US Patent Issued to Schlumberger Technology on Sept. 29 for "Devices, systems, and methods for identifying a radial position of an expandable tool" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,747,663, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to Schlumberger Technology Corp. (Sugar Land, Texas).

"Devices, systems, and methods for identifying a radial position of an expandable tool" was invented by Navish Makkar (Katy, Texas) and Dwayne P. Terracina (Katy, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An expandable tool may include a housing including an opening. An expandable tool may include an expandable block configured to extend through the opening, the expandable block including a first sensor element. An expandable tool may include a moving member located at a first end of the expandable block, the moving member including a second senso...