Patents Represented by Attorney Joshua Griswold
  • Patent number: 8002045
    Abstract: A downhole tool for providing a seal downhole within a wellbore for reducing loading experienced by a sealing member of the downhole tool is disclosed. The downhole tool may include a pair of directional locking members, at least one of which is operable to transfer a loading experienced by the downhole tool through rigid components of the downhole tool, thereby bypassing the sealing member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Dale Ezell, Gary Dale Ellis