Patents by Inventor Alton L. Branch

Alton L. Branch 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: 7909108
    Abstract: A wellbore servicing system, comprising a plurality of sleeve systems disposed in a wellbore, each sleeve system comprising a seat and a dart configured to selectively seal against the seat to the exclusion of other seats, the seats each comprising an upper seat landing surface and the darts each comprising a dart landing surface, wherein the darts each comprise a dart landing surface that is configured to complement an upper seat landing surface of the seat to which the dart is configured to selectively seal against.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services Inc.
    Inventors: Loren C. Swor, Donald R. Smith, Robert P. Clayton, Alton L. Branch, Jeffrey A. Jordan
  • Publication number: 20100252280
    Abstract: A wellbore servicing system, comprising a plurality of sleeve systems disposed in a wellbore, each sleeve system comprising a seat and a dart configured to selectively seal against the seat to the exclusion of other seats, the seats each comprising an upper seat landing surface and the darts each comprising a dart landing surface, wherein the darts each comprise a dart landing surface that is configured to complement an upper seat landing surface of the seat to which the dart is configured to selectively seal against.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2009
    Publication date: October 7, 2010
    Applicant: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
    Inventors: Loren C. Swor, Donald R. Smith, Robert P. Clayton, Alton L. Branch, Jeffrey A. Jordan
  • Patent number: 5540279
    Abstract: An improved downhole tool apparatus including, but not limited to, packers and bridge plugs which more fully utilize highly stressed non-metallic components, including slips, slip wedges, and packer element retaining shoes than prior tools. The non-metallic packer element retaining shoes of the present invention are preferably made of separate shoe segments initially held in place by at least one retaining band. Such non-metallic packer element shoes do away with troublesome prior art metallic shoes and backups which tended to spin upon each other or about the mandrel while milling or drilling the tool out of a wellbore. Therefore, the subject invention increases the ability to drill or mill downhole tools out of a well bore in less time than it would take with using conventional or non-conventional drilling or milling techniques or equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 30, 1996
    Assignee: Halliburton Company
    Inventors: Alton L. Branch, Donald R. Smith, Kevin T. Berscheidt