Patents by Inventor Avinash Gopal DHARNE

Avinash Gopal DHARNE 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).

  • Patent number: 11898416
    Abstract: A downhole tool for use in a well comprising a mandrel and an outer sleeve slidably disposed about the mandrel. An inner sleeve is slidably disposed in the mandrel. A drive pin comprising a drive pin bushing connected to the outer sleeve and a shear pin connected to the inner sleeve connects the inner sleeve to the outer sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Ishwar Dilip Patil, Avinash Gopal Dharne, Lonnie Carl Helms, Frank Vinicio Acosta Villarreal, Priyanshkumar Prashantkumar Desai
  • Patent number: 11873697
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes a plug for cementing a wellbore. The plug may include a cylinder. The cylinder may include at least one body including a non-conductive material with conductive filaments dispersed within the non-conductive material. The present disclosure also includes float equipment for cementing a wellbore. The float equipment may include a casing segment including an inner surface, drillable material affixed to the inner surface of the casing segment, and a check valve attached to the drillable material. The drillable material may include a non-conductive material and conductive filaments dispersed within the non-conductive material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignees: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., SDG LLC, Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
    Inventors: Lonnie Carl Helms, Frank Vinicio Acosta Villarreal, Avinash Gopal Dharne, William M. Moeny, Neal Gregory Skinner
  • Patent number: 11767728
    Abstract: A plug for displacing cement in a downhole environment comprising a seal surface having at least one profile. The seal surface, in response to applied pressure, creates a hydraulic seal with another device. The seal surface can be made of molded rubber and the profile formed thereon can be formed from the molded rubber and during the molding process. The profile can be a semicircular profile or multiple semicircular profiles. The profile or profiles can be one or more semicircular profiles and one or more line profiles. The plug can be a bottom plug and the seal surface can be an upstream seal surface and the other device can be a float collar. The plug can be a top plug and the seal surface can an upstream seal surface and the other device can be a bottom plug.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Avinash Gopal Dharne, Lonnie Carl Helms
  • Publication number: 20230243235
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes a plug for cementing a wellbore. The plug may include a cylinder. The cylinder may include at least one body including a non-conductive material with conductive filaments dispersed within the non-conductive material. The present disclosure also includes float equipment for cementing a wellbore. The float equipment may include a casing segment including an inner surface, drillable material affixed to the inner surface of the casing segment, and a check valve attached to the drillable material. The drillable material may include a non-conductive material and conductive filaments dispersed within the non-conductive material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Inventors: Lonnie Carl Helms, Frank Vinicio Acosta Villarreal, Avinash Gopal Dharne, William M. Moeny, Neal Gregory Skinner
  • Patent number: 11566489
    Abstract: A stage cementing tool has a mandrel defining a central flow passage and a plurality of fully open cement flow ports. A packer disposed about the mandrel is movable from an unset to a set position. An opening sleeve is movable in the mandrel from a closed position to an open position in which the flow ports are exposed to allow flow therethrough. The opening sleeve is operable to move the setting sleeve to set the packer against the wellbore as it moves in the mandrel from the closed to the open position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Ishwar Dilip Patil, Lonnie Carl Helms, Avinash Gopal Dharne, Frank Vinicio Acosta, Priyanshkumar Prashantkumar Desai
  • Patent number: 11519242
    Abstract: A stage cementing tool has a mandrel defining a central flow passage and a plurality of cementing passages in a wall thereof. A packer is disposed about the mandrel. A closing sleeve is detachably connected to and movable relative to the mandrel. An opening sleeve defining a plurality of fully open cement flow ports therethrough is telescopically movable relative to the closing sleeve and movable relative to the mandrel. The opening sleeve is movable to move the packer to the set position, and thereafter movable to open a cement flow path between the central flow passage and an annulus defined by the stage cementing tool and the wellbore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Avinash Gopal Dharne, Lonnie Carl Helms, Ishwar Dilip Patil, Frank Vinicio Acosta
  • Publication number: 20220364437
    Abstract: A downhole tool for use in a well comprising a mandrel and an outer sleeve slidably disposed about the mandrel. An inner sleeve is slidably disposed in the mandrel. A drive pin comprising a drive pin bushing connected to the outer sleeve and a shear pin connected to the inner sleeve connects the inner sleeve to the outer sleeve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventors: Ishwar Dilip Patil, Avinash Gopal Dharne, Lonnie Carl Helms, Frank Vinicio Acosta Villarreal, Priyanshkumar Prashantkumar Desai
  • Publication number: 20220349272
    Abstract: A stage cementing tool has a mandrel defining a central flow passage and a plurality of fully open cement flow ports. A packer disposed about the mandrel is movable from an unset to a set position. An opening sleeve is movable in the mandrel from a closed position to an open position in which the flow ports are exposed to allow flow therethrough. The opening sleeve is operable to move the setting sleeve to set the packer against the wellbore as it moves in the mandrel from the closed to the open position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2021
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Inventors: Ishwar Dilip Patil, Lonnie Carl Helms, Avinash Gopal Dharne, Frank Vinicio Acosta, Priyanshkumar Prashantkumar Desai
  • Publication number: 20220349273
    Abstract: A stage cementing tool has a mandrel defining a central flow passage and a plurality of cementing passages in a wall thereof. A packer is disposed about the mandrel. A closing sleeve is detachably connected to and movable relative to the mandrel. An opening sleeve defining a plurality of fully open cement flow ports therethrough is telescopically movable relative to the closing sleeve and movable relative to the mandrel. The opening sleeve is movable to move the packer to the set position, and thereafter movable to open a cement flow path between the central flow passage and an annulus defined by the stage cementing tool and the wellbore.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Inventors: Avinash Gopal Dharne, Lonnie Carl Helms, Ishwar Dilip Patil, Frank Vinicio Acosta
  • Patent number: 11421518
    Abstract: Systems and apparatuses for regulating a multi-phase fluid stream flowing from a subterranean geological formation, and related methods are described herein. The system and apparatus generally include a conduit defining a flow path for the fluid stream, the conduit further defining a first restriction having a throat portion, and the conduit further defining a first return path including an inlet positioned downstream of the first restriction and an outlet positioned upstream of the inlet of the first return path. Related methods include placing the apparatus or system within a wellbore conduit defined by a wellbore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: FORUM US, INC.
    Inventors: Lance Fielder, Kyle Robert Meier, Avinash Gopal Dharne, Robert P. Fielder, III
  • Patent number: 11293260
    Abstract: A buoyancy assist tool has an outer case and a rupture disk connected in the outer case. A sleeve is disposed in the outer case and movable from first to second position in the outer case. A rupture disk membrane of a rupture disk prevents the sleeve from moving to the second position prior to the rupture disk membrane rupturing. The outer case is configured to be connected in a well casing. A lock ring holds the sleeve in the first position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Avinash Gopal Dharne, Stephen Allen Yeldell, Frank Vinicio Acosta, Min Mark Yuan, Kevin Wendell Ardoin
  • Publication number: 20210332667
    Abstract: A buoyancy assist tool has an outer case and a rupture disk connected in the outer case. A sleeve is disposed in the outer case and movable from first to second position in the outer case. A rupture disk membrane of a rupture disk prevents the sleeve from moving to the second position prior to the rupture disk membrane rupturing. The outer case is configured to be connected in a well casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Inventors: Avinash Gopal DHARNE, Stephen Allen YELDELL, Frank Vinicio ACOSTA, Min Mark YUAN, Kevin Wendell ARDOIN
  • Publication number: 20210017831
    Abstract: A plug for displacing cement in a downhole environment comprising a seal surface having at least one profile. The seal surface, in response to applied pressure, creates a hydraulic seal with another device. The seal surface can be made of molded rubber and the profile formed thereon can be formed from the molded rubber and during the molding process. The profile can be a semicircular profile or multiple semicircular profiles. The profile or profiles can be one or more semicircular profiles and one or more line profiles. The plug can be a bottom plug and the seal surface can be an upstream seal surface and the other device can be a float collar. The plug can be a top plug and the seal surface can an upstream seal surface and the other device can be a bottom plug.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2019
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Inventors: Avinash Gopal Dharne, Lonnie Carl Helms
  • Publication number: 20190024491
    Abstract: Systems and apparatuses for regulating a multi-phase fluid stream flowing from a subterranean geological formation, and related methods are described herein. The system and apparatus generally include a conduit defining a flow path for the fluid stream, the conduit further defining a first restriction having a throat portion, and the conduit further defining a first return path including an inlet positioned downstream of the first restriction and an outlet positioned upstream of the inlet of the first return path. Related methods include placing the apparatus or system within a wellbore conduit defined by a wellbore.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2018
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Inventors: Lance FIELDER, Kyle Robert MEIER, Avinash Gopal DHARNE, Robert P. FIELDER, III