US Patent Issued to Dynomax Drilling Tools on Feb. 10 for "Electrically activated downhole valve for drilling applications" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,546,186, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Dynomax Drilling Tools Inc. (Leduc, Canada).

"Electrically activated downhole valve for drilling applications" was invented by Hartley Randle (Spruce Grove, Canada), Brandon Jullion (Beaumont, Canada) and Joshua Gamble (Spruce Grove, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is a downhole valve for use in a standpipe. A valve body defines a flow path through the valve body. A valve poppet within the valve body is axially movable in a direction parallel with the standpipe when in use. An electrically activated linear activation system is connected to the valve poppet to move the valve poppet a...