Patent 7878253 was granted and assigned to Baker Hughes on February, 2011 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
An affixation and release arrangement includes a first component having a fluid pressure chamber. A piston is mounted in the first component and exposed to the fluid pressure chamber. A second component is affixed to the first component through the piston, the piston being responsive to fluid pressure increase within the chamber to unaffix the second component from the first component.