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US 2015/0021041 A1Published application
Setting assembly and method thereof
AssigneeBaker Hughes Incorporated
InventorEdward J. O'Malley
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Abstract
A setting assembly including a settable member. A housing including a chamber and a setting material disposed in the chamber and having a first phase of matter and a second phase of matter. The setting material occupying a greater volume in the second phase than in the first phase. The setting material arranged to exert a setting force on the settable member during transition of the setting material from the first phase to the second phase. Also included is a method of setting a settable member.
Claims19
A setting assembly comprising:
- a settable member;
- a housing including a chamber;
- and,
- a setting material disposed in the chamber and having a first phase of matter and a second phase of matter, the setting material occupying a greater volume in the second phase than in the first phase, the setting material arranged to exert a setting force on the settable member during transition of the setting material from the first phase to the second phase.
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A method of setting a settable member, the method comprising:
- enclosing a phase changeable setting material within a chamber of a housing in a solid state;
- heating the setting material to melt the setting material to a liquid state to expand a volume of the setting material;
- and
- harnessing the expansion of the setting material as a setting force to set the settable member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.