US Patent Issued to Innovex International on Jan. 27 for "Systems and methods for expanding a liner hanger using a segmented swage assembly" (Texas Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,534,983, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Innovex International Inc. (Houston).

"Systems and methods for expanding a liner hanger using a segmented swage assembly" was invented by Kyle A. King (Cypress, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system includes a liner hanger, a segmented swage assembly, and a running tool. The liner hanger is configured to set within a wellhead. The segmented swage assembly is configured to deploy the liner hanger into a casing within the wellhead. The segmented swage assembly comprises a first plurality of segments coupled to the running tool and a second plurality of segments coupled to the liner hanger...