ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,662,916, issued on June 23, was assigned to Halliburton Energy Services Inc. (Houston).
"Bellows system for electrical submersible pump" was invented by Steven Pyron (Tulsa, Okla.), Matthew Thomas King (Denver) and Bryan Coates (Leduc, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bellows system for an electrical submersible pump includes a housing, a bellows disposed within the housing, a stop having a through hole, and a chamber disposed on an opposite side of the stop from the housing. The bellows may include a first end secured to the housing and a second end configured to move within the housing. At a maximum extension of the bellows, the...