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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2017

Filed:

Jul. 31, 2013
Applicant:

Halliburton Energy Services Inc., Houston, TX (US);

Inventors:

Christopher R Delzell, Plano, TX (US);

William Mark Richards, Flower Mound, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01F 5/00 (2006.01); E21B 41/00 (2006.01); E21B 34/14 (2006.01); E21B 47/09 (2012.01); E21B 33/12 (2006.01); E21B 34/06 (2006.01); E21B 47/00 (2012.01); E21B 34/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 41/00 (2013.01); E21B 33/12 (2013.01); E21B 34/06 (2013.01); E21B 34/14 (2013.01); E21B 47/00 (2013.01); E21B 47/0905 (2013.01); E21B 2034/007 (2013.01);
Abstract

An actuation device comprises a housing, and a plurality of permanent magnets disposed about the housing. The plurality of permanent magnets is configured to selectively transition between a first position and a second position. The plurality of permanent magnets is configured to provide a stronger magnetic field strength outside the housing than inside the housing in the first position, and wherein the plurality of permanent magnets is configured to provide a stronger magnetic field strength inside the housing than outside the housing in the second.


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