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US 12,410,781 B2Granted
Expandable element configuration, method and system
AssigneeBaker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLC
InventorMatthew Stone
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Abstract
A shape memory material element configuration. The element includes a shape memory material element, and a capillary line extending to the element, and positioned to apply an activation fluid to the element.
Claims18
A shape memory material element configuration comprising:
- a shape memory material element having a remembered shape, the shape memory material including a manifold within the element configured to distribute activation fluid within the element;
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- a capillary line extending to the element and connected to the manifold to apply an activation fluid through the capillary line to the manifold, the activation fluid being distributed within the element and triggering the element to passively assume the remembered shape.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.