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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2024
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2020
Applicant:
Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Inventors:
David C. Hoyle, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Scott S. Dahlgren, Alpine, UT (US);
David R. Hall, Provo, UT (US);
Malcolm R. Taylor, Aberdeen, GB;
Assignee:
SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 10/22 (2006.01); F16C 33/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 10/22 (2013.01); F16C 33/043 (2013.01);
Abstract
Interfacing surfaces of adjacent tiles in a downhole tool may combine to form a tortuous path therebetween. In various embodiments, this tortuous path may run generally parallel and/or perpendicular to a top surface of the tiles. One example of such a tortuous path may be created by a protrusion extending from an interfacing surface of one of the tiles that may fit snugly within a cavity receding into an interfacing surface of another of the tiles.