Patent ID: 11933164
Assignee: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
Field: Civil engineering (Other fields)
Classification: CPC E  C | IPC C  E

Claim 0:
1. A flow diverter comprising:
a first conical section;
a second conical section;
flow diverting features configured to direct fluid flowing past the flow diverting features toward an inside surface of a tubular; and
support legs,
wherein the first conical section comprises an outside surface tapering from a first end to a second end of the first conical section, wherein the first end of the first conical section comprises a rounded nose,
wherein the second conical section comprises an outside surface tapering from a first end to a second end of the second conical section, wherein the first end of the second conical section comprises a rounded nose,
wherein the support, legs are configured to fixedly couple the flow diverter to the tubular,
wherein the first conical section, the second conical section, or both comprise the flow diverting features,
wherein the flow diverting features extend at least from the rounded nose of the first conical section, the rounded nose of the second conical section, or both to the second end of the first conical section, the second end of the second conical section, or both, respectively,
wherein the flow diverting features extend past the second end of the first conical section, the second end of the second conical section, or both to an outside surface of an intermediate section, and
wherein the intermediate section comprises a substantially cylindrical outer surface extending from the second end of the first conical section to the second end of the second conical section.