Patents by Inventor John Tyler Thomason

John Tyler Thomason 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).

  • Publication number: 20240167360
    Abstract: A method of operating a payload deployment tool includes providing the payload deployment tool comprising a housing, a pressure chamber, a plurality of payload chambers in communication with the pressure chamber, each of the payload chambers having an upstream opening and an exit opening downstream of the upstream opening, a plurality of upstream pressure-rupturable seals respectively covering the upstream openings, a plurality of exit seals respectively covering the exit openings, and a plurality of payloads respectively positioned within the plurality of payload chambers, lowering the payload deployment tool into a well; and applying a pressure of a level sufficient to rupture a first one of the upstream pressure-rupturable seals covering a first one of the payload chambers to deploy a first one of the plurality of payloads into the well.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2024
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Inventor: John Tyler Thomason
  • Patent number: 11920426
    Abstract: A payload deployment tool is provided. The tool includes a housing having a coupler configured to couple to a fluid delivery conduit; a pressure chamber in communication with the coupler; a plurality of payload chambers in communication with the pressure chamber, each of the payload chambers having an upstream opening and a downstream opening; and a plurality of upstream pressure-rupturable seals respectively covering the upstream openings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Inventor: John Tyler Thomason
  • Publication number: 20220112786
    Abstract: A payload deployment tool is provided. The tool includes a housing having a coupler configured to couple to a fluid delivery conduit; a pressure chamber in communication with the coupler; a plurality of payload chambers in communication with the pressure chamber, each of the payload chambers having an upstream opening and a downstream opening; and a plurality of upstream pressure-rupturable seals respectively covering the upstream openings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2020
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventor: John Tyler Thomason