Expandable liner hanger assembly having a plurality of discrete slip teeth placed within the shallow groove

Abstract

Provided is an expandable liner hanger assembly and a well system including the same. The expandable liner hanger assembly, in one aspect, includes a radially expandable tubular defining an interior passageway and an exterior surface, the radially expandable tubular having a shallow groove located in the exterior surface. The expandable liner hanger assembly, in accordance with this aspect, further includes a plurality of discrete slip teeth placed within the shallow groove circumferentially around the radially expandable tubular, the radially expandable tubular configured to move from an initial state wherein the plurality of discrete slip teeth are not in contact with a wellbore tubular to an expanded state wherein the plurality of discrete slip teeth are in gripping engagement with the wellbore tubular.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.