US Patent Issued to Halliburton Energy Services on May 12 for "Thrust bearing with tilting pad" (British Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,624,705, issued on May 12, was assigned to Halliburton Energy Services Inc. (Houston).

"Thrust bearing with tilting pad" was invented by Michael Rimmer (Frimley, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A thrust bearing for an electric submersible pump includes a housing including an axial surface and an inner circumferential surface. Holes and bores are formed in the axial surface. The thrust bearing further includes sockets respectively disposed in the holes and pads each including a fluid interface surface. Two open counterbores are formed in each of the pads. The inner circumferential surface radially constrains the pads. The thru...