Patents by Inventor Ammar Munshi

Ammar Munshi 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: 9243490
    Abstract: Sealing devices such as packers comprise an expandable sealing element that is inflated and/or deflated by an electrically-activated pump disposed in a wellbore so that the sealing element can be set and retrieved from the wellbore. The pump is disposed downhole in close proximity to the expandable sealing element and is electronically associated with a surface processing unit located at the surface of the wellbore. In certain embodiments, an electric motor electronically associated with the surface processing unit drives the pump to flow a fluid into a chamber of the expandable sealing element to inflate the expandable sealing element and pumps the fluid out of the chamber of the expandable sealing element to deflate the expandable sealing element. Multiple sealing elements can be disposed on a tool or work string and all can be addressable and individually and separately controlled by the surface processing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: Baker Hughes Incorporated
    Inventors: Adebowale Ade-Fosudo, Robert M. Ramirez, Ammar Munshi
  • Publication number: 20140166277
    Abstract: Sealing devices such as packers comprise an expandable sealing element that is inflated and/or deflated by an electrically-activated pump disposed in a wellbore so that the sealing element can be set and retrieved from the wellbore. The pump is disposed downhole in close proximity to the expandable sealing element and is electronically associated with a surface processing unit located at the surface of the wellbore. In certain embodiments, an electric motor electronically associated with the surface processing unit drives the pump to flow a fluid into a chamber of the expandable sealing element to inflate the expandable sealing element and pumps the fluid out of the chamber of the expandable sealing element to deflate the expandable sealing element. Multiple sealing elements can be disposed on a tool or work string and all can be addressable and individually and separately controlled by the surface processing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2012
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Inventors: ADEBOWALE ADE-FOSUDO, Robert M. Ramirez, Ammar Munshi
  • Patent number: 8371374
    Abstract: A swelling element on a packer has a trough formed on a longitudinal axis. The control line or cable or conduit that needs to run along the string where the packer is mounted is first wrapped in a preferably non-swelling underlayment that can be a loose scroll or have its seam sealed. A swelling cover is placed over the underlayment using a seam that can be longitudinal or spiral to allow rapid deployment. The covering assembly for the control line or conduit is placed in the slot of the swelling element of the packer. The line or cable continues out opposed ends and can be secured to the tubular string with clamps. The control line can be covered with a swelling material and forced into a groove that runs the length of the packer swelling element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignee: Baker Hughes Incorporated
    Inventors: Anthony P. Foster, Robert O. Castillo, Ammar Munshi, Edward T. Wood, Gregory C. Badke, Nervy Enrique Faria
  • Publication number: 20120227958
    Abstract: A swelling element on a packer has a trough formed on a longitudinal axis. The control line or cable or conduit that needs to run along the string where the packer is mounted is first wrapped in a preferably non-swelling underlayment that can be a loose scroll or have its seam sealed. A swelling cover is placed over the underlayment using a seam that can be longitudinal or spiral to allow rapid deployment. The covering assembly for the control line or conduit is placed in the slot of the swelling element of the packer. The line or cable continues out opposed ends and can be secured to the tubular string with clamps. The control line can be covered with a swelling material and forced into a groove that runs the length of the packer swelling element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2012
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Applicant: BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Anthony P. Foster, Robert O. Castillo, Ammar Munshi, Edward T. Wood, Gregory C. Badke, Nervy Enrique Faria
  • Patent number: 8225861
    Abstract: A swelling element on a packer has a trough formed on a longitudinal axis. The control line or cable or conduit that needs to run along the string where the packer is mounted is first wrapped in a preferably non-swelling underlayment that can be a loose scroll or have its seam sealed. A swelling cover is placed over the underlayment using a seam that can be longitudinal or spiral to allow rapid deployment. The covering assembly for the control line or conduit is placed in the slot of the swelling element of the packer. The line or cable continues out opposed ends and can be secured to the tubular string with clamps. The control line can be covered with a swelling material and forced into a groove that runs the length of the packer swelling element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: Baker Hughes Incorporated
    Inventors: Anthony P. Foster, Robert O. Castillo, Ammar Munshi, Edward T. Wood, Gregory C. Badke, Nervy Enrique Faria
  • Publication number: 20110259579
    Abstract: A swelling element on a packer has a trough formed on a longitudinal axis. The control line or cable or conduit that needs to run along the string where the packer is mounted is first wrapped in a preferably non-swelling underlayment that can be a loose scroll or have its seam sealed. A swelling cover is placed over the underlayment using a seam that can be longitudinal or spiral to allow rapid deployment. The covering assembly for the control line or conduit is placed in the slot of the swelling element of the packer. The line or cable continues out opposed ends and can be secured to the tubular string with clamps. In an alternative embodiment the control line is covered with a swelling material and forced into a groove that runs the length of the packer swelling element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2011
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Applicant: BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Anthony P. Foster, Robert O. Castillo, Ammar Munshi, Edward T. Wood, Gregory C. Badke, Nervy Enrique Faria
  • Patent number: 7997338
    Abstract: A swelling element on a packer has a trough formed on a longitudinal axis. The control line or cable or conduit that needs to run along the string where the packer is mounted is first wrapped in a preferably non-swelling underlayment that can be a loose scroll or have its seam sealed. A swelling cover is placed over the underlayment using a seam that can be longitudinal or spiral to allow rapid deployment. The covering assembly for the control line or conduit is placed in the slot of the swelling element of the packer. The line or cable continues out opposed ends and can be secured to the tubular string with clamps. The control line can also be covered with a swelling material and forced into a groove that runs the length of the packer swelling element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: Baker Hughes Incorporated
    Inventors: Anthony P. Foster, Robert O. Castillo, Ammar Munshi, Edward T. Wood, Gregory C. Badke, Nervy Enrique Faria
  • Publication number: 20100230094
    Abstract: A swelling element on a packer has a trough formed on a longitudinal axis. The control line or cable or conduit that needs to run along the string where the packer is mounted is first wrapped in a preferably non-swelling underlayment that can be a loose scroll or have its seam sealed. A swelling cover is placed over the underlayment using a seam that can be longitudinal or spiral to allow rapid deployment. The covering assembly for the control line or conduit is placed in the slot of the swelling element of the packer. The line or cable continues out opposed ends and can be secured to the tubular string with clamps. In an alternative embodiment the control line is covered with a swelling material and forced into a groove that runs the length of the packer swelling element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2009
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Inventors: Anthony P. Foster, Robert O. Castillo, Ammar Munshi, Edward T. Wood, Gregory C. Badke, Nervy Enrique Faria