System for setting a downhole tool
AssigneeBaker Hughes, A Ge Company, LLC
InventorsYash Parekh, Barbara Pratt
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Abstract
A downhole tool includes a tool member having a radially outer surface and a radially inner surface. The radially inner surface includes an angled section. A drive member is axially spaced from the tool member. The drive member includes a radially outer surface portion and a radially inner surface portion. The radially outer surface portion includes an angled portion. A seal element is provided on the drive member. The seal element includes a first portion coupled to the radially outer surface portion and a second portion that is radially outwardly disengagable from the radially outer surface portion in response to one of fluid pressure and fluid flow.
Claims20
A downhole tool comprising:
- a tool member including a radially outer surface and a radially inner surface, the radially inner surface including an angled section;
- a drive member axially spaced from the tool member, the drive member including a radially outer surface portion and a radially inner surface portion, the radially outer surface portion including an angled portion;
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- a seal element provided on the drive member, the seal element including a first portion coupled to the radially outer surface portion and a second portion that is radially outwardly disengagable from the radially outer surface portion in response to one of fluid pressure and fluid flow.
A method of activating a downhole tool comprising:
- transporting the downhole tool into a selected position of a wellbore;
- radially outwardly deflecting a seal element provided on a drive member toward an annular wall of the wellbore;
- urging the drive member toward the tool member;
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- activating the tool member with the drive member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.