US Patent Issued to SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY on May 13 for "Pressure modulating multi-diameter thrust cup arrangement and positioning system" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,297,713, issued on May 13, was assigned to SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY Corp. (Sugar Land, Texas).

"Pressure modulating multi-diameter thrust cup arrangement and positioning system" was invented by Simon Mattias Flander (Houston) and Julien Toniolo (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments described herein provide a multi-diameter thrust device that includes one or more thrust cups. Each thrust cup of the one or more thrust cups includes a first axial end hub disposed at a first axial end of the thrust cup; a second axial end hub disposed at a second axial end of the thrust cup; and a plurality of bowsprings. The thrust device is co...