ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,692,748, issued on July 28, was assigned to KING SOUTHWEST & CONSULTING OF CYPRESS (Houston).
"Shock mounting of a motor in a downhole tool" was invented by Santos D. Ortiz (Houston), George R. King (Houston) and Kristopher L. Wilden (Houston).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A downhole tool for use in a subterranean well can include an electric motor, a motor carrier, and a compressed gas chamber. The motor may be axially reciprocably received in the motor carrier. The compressed gas chamber may decrease in volume in response to displacement of the motor in an axial direction relative to the motor carrier. The chamber may be formed radiall...