US Patent Issued to Schlumberger technology on Jan. 13 for "Downhole tool with vibration dampening and/or shock absorption" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,523,141, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Schlumberger technology Corp. (Sugar Land, Texas).

"Downhole tool with vibration dampening and/or shock absorption" was invented by Ibrahim Darwish (Stonehouse, Great Britain), Dean Gardner (Clifton, Great Britain), Michael Barker (Stonehouse, Great Britain) and Nadia Domanski (Cheltenham, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A downhole tool for drilling a wellbore in a subterranean formation is described. The downhole tool includes a mounting block or chassis that experiences vibrations when drilling and at least one sensor or electronics assembly mechanically coupled to the mounting b...