Patents by Inventor Darrell Wayne ADKINS

Darrell Wayne ADKINS 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).

  • Running lines through expandable metal sealing elements
    Patent number: 11519239
    Abstract: Methods for traversing an expandable metal sealing element. An example method includes positioning an expandable metal sealing element in a wellbore; wherein the expandable metal sealing element includes a reactive metal and a void extending axially through at least a portion of the expandable metal sealing element. The method further includes disposing a line in the void and contacting the expandable metal sealing element with a fluid that reacts with the reactive metal to produce a reaction product having a volume greater than the reactive metal, wherein the reaction product seals around the line while it is disposed in the void.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen Michael Greci, Michael Linley Fripp, Gregory Scott Cunningham, Darrell Wayne Adkins
  • RUNNING LINES THROUGH EXPANDABLE METAL SEALING ELEMENTS
    Publication number: 20210123319
    Abstract: Methods for traversing an expandable metal sealing element. An example method includes positioning an expandable metal sealing element in a wellbore; wherein the expandable metal sealing element includes a reactive metal and a void extending axially through at least a portion of the expandable metal sealing element. The method further includes disposing a line in the void and contacting the expandable metal sealing element with a fluid that reacts with the reactive metal to produce a reaction product having a volume greater than the reactive metal, wherein the reaction product seals around the line while it is disposed in the void.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Inventors: Stephen Michael GRECI, Michael Linley FRIPP, Gregory Scott CUNNINGHAM, Darrell Wayne ADKINS