US Patent Issued to Weatherford Technology Holdings on Sept. 15 for "Convertible autofill float equipment having poppet valve and interlock" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,735,956, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Weatherford Technology Holdings LLC (Houston).

"Convertible autofill float equipment having poppet valve and interlock" was invented by Daniel E. Sequera (Houston), Joshua V. Symms (Cypress, Texas) and Brandon C. Goodman (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A float assembly facilitates autofill operations when running a tubing string into a wellbore. The assembly includes a poppet valve and an interlock. A primary biasing element, located on a support within the assembly, moves the poppet from an open position to a closed position against a seat. The interlock, situated relative to the pop...