Seating assembly including a convertible landing seat
AssigneeBaker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLC
InventorsMichael Johnson, Matthew Stone, Colin Andrew
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Abstract
An apparatus includes a housing configured to be disposed in a borehole in a resource bearing formation, the housing including an axially extending fluid conduit configured to receive borehole fluid, and a seating assembly including a convertible component that is configured to be actuated to move the convertible component in a radial direction between an open position and a seating position. The convertible component extends radially into the fluid conduit and forms a landing seat for an object when in the seating position, and the convertible component allows passage of the object therethrough when in the open position.
Claims20
An apparatus comprising:
- a housing configured to be disposed in a borehole in a resource bearing formation, the housing including an axially extending fluid conduit configured to receive borehole fluid;
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- a seating assembly including a convertible component, the convertible component configured to be actuated to move the convertible component in a radial direction between an open position and a seating position, wherein the convertible component extends radially into the fluid conduit and forms a landing seat for an object when in the seating position, and the convertible component allows passage of the object therethrough when in the open position.
A method of forming a landing seat, comprising:
- disposing a borehole string including a downhole device in a borehole in a resource bearing formation, the downhole device including a housing having an axially extending fluid conduit configured to receive borehole fluid, the downhole device including a seating assembly having a convertible component;
- and
- actuating the seating assembly by moving the convertible component in a radial direction between an open position and a seating position, wherein the convertible component extends radially into the fluid conduit and forms a landing seat for an object when in the seating position, and the convertible component allows passage of the object therethrough when in the open position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.