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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2024
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2019
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Darrin Nathaniel Towers, Shady Shores, TX (US);
Kenneth Lemoine Schwendemann, Flower Mound, TX (US);
Benjamin Thomas Derryberry, Mesquite, TX (US);
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
Provided is a valve assembly and method for opening and closing thereof. The valve assembly, in one aspect, includes a valve body having inlet and outlet flow passageways connected by a valve chamber, and a ball valve member having a bore there through creating a ball/bore interface, the ball valve member located in the valve chamber for selective rotation between valve open and valve closed positions to control flow through the valve assembly. The valve assembly, according to this aspect, includes a linear actuation member slideable to engage proximate the ball/bore interface to assist in moving the ball valve member to the valve closed position.