US Patent Issued to Schlumberger Technology on Sept. 30 for "Automatic thrust activated multi-speed reduction gear and clutch system and method" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,428,925, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Schlumberger Technology Corp. (Sugar Land, Texas).

"Automatic thrust activated multi-speed reduction gear and clutch system and method" was invented by Gerrit Kroesen (Katy, Texas) and Bruce Boulanger (Katy, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A technique facilitates application of increased force in various well applications while limiting the overall time period of the operation by automatically utilizing two modes of operation. In some well applications, the technique automatically applies increased force to facilitate shearing of a tubular product in a timely manner. By way of example, t...