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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 23, 2021
Board of Regents, the University of Texas System, Austin, TX (US);
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Michael L. Fripp, Carrollton, TX (US);
Kejia Yang, Dallas, TX (US);
Radu Reit, Plano, TX (US);
Benjamin Lund, Wylie, TX (US);
Walter Voit, Dallas, TX (US);
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Board of Regents, The University of Texas System, Austin, TX (US);
Abstract
Provided are methods and systems for manufacturing and using heat-shrink elastomeric. An example method of manufacturing a heat-shrink elastomeric element comprises providing a thermoplastic elastomeric element having a first shape; modifying the thermoplastic elastomeric element to produce a thermoset elastomeric element having the first shape; heating the thermoset elastomeric element to a temperature of at least the glass transition temperature of the thermoset elastomeric element; adjusting the first shape of the thermoset elastomeric element to produce a second shape with at least one dimension greater than that of the first shape; and cooling the thermoset elastomeric element to a temperature below that of the glass transition temperature of the thermoset elastomeric element to produce the heat-shrink elastomeric element.