US Patent Issued to Halliburton Energy Services on Dec. 2 for "Valve actuation assembly with a cable and shaft" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,486,922, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Halliburton Energy Services Inc. (Houston).

"Valve actuation assembly with a cable and shaft" was invented by Finn Gamble McCarthy (Carrollton, Texas), Ryan W. McChesney (Carrollton, Texas) and Stephen Michael Greci (Carrollton, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A variety of methods, systems, and apparatus are disclosed, including, in one embodiment, a valve system comprising: a valve; and a valve actuation assembly comprising: a linear motion actuator configured to move linearly; a cable coupled to the linear motion actuator; and a shaft coupled to the cable, wherein the cable extends from th...