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).

  • Patent number: 10577873
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Sean Gregory Thomas, Dominick Joseph Bellotte
  • Patent number: 10378294
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Mineo, Dominick Joseph Bellotte
  • Patent number: 10267113
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Mineo, Dominick Joseph Bellotte
  • Patent number: 10161194
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Jack Gammill Clemens, Dominick Joseph Bellotte
  • Publication number: 20180010400
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2015
    Publication date: January 11, 2018
    Inventors: Sean Gregory Thomas, Dominick Joseph Bellotte
  • Publication number: 20170350207
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2015
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard MINEO, Dominick Joseph BELLOTTE
  • Publication number: 20170152715
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2014
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Inventors: Richard Mineo, Dominick Joseph Bellotte
  • Publication number: 20170051609
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2014
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Jerry Clinton Foster, Dominick Joseph Bellotte, Richard Mineo, Jack Gammill Clemens
  • Publication number: 20160258226
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2013
    Publication date: September 8, 2016
    Inventors: Jack Gammill Clemens, Dominick Joseph Bellotte
  • Publication number: 20160153250
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2013
    Publication date: June 2, 2016
    Inventors: Sean Gregory Thomas, Jack Gammill Clemens, Dominick Joseph Bellotte
  • Patent number: 9334704
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Mineo, Dominick Joseph Bellotte
  • Publication number: 20150240583
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2012
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Inventors: Richard Mineo, Dominick Joseph Bellotte