Patents by Inventor Alice Belew

Alice Belew has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method and System for Laterally Drilling Through a Subterranean Formation
    Publication number: 20150345224
    Abstract: A method for lateral drilling into a subterranean formation whereby a shoe is positioned in a well casing, the shoe defining a passageway extending from an upper opening in the shoe through the shoe to a side opening in the shoe. A rod and casing mill assembly are inserted into the well casing and through the passageway in the shoe until a casing mill end of the casing mill assembly substantially abuts the well casing. The rod and casing mill assembly are rotated until the casing mill end substantially forms a perforation in the well casing. An internally rotating nozzle is attached to an end of a hose and is pushed through the passageway and the perforation into the subterranean formation, and fluid is ejected from tangential jets into the subterranean formation for impinging upon and eroding the subterranean formation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2015
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Inventor: Alice Belew
  • Method and system for laterally drilling through a subterranean formation
    Patent number: 8312939
    Abstract: An internally rotating nozzle for facilitating drilling through a subterranean formation is rotatably mounted internally within a housing connected to a hose for receiving high pressure fluid. The rotor includes at least two tangential jets oriented off of center for ejecting fluid to generate torque and rotate the rotor and cut a substantially cylindrical tunnel in the subterranean formation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Inventors: David A. Belew, Barry Belew, Alice Belew
  • Method and Apparatus for Laterally Drilling Through a Subterranean Formation
    Publication number: 20100187012
    Abstract: An internally rotating nozzle for facilitating drilling through a subterranean formation is rotatably mounted internally within a housing connected to a hose for receiving high pressure fluid. The rotor includes at least two tangential jets oriented off of center for ejecting fluid to generate torque and rotate the rotor and cut a substantially cylindrical tunnel in the subterranean formation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2010
    Publication date: July 29, 2010
    Inventors: David Belew, Barry Belew, Alice Belew
  • Method and apparatus for laterally drilling through a subterranean formation
    Patent number: 7686101
    Abstract: An internally rotating nozzle for facilitating drilling through a subterranean formation is rotatably mounted internally within a housing connected to a hose for receiving high pressure fluid. The rotor includes at least two tangential jets oriented off of center for ejecting fluid to generate torque and rotate the rotor and cut a substantially cylindrical tunnel in the subterranean formation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2010
    Inventors: David Belew, Barry Belew, Alice Belew, legal representative