Patents by Inventor Dominick Joseph Bellotte
Dominick Joseph Bellotte 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).
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Patent number: 10577873Abstract: In accordance with some embodiments of the present disclosure, a shape memory alloy rope socket for a downhole tool is disclosed. The rope socket includes a coupler formed of a shape memory alloy. The rope socket further includes a housing surrounding the coupler. The housing including a pathway and a connector for attaching a downhole tool is attached. The rope socket further includes a line passing through the pathway and the coupler such that the coupler is in contact with the line along a length of the coupler when the coupler is in a reduced diameter state.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2015Date of Patent: March 3, 2020Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Sean Gregory Thomas, Dominick Joseph Bellotte
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Patent number: 10378294Abstract: A slickline for use in a wellbore comprising: the slickline, wherein the slickline: comprises a composite material comprising a plurality of carbon fiber strands, and is housed on the inside of a receptacle, wherein the receptacle is hollow and cone-shaped. The slickline can also be made from an anisotropic material; and wherein a first test section of the slickline has a stiffness greater than a second test section having the same dimensions as the first test section but made of steel. A method of deploying the slickline into a wellbore comprising: positioning a portion of the slickline into a controlled deployment device, wherein the controlled deployment device comprises a housing; and causing at least a portion of the slickline to enter the wellbore, wherein the slickline moves from the receptacle through the housing and into the wellbore during the step of causing.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2014Date of Patent: August 13, 2019Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Richard Mineo, Dominick Joseph Bellotte
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Patent number: 10267113Abstract: A slickline shredder tool includes a housing, a housing inlet, a power receiver, a shredder coupled to the power receiver, and a storage unit. The shredder rotates about a first axis when the power receiver receives power. Malfunctioning slickline enters the housing through the housing inlet and is shredded into shredded pieces by the shredder. The shredded pieces are stored in the storage unit.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2015Date of Patent: April 23, 2019Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Richard Mineo, Dominick Joseph Bellotte
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Patent number: 10161194Abstract: A downhole tool includes a housing that includes a bore therethrough to receive a portion of a downhole conveyance that extends linearly through the bore from a first opening in the housing to a second opening in the housing, the downhole conveyance including a communication line sized to communicate instructions that includes at least one of logic or data; and a grip assembly at least partially positioned in the bore to engagingly hold the portion of the downhole conveyance at a tension at least equal to a breaking strength of the downhole conveyance.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2013Date of Patent: December 25, 2018Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Jack Gammill Clemens, Dominick Joseph Bellotte
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Publication number: 20180010400Abstract: In accordance with some embodiments of the present disclosure, a shape memory alloy rope socket for a downhole tool is disclosed. The rope socket includes a coupler formed of a shape memory alloy. The rope socket further includes a housing surrounding the coupler. The housing including a pathway and a connector for attaching a downhole tool is attached. The rope socket further includes a line passing through the pathway and the coupler such that the coupler is in contact with the line along a length of the coupler when the coupler is in a reduced diameter state.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2015Publication date: January 11, 2018Inventors: Sean Gregory Thomas, Dominick Joseph Bellotte
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Publication number: 20170350207Abstract: A slickline shredder tool includes a housing, a housing inlet, a power receiver, a shredder coupled to the power receiver, and a storage unit. The shredder rotates about a first axis when the power receiver receives power. Malfunctioning slickline enters the housing through the housing inlet and is shredded into shredded pieces by the shredder. The shredded pieces are stored in the storage unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2015Publication date: December 7, 2017Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Richard MINEO, Dominick Joseph BELLOTTE
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Publication number: 20170152715Abstract: A slickline for use in a wellbore comprising: the slickline, wherein the slickline: comprises a composite material comprising a plurality of carbon fiber strands, and is housed on the inside of a receptacle, wherein the receptacle is hollow and cone-shaped. The slickline can also be made from an anisotropic material; and wherein a first test section of the slickline has a stiffness greater than a second test section having the same dimensions as the first test section but made of steel. A method of deploying the slickline into a wellbore comprising: positioning a portion of the slickline into a controlled deployment device, wherein the controlled deployment device comprises a housing; and causing at least a portion of the slickline to enter the wellbore, wherein the slickline moves from the receptacle through the housing and into the wellbore during the step of causing.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2014Publication date: June 1, 2017Inventors: Richard Mineo, Dominick Joseph Bellotte
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Publication number: 20170051609Abstract: Techniques for controlling a downhole tool include deploying a downhole tool on a slickline in a wellbore; receiving a command that includes at least one of data or logic at the downhole tool on the slickline from a controller; actuating the downhole tool, based on the command, with an actuator communicably coupled to the controller on the slickline; and transmitting feedback associated with the actuation of the downhole tool at the controller on the slickline.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 13, 2014Publication date: February 23, 2017Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Jerry Clinton Foster, Dominick Joseph Bellotte, Richard Mineo, Jack Gammill Clemens
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Publication number: 20160258226Abstract: A downhole tool includes a housing that includes a bore therethrough to receive a portion of a downhole conveyance that extends linearly through the bore from a first opening in the housing to a second opening in the housing, the downhole conveyance including a communication line sized to communicate instructions that includes at least one of logic or data; and a grip assembly at least partially positioned in the bore to engagingly hold the portion of the downhole conveyance at a tension at least equal to a breaking strength of the downhole conveyance.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 11, 2013Publication date: September 8, 2016Inventors: Jack Gammill Clemens, Dominick Joseph Bellotte
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Publication number: 20160153250Abstract: Techniques for managing strain on a downhole cable, such as a slickline or wireline, include a wire coupled with a communication line, such as a fiber optic cable or metallic (or non-metallic) conductor. In one example, a downhole cable includes a wire to support a downhole tool string; and a communication line non-linearly coupled with the wire, the communication line sized to communicate instructions, that include at least one of logic or data to the downhole tool, and elongate based on an axial force that acts on the downhole cable.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2013Publication date: June 2, 2016Inventors: Sean Gregory Thomas, Jack Gammill Clemens, Dominick Joseph Bellotte
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Patent number: 9334704Abstract: A wellbore bailer has a rotary motor coupling, a cylinder having an open end, and a pump in the cylinder coupled to the rotary motor coupling and configured to pump fluid when rotated via the coupling. A closure of the bailer is changeable between sealing and allowing flow through the open end.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2012Date of Patent: May 10, 2016Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Richard Mineo, Dominick Joseph Bellotte
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Publication number: 20150240583Abstract: A wellbore bailer has a rotary motor coupling, a cylinder having an open end, and a pump in the cylinder coupled to the rotary motor coupling and configured to pump fluid when rotated via the coupling. A closure of the bailer is changeable between sealing and allowing flow through the open end.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2012Publication date: August 27, 2015Inventors: Richard Mineo, Dominick Joseph Bellotte