US 12,012,821 B2
Packer shear bridge
Brian Christiansen, Missouri City, TX (US)
Assigned to Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US)
Appl. No. 18/006,160
Filed by Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US)
PCT Filed Jul. 20, 2021, PCT No. PCT/US2021/042289
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 20, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/020294, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 27, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/054,915, filed on Jul. 22, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0295995 A1, Sep. 21, 2023
Int. Cl. E21B 33/129 (2006.01); E21B 29/00 (2006.01)
CPC E21B 33/129 (2013.01) [E21B 29/002 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A tool assembly comprising:
a body;
a slip cage disposed about the body, the slip cage carrying a plurality of slips;
a cone slidable in a longitudinal direction along a length of the body, the cone comprising:
a ramp that facilitates radial outward expansion of the plurality of slips; and
a shear bridge that connects the cone and the slip cage via a plurality of shear fasteners, wherein the shear bridge comprises:
a plurality of bridge portions joined together via a ring portion;
at least one hole at an interface between the ring portion and a given bridge portion of the plurality of bridge portions; and
a second hole near an end of the given bridge portion that is opposite the ring portion,
wherein a first shear fastener of the plurality of shear fasteners is disposed in the at least one hole for holding the shear bridge axially to the cone, and
wherein a second shear fastener of the plurality of shear fasteners is disposed in the second hole for fastening the given bridge portion of the shear bridge to the slip cage.