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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 11, 2009
Kjell Haugvaldstad, Vanvikan, NO;
Ashley Johnson, Milton, GB;
Geoffrey C. Downton, Gloucestershire, GB;
Walter David Aldred, Cambridgeshire, GB;
Frank F. Espinosa, Cambridge, GB;
Benjamin Jeffryes, Cambridge, GB;
Riadh Boualleg, Cambridge, GB;
Michael Paul Barrett, Cambridge, GB;
Kjell Haugvaldstad, Vanvikan, NO;
Ashley Johnson, Milton, GB;
Geoffrey C. Downton, Gloucestershire, GB;
Walter David Aldred, Cambridgeshire, GB;
Frank F. Espinosa, Cambridge, GB;
Benjamin Jeffryes, Cambridge, GB;
Riadh Boualleg, Cambridge, GB;
Michael Paul Barrett, Cambridge, GB;
Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Abstract
The present invention recites a method and apparatus, wherein said methods and apparatus comprises an actuator comprising a first plate, a pocket extending through the first plate, the pocket in fluid communication with a pressurized fluid source and a second plate coupled to a component that is to be actuated, wherein the first plate, the second plate, and the pocket are dimensioned such that when a pressurized fluid is discharged through the pocket, the velocity of the fluid through a gap between the first plate and the second plate creates a pressure drop sufficient to pull the second plate toward the first plate.