US Patent Issued to Weatherford Technology Holdings on Dec. 16 for "Hydro-mechanical sounding device for use with acoustic telemetry system" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,497,890, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Weatherford Technology Holdings LLC (Houston).

"Hydro-mechanical sounding device for use with acoustic telemetry system" was invented by Brandon C. Goodman (Houston) and Joshua V. Symms (Cypress, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An acoustic telemetry system used with a wellbore assembly in a wellbore includes a hydro-mechanical sounding devices, relays, and a receiver. The sounding device includes a housing defining a chamber with an inlet port and at least one outlet port. A piston disposed in the chamber is movable against a strike face in the chamber in response to a hydraulic pressure d...