US Patent Issued to Workover Solutions on Dec. 9 for "Downhole plug with integrated slip cover and expansion element" (Texas Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,492,609, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Workover Solutions Inc. (Imperial, Pa.).

"Downhole plug with integrated slip cover and expansion element" was invented by Carl Andrew Rosenholm (Sugar Land, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Tools for sealing a tubing in a downhole environment. The tools feature top and bottom slip assemblies and a monolithic sealing element. The monolithic sealing element includes a portion that is disposed between the top and bottom slip assemblies as well as portions that encapsulate the slip assemblies. When the tool is actuated from a run-in configuration to a set configuration, the slips move toward each...