Patents by Inventor S. Keith Fry

S. Keith 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).

  • 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
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20090107668
    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 and may also be used to set the 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 also contain a pressure-regulating assembly for regulating the differential pressure across the assembly. The tool may also include an indicator assembly for confirming that the tool has entered a plugging configuration, typically by altering a pressure within the tubing, such alteration being detectible at a surface location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Publication date: April 30, 2009
    Inventors: Adel Ghobrial Abdelmalek, Mohammad Amir Malek, S. Keith Fry, Jose Jesus Melendez