ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,704,035, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLC (Houston).
"Anchor system, method, and borehole system" was invented by Joseph Ramirez (Houston), Stephen Zamora (Pearland, Texas), Jeffrey Honekamp (Tomball, Texas) and Farhat Shaikh (Houston).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An anchor system, including a mandrel, a cone disposed upon the mandrel, a slip disposed upon the mandrel and adjacent the cone, and a retainer interactive with the cone, the slip and the mandrel to initially prevent the slip from climbing the cone. A method for operating an anchor system including passing a load through a slip, a retaine...