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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 05, 2018
Applicant:
Top-co Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Inventor:
Gregory James Alexander Andrigo, Almonte, CA;
Assignee:
TOP-CO INC., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 17/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 17/1078 (2013.01); E21B 17/1028 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49828 (2015.01);
Abstract
A centralizer having asymmetrical bow springs defining a more gradual lead-in angle and a steeper retreat angle to reduce the required insertion and running forces. The centralizer comprises two end bands and a plurality of bow springs connecting the two shaped to gradually contact the surrounding hole or well casing. The bow springs are arranged such that a least two of them are asymmetric and positioned such that the apex of each is the same distance from an end band.