Patents by Inventor Lance C. Fry

Lance C. Fry 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).

  • Multi-functional completion tool
    Patent number: 8579027
    Abstract: A multi-functional completion tool which may be lowered into a wellbore coupled to a length of tubing, and then utilized to test various lengths of the tubing at pressure. The tool may also function as a positive plug, may be used to set a packer, and is also useable as a tubing self-filling tool. Various retention elements are disposed within the tool and configured to release at predetermined pressures, or within predetermined ranges of pressure, thereby transforming the tool from a first configuration to a second configuration depending on the desired function. The tool may use a flapper mechanism to regulate passage of fluids through the housing, and a piston and/or flow tube may also be utilized to lock the flapper in an open or closed orientation within the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: Downhole & Design International Corp.
    Inventors: Adel Ghobrial Abdelmalek, S Keith Fry, Lance C Fry
  • MULTI-FUNCTIONAL COMPLETION TOOL
    Publication number: 20100200225
    Abstract: A multi-functional completion tool which may be lowered into a wellbore coupled to a length of tubing, and then utilized to test various lengths of the tubing at pressure. The tool may also function as a positive plug, may be used to set a packer, and is also useable as a tubing self-filling tool. Various retention elements are disposed within the tool and configured to release at predetermined pressures, or within predetermined ranges of pressure, thereby transforming the tool from a first configuration to a second configuration depending on the desired function. The tool may use a flapper mechanism to regulate passage of fluids through the housing, and a piston and/or flow tube may also be utilized to lock the flapper in an open or closed orientation within the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2010
    Publication date: August 12, 2010
    Applicant: DOWNHOLE AND DESIGN INTERNATIONAL CORP.
    Inventors: ADEL GHOBRIAL ABDELMALEK, S. Keith Fry, Lance C. Fry