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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2019
Innovex Downhole Solutions, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Nick Tonti, Houston, TX (US);
INNOVEX DOWNHOLE SOLUTIONS, INC., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A downhole tool includes an engaging member configured to increase in radial dimension from a run-in configuration to a set configuration, and to engage a surrounding tubular in the set configuration, and a plurality of buttons embedded in the engaging member. The plurality of buttons are positioned in radial alignment with or radially inward of an outer surface of the engaging member until at least a portion of the engaging member is increased in the radial dimension. The plurality of buttons are configured to extend radially outward of the outer surface of the engaging member and engage the surrounding tubular in when the radial dimension of the at least a portion of the engaging member is increased.