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Downhole apparatus

US9851852B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 7, 2013
Grant dateDec 26, 2017
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Expiry dateFeb 8, 2034

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH03K2017/9602
  • WIPO fieldCivil engineering
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A downhole apparatus including a tubular body, first and second ports in a wall of the body, and a fluid pressure-responsive valve arrangement having a locked first configuration associated with a first pressure in which the first port is open and the second port is closed, an unlocked second configuration associated with a second pressure higher than the first pressure in which the first port is open and the second port is closed, and a third configuration associated with a third pressure lower than the second pressure in which the second port is open and the first port is closed.

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