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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2023
Tdw Delaware, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Jon Maslen, Sand Springs, OK (US);
Roger L. Poe, Beggs, OK (US);
TDW Delaware, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
A completion system includes a pipeline fitting; a plug body sized for the fitting; a set of blades adapted for securing the plug body within the fitting, the blades having a retracted position and an extended position; a circumferential groove adapted to receive the set blades when in the extended position; and a control bar adapted for use with the plug body. The completion system of this disclosure further includes a sensor and the set of blades is adapted to trigger the sensor when the blades are a properly fully extended to a locking position in the circumferential groove, indicating the plug body is in a properly locked position, and to not trigger the sensor when the blades are not fully extended into the circumferential groove to their proper depth. In some embodiments, the sensor indicates a closed electrical circuit. In other embodiments, the sensor indicates a magnetic flux.