Patents by Inventor Marion D. Kilgore

Marion D. Kilgore 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: 4360063
    Abstract: A method and apparatus especially adapted for use with an injection well in which a valve controlled H-member interconnects the two tubings of a two tubing installation and landing nipples are attached to the lower legs of the H-member to receive expendable fluid control means, such as standing valves, in which pressure applied to one tubing to create a pressure differential will move the valve controlling the interconnection between the H-members to open position to permit TFL operations to be carried out in the well and thereafter pressure exerted on a ball supported on the valve member of the control valve for the H-member closes the control valve, and the ball passes through the control valve. The fluid control members in the landing nipples may be ejected either before or after closing of the valve in the H-member.The standing valve shear pins may be sheared without releasing the valves from their supporting shoulders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 1980
    Date of Patent: November 23, 1982
    Assignee: Otis Engineering Corporation
    Inventor: Marion D. Kilgore
  • Patent number: 4173256
    Abstract: Disclosed is a surface controlled subsurface safety valve for deep well service. Communication of control fluid to the subsurface safety valve is controlled at a subsurface location in close proximity to the valve. Responsiveness of the subsurface safety valve to decreases in control pressure is thereby increased and the valve's closure speed is also increased. This abstract of the disclosure is neither intended to define the scope of the invention, which, of course, is measured by the claims, nor is it intended to limit the invention in any way.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 1978
    Date of Patent: November 6, 1979
    Assignee: Otis Engineering Corporation
    Inventor: Marion D. Kilgore