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Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2008

Filed:

Nov. 30, 2004
Applicants:

Khanh Duong, Houston, TX (US);

Jean Pierre Masson, Richmond, TX (US);

Fernando Garcia-osuna, Sugar Land, TX (US);

Harold Pfutzner, Richmond, TX (US);

Alain Dumont, Houston, TX (US);

Tetsuya Tanaka, Sugar Land, TX (US);

Inventors:

Khanh Duong, Houston, TX (US);

Jean Pierre Masson, Richmond, TX (US);

Fernando Garcia-Osuna, Sugar Land, TX (US);

Harold Pfutzner, Richmond, TX (US);

Alain Dumont, Houston, TX (US);

Tetsuya Tanaka, Sugar Land, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/00 (2006.01); E21B 28/00 (2006.01); E21B 27/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Wellbore apparatus including an elongated tubular adapted for disposal within the wellbore. The tubular having an elongated recess formed on its exterior surface along the longitudinal axis. The recess is adapted to accept and house a component therein. A shield disposed within the recess and adapted to slide to a selected position therein, covering a housed component. The sliding shield and housed component are retained within the recess by a retainer system using minimal fasteners.


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