US Patent Issued to Halliburton Energy Services on Sept. 30 for "Elastomer compounds for use within a borehole" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,428,546, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Halliburton Energy Services Inc. (Houston).

"Elastomer compounds for use within a borehole" was invented by Byong Jun Kim (Cypress, Texas), James H. Ryan (Denton, Texas), Charles Timothy Smith (Edgewood, Texas) and Shashishekara Talya (Humble, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A downhole tool including a downhole motor. The downhole motor may include a housing, a stator positioned within the housing, and a rotor positioned within the stator. The stator may include an elastomer compound that may include at least one of NBR or HNBR, process aids, and at least one of zinc oxide or graphite."...