable to the first conductors and configured to electricall...