ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,312,910, issued on May 27, was assigned to SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY Corp. (Sugar Land, Texas).
"Full bore electric flow control valve system" was invented by Jerome Prost (Clamart, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A technique facilitates flow control downhole via at least one flow control valve. According to an example, a flow control valve has an internal piston. Additionally, an electrically powered actuator is mounted externally to the flow control valve and connected to the internal piston via a linkage. The electrically powered actuator is responsive to electrical inputs to shift the internal piston to desired flow positions of ...