US 12,473,786 B2
Latch collet including unique torque buttons
Lars Petter Larsen, Stavanger (NO); Borisa Lajesic, Stavanger (NO); Morten Falnes, Stavanger (NO); and Vegard Dyrseth, Stavanger (NO)
Assigned to Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US)
Filed by Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US)
Filed on Oct. 5, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/481,516.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/414,272, filed on Oct. 7, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0117712 A1, Apr. 11, 2024
Int. Cl. E21B 23/02 (2006.01); E21B 7/06 (2006.01); E21B 17/046 (2006.01); E21B 23/01 (2006.01); E21B 23/03 (2006.01); E21B 23/06 (2006.01); E21B 33/12 (2006.01); E21B 41/00 (2006.01); E21B 47/00 (2012.01)
CPC E21B 23/02 (2013.01) [E21B 7/061 (2013.01); E21B 17/046 (2013.01); E21B 17/0465 (2020.05); E21B 23/01 (2013.01); E21B 23/03 (2013.01); E21B 23/06 (2013.01); E21B 33/12 (2013.01); E21B 41/0035 (2013.01); E21B 47/00 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
17. A latch collet, comprising:
a collet body, the collet body having a plurality of collet fingers;
a torque button located on a radial exterior of each of the plurality of collet fingers, wherein a width (WTB) of each of the torque buttons is within 10% of each other; and
a coupling selector button located on the radial exterior of each of the plurality of fingers, the coupling selector button configured to engage with a selector profile in a latch coupling, wherein the coupling selector button is an uphole coupling selector button located uphole of the torque buttons, and further including a downhole coupling selector button located on the radial exterior of each of the plurality of fingers and downhole of the torque buttons.