US Patent Issued to Weatherford Technology Holdings on June 10 for "Float valve producing turbulent flow for wet shoe track" (Texas Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,326,066, issued on June 10, was assigned to Weatherford Technology Holdings LLC (Houston).

"Float valve producing turbulent flow for wet shoe track" was invented by Dmitry Ridner (Odessa, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A float tool is used for controlling flow in tubing. The float tool comprises a housing, at least one valve, and at least one inset. The housing is configured to install on the tubing and has a longitudinal bore therethrough. The at least one valve is disposed in the longitudinal bore. The at least one valve is configured to allow the flow in a downbore direction through the longitudinal bore and is configured to pre...