Patents
US 12760611 B1: Trigger, tool, and system
- Granted
- 2026-10-13
- Filed
- 2025-08-13 application 19298932
- Type
- Utility · 8 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
A trigger, including a shell, and a DoD material, and an e match in contact with the DoD material. A trigger including a first DoD material disposed as a load support, a second DoD material about the load support, and an e-match in contact with the DoD. A downhole tool, including a housing, first and second conduits, a plug member disposed between the first and second conduits and biased to a position that allows flow past the plug member, and a trigger disposed to hold the plug member in a position that denies flow past the plug member, the trigger comprising a DoD material. A downhole tool, including a housing, a piston, and a trigger on the piston within an inlet chamber of the housing, the trigger reducing a piston area of the piston to an area smaller than the full piston area defined by the piston.
Source: PTBLXML, file of 2026-10-13 (ipgb20261013.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLC 922 patents | US company or organization | Houston, TX | PTBLXML, file of 2026-10-13 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zhihui Zhang | Katy, TX | 123 | PTBLXML, file of 2026-10-13 | |
| YingQing Xu | Tomball, TX | 81 | PTBLXML, file of 2026-10-13 | |
| Emerson Nunez Moran | Cypress, TX | PTBLXML, file of 2026-10-13 | ||
| Jason Harper | Cypress, TX | PTBLXML, file of 2026-10-13 | ||
| Matthew D. Solfronk | Katy, TX | 14 | PTBLXML, file of 2026-10-13 | |
| Todd Christopher Jackson | Houston, TX | PTBLXML, file of 2026-10-13 | ||
| James Doane | Friendswood, TX | PTBLXML, file of 2026-10-13 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| E21B | Earth or rock drilling; obtaining oil, gas, water, soluble or meltable materials or a slurry of minerals from wells | E21B23/042 | PTBLXML, file of 2026-10-13 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-20 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | ZHANG, ZHIHUI signed 2025-08-20 XU, YINGQING signed 2025-08-20 NUNEZ MORAN, EMERSON signed 2025-08-14 HARPER, JASON signed 2025-08-20 SOLFRONK, MATTHEW D. signed 2025-08-20 JACKSON, TODD CHRISTOPHER signed 2025-08-13 DOANE, JAMES signed 2025-08-14 | BAKER HUGHES OILFIELD OPERATIONS LLC HOUSTON, TX | 72070/907 | PASDL, file of 2026-10-16 |
Documents recorded with the USPTO Assignment Recordation Branch that list this patent. A security interest is a lender’s claim on the patent as collateral; a release ends it.
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