Abstract: Provided are tractor wheels for a downhole tractor. An example tractor wheel comprises a series of continuous springs disposed on the circumference of the tractor wheel, wherein the individual continuous springs in the series of continuous springs are separated by a gap, and a void disposed on the interior of the tractor wheel and that is continuous about the circumference of the tractor wheel.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 2, 2018
Date of Patent:
June 29, 2021
Assignee:
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
Inventors:
Jean G. Saint Germain, Adan Herrera, Tanest Chinwanawich
Abstract: A pneumatic tire of the belted type has a radial reinforcement in the side walls and tread portions of the body, anchored to the bead rings thereof and in the flattened tread portion a circumferential belt formed by flattened helical links looped or interlaced together and having their axes transverse to the circumferential direction is disposed in the flattened tread portion between the radial reinforcement and the outer surface.