US Patent Issued to Schlumberger Technology on July 14 for "Downhole packer assembly having an auto-retraction mechanism" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,680,414, issued on July 14, was assigned to Schlumberger Technology Corp. (Sugar Land, Texas).

"Downhole packer assembly having an auto-retraction mechanism" was invented by Pierre Clery (Abbeville, France) and Stephane Metayer (Abbeville, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A downhole packer assembly may include an outer wall, an inflatable bladder, at least one coupling element, and at least one auto-retraction mechanism. The inflatable bladder may be configured to cause the outer wall to expand radially outwardly. The at least one coupling element may be mechanically coupled radially with the outer wall. The at least one auto-retrac...