Patents by Inventor Cullen Craig Keyes

Cullen Craig Keyes 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).

  • Publication number: 20240076967
    Abstract: In one example, a method includes running a downhole system into a downhole environment that comprises a wellbore, and the downhole system is configured such that a reusable plug of the downhole system is positioned uphole of a perforation gun of the downhole system, then, with the perforation gun, perforating a casing at a stage of the wellbore, and the perforating is performed using a projectile, and the perforating is performed by firing the projectile from a chamber of the perforation gun.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Stanley Jon Blois, Lawrence Gene Griffin, Ian Graham Janke, Cullen Craig Keyes, Gareth Nicholas Jones
  • Publication number: 20240068346
    Abstract: A dispenser includes a body that defines a chamber and a barrel that communicate with each other, and a penetrator assembly configured to be received in the chamber. The penetrator assembly includes a penetrator, a propellant operably positioned with respect to the penetrator, a primer in operable communication with the propellant, and an electrical conductor configured and arranged to carry electrical power to the primer. The dispenser may be positioned in a downhole location such as a wellbore, and the penetrator assembly may be fired so that the penetrator perforates a casing in the wellbore.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Cullen Craig Keyes, Lawrence Gene Griffin, Gareth Nicholas Jones, Ian Graham Janke
  • Patent number: 11846164
    Abstract: In one example, a downhole system includes a housing configured to be releasably connected to a tether, projectile fire control circuitry disposed within the housing, a block chamber connected to the housing, and the block chamber includes one or more reloadable chambers each configured to be loaded with a respective projectile, and a firing system operable to directly, or indirectly, control the firing of a projectile, in response to a command issued by the projectile fire control circuitry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: DEFIANT ENGINEERING LLC
    Inventors: Stanley Jon Blois, Lawrence Gene Griffin, Ian Graham Janke, Cullen Craig Keyes, Gareth Nicholas Jones
  • Publication number: 20230349272
    Abstract: In one example, a downhole system includes a housing configured to be releasably connected to a tether, projectile fire control circuitry disposed within the housing, a block chamber connected to the housing, and the block chamber includes one or more reloadable chambers each configured to be loaded with a respective projectile, and a firing system operable to directly, or indirectly, control the firing of a projectile, in response to a command issued by the projectile fire control circuitry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: Stanley Jon Blois, Lawrence Gene Griffin, Ian Graham Janke, Cullen Craig Keyes, Gareth Nicholas Jones