Patents by Inventor Jeffrey E. Kubiak

Jeffrey E. Kubiak 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: 9097104
    Abstract: An erosion resistant nozzle is brazed to the surface of a tubular, such as a shunt tube of a wellscreen apparatus, for use in a wellbore. The nozzle is elongated and defines an aperture for communicating exiting flow from the tubular's port. The lead end of the nozzle disposed downstream of the exiting flow can be lengthened to prevent erosion to the tubular. The lead endwall of the nozzle's aperture can be angled relative to the nozzle's length and can be rounded. The nozzle can be composed of an erosion resistant material or can be composed of a conventional material having an erosion resistant coating or plating thereon. Being elongated with a low height, the nozzle can have a low profile on the tubular, and the aperture's elongating can be increased or decreased to increase or decrease the flow area through the nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: Weatherford Technology Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Rodney S. Royer, Henry Joe Jordan, Jr., Jeffrey E. Kubiak, Christopher Hall
  • Publication number: 20130112399
    Abstract: An erosion resistant nozzle is brazed to the surface of a tubular, such as a shunt tube of a wellscreen apparatus, for use in a wellbore. The nozzle is elongated and defines an aperture for communicating exiting flow from the tubular's port. The lead end of the nozzle disposed downstream of the exiting flow can be lengthened to prevent erosion to the tubular. The lead endwall of the nozzle's aperture can be angled relative to the nozzle's length and can be rounded. The nozzle can be composed of an erosion resistant material or can be composed of a conventional material having an erosion resistant coating or plating thereon. Being elongated with a low height, the nozzle can have a low profile on the tubular, and the aperture's elongating can be increased or decreased to increase or decrease the flow area through the nozzle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2011
    Publication date: May 9, 2013
    Applicant: WEATHERFORD/LAMB, INC.
    Inventors: Rodney S. Royer, Henry Joe Jordan, JR., Jeffrey E. Kubiak, Christopher Hall