ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,732,031, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLC (Houston).
"Modular stator for downhole electric motors" was invented by Gary Williams (Broken Arrow, Okla.), Shawn Gunter (Owasso, Okla.) and Yong Li (Mequon, Wis.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Motors for use in downhole systems such as electric submersible pumps. In one embodiment, an ESP system includes a pump and a motor which drives the pump. The motor has an elongated cylindrical stator and a rotor which is concentrically positioned within a bore through the stator. The rotor is driven by the stator to rotate within the bore. The stator comprises a pl...