US Patent Issued to Wellbore Solutions on July 21 for "Wireline setting assembly" (Louisiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,687,079, issued on July 21, was assigned to Wellbore Solutions Inc. (Lockport, La.).

"Wireline setting assembly" was invented by Oneil J. Legendre III (Luling, La.) and Bryant J. Hebert Jr. (Houma, La.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wireline setting assembly for engaging oil and gas downhole tools is provided. The setting assembly has a piston inside a cylinder and allows annular fluid to flow into an internal cavity. Pressure in an upper chamber of the cylinder causing motion of the piston is resisted by annular fluid flowing out of the internal cavity through an orifice, thereby creating a smooth motion of the piston. The pressure is...