US Patent Issued to Halliburton Energy Services on Aug. 25 for "Split thrust chamber for downhole pump" (Oklahoma Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,716,417, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Halliburton Energy Services Inc. (Houston).

"Split thrust chamber for downhole pump" was invented by Steven Pyron (Tulsa, Okla.) and Jeffrey Frey (Broken Arrow, Okla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system can be used in a wellbore. The system can include a first thrust chamber, a second thrust chamber, and a seal guide. The first thrust chamber can include a first bearing for absorbing thrust in a first direction in the wellbore. The second thrust chamber can include a second bearing for absorbing thrust in a second direction in the wellbore that is different than the first direction. The sea...