Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fully shrouded nozzle removed by shear
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Application No.: US17668268Application Date: 2022-02-09
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Publication No.: US12078032B2Publication Date: 2024-09-03
- Inventor: James Doane , Kyle Henagan , Marc Samuelson
- Applicant: James Doane , Kyle Henagan , Marc Samuelson
- Applicant Address: US TX Friendswood
- Assignee: BAKER HUGHES OILFIELD OPERATIONS LLC
- Current Assignee: BAKER HUGHES OILFIELD OPERATIONS LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston
- Agency: CANTOR COLBURN LLP
- Main IPC: E21B41/00
- IPC: E21B41/00 ; E21B17/06

Abstract:
A downhole tool, a nozzle assembly for the downhole tool and a nozzle. The nozzle assembly includes an orifice in a housing of the downhole tool. The orifice has a housing groove. A nozzle is insertable into the orifice, the nozzle including a nozzle groove. A release member secures the nozzle to the housing by disposing a first portion of the release member in the housing groove and a second portion of the release member in the nozzle groove. The first portion is removable from the second portion upon applying a force to the nozzle above a release threshold. The nozzle includes a body having an outlet end, a nozzle groove on a surface of the body for receiving a release member to secure the nozzle within a housing, and a seal groove for isolating the nozzle groove from an environment at the outlet end.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220268130A1 FULLY SHROUDED NOZZLE REMOVED BY SHEAR Public/Granted day:2022-08-25
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