Patents by Inventor Matthew Clubb

Matthew Clubb 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: 8316930
    Abstract: A hydraulic connector to provide a fluidic connection between a fluid supply and a downhole tubular, the connector comprising: a body; an engagement assembly comprising an extendable portion selectively extendable from the body, the engagement assembly being configured to extend and retract a seal assembly disposed at a distal end of the extendable portion into and from a proximal end of the downhole tubular; and a valve assembly operable between an open position and a closed position, the valve assembly being configured to: allow a fluid to communicate between the fluid supply and the downhole tubular through the seal assembly when in the open position; and prevent fluid communication between the fluid supply and the downhole tubular when in the closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignees: Pilot Drilling Control Limited, Frank's International, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Clubb, Dougal Hugo Brown, Alan Payne, Stuart Card, George Swietlik, Robert Large, Burney J. Latiolais
  • Publication number: 20100206584
    Abstract: A hydraulic connector to provide a fluidic connection between a fluid supply and a downhole tubular, the connector comprising: a body; an engagement assembly comprising an extendable portion selectively extendable from the body, the engagement assembly being configured to extend and retract a seal assembly disposed at a distal end of the extendable portion into and from a proximal end of the downhole tubular; and a valve assembly operable between an open position and a closed position, the valve assembly being configured to: allow a fluid to communicate between the fluid supply and the downhole tubular through the seal assembly when in the open position; and prevent fluid communication between the fluid supply and the downhole tubular when in the closed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2010
    Publication date: August 19, 2010
    Applicants: PILOT DRILLING CONTROL LIMITED, FRANK'S INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Matthew Clubb, Dougal Hugo Brown, Alan Payne, Stuart Card, George Swietlik, Robert Large, Burney J. Latiolais
  • Patent number: 6546581
    Abstract: A casing scraper for cleaning the internal wall of a tube 26 such as a well casing has at least three, rigidly connected, axially and angularly spaced scraper bodies 12, 14, 16 each with a scraping surface 13, 15, 17. The radial dimension of the scraper at each scraping surface is slightly greater than the internal radius of the tube which it will scrape. When the scraper is fully inserted in the tube bore, the scraping surfaces are deflected inwardly and the axial connection 20, 22 between the bodies is accordingly elastically deformed. Th energy stored through this elastic deformation produces a radially outwardly acting force which presses the scraping surfaces 13, 15, 17 against the wall of the tube 26. The eccentric arrangement of the scraping surfaces, and the axial spacing between the surfaces causes the parts of the scraper connecting the scraping surfaces to be placed in bending when the scraper is in place within the tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2003
    Assignee: Pilot Drilling Control Limited
    Inventors: George Swietlik, Matthew Clubb