Patents by Inventor Douglas Bruce Bell

Douglas Bruce Bell 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).

  • Extended reach whipstock
    Patent number: 8459345
    Abstract: A whipstock assembly includes a pivotable deflector movable from a retracted to a deployed position. In the deployed position, the deflector is capable of guiding a tubular member away from the whipstock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: Baker Hughes Incorporated
    Inventor: Douglas Bruce Bell
  • Whipstock Assembly
    Publication number: 20120241144
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a whipstock includes a deflector movable from a retracted to a deployed position and at least one biasing member engageable with the deflector and configured to prevent it from moving back in the direction of the whipstock body while in the deployed position. In the deployed position, the deflector is capable of guiding a tubular member away from the whipstock.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2012
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Applicant: BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED
    Inventor: Douglas Bruce Bell
  • Extended reach whipstock and methods of use
    Patent number: 8230920
    Abstract: A whipstock includes deflector movable from a retracted to a deployed position. In the deployed position, the retractor is capable of guiding a tubular member away from the whipstock as the tubular member passes downwardly along the whipstock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Assignee: Baker Hughes Incorporated
    Inventor: Douglas Bruce Bell
  • EXTENDED REACH WHIPSTOCK AND METHODS OF USE
    Publication number: 20120152566
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a whipstock includes an extendable deflector movable from a retracted to a deployed position. In the deployed position, the retractor is capable of guiding a tubular member farther away from the whipstock than the outer slide surface of the whipstock as the tubular member passes downwardly along the whipstock.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2010
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Applicant: BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED
    Inventor: DOUGLAS BRUCE BELL