US 12,366,119 B2
Detection of heat generated by cutting action of a drill bit
Devanand Ramchune, Humble, TX (US); David Charles Myerson, Houston, TX (US); Thomas William Chase, Houston, TX (US); William Penaloza, The Woodlands, TX (US); Joseph William Hughes, Cypress, TX (US); Matthew David Hays, Houston, TX (US); Kevin Reid, Houston, TX (US); Scott James Stamper, Houston, TX (US); Afshin Babaie Aghdam, Houston, TX (US); and Aaron Schen, Conroe, TX (US)
Assigned to CHEVRON U.S.A. INC., San Ramon, CA (US)
Filed by Chevron U.S.A. Inc., San Ramon, CA (US)
Filed on Jan. 25, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/422,714.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/481,520, filed on Jan. 25, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0247549 A1, Jul. 25, 2024
Int. Cl. E21B 10/62 (2006.01); E21B 47/07 (2012.01)
CPC E21B 10/62 (2013.01) [E21B 47/07 (2020.05)] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A temperature plug assembly, comprising:
a plug base having a first end, a second end opposite the first end, and an intermediate portion extending between the first end and the second end, wherein the plug base is a single, continuous piece; and
a temperature indicator that is separate from the plug base and coupled to an external surface of the plug base proximate the first end of the plug base, wherein the temperature indicator faces outward from the plug base to display a temperature indication thereon,
wherein the plug base comprises a recess formed in the first end of the plug base, wherein the temperature indicator is attached to the external surface of the plug base in the recess.