Patents by Inventor Chris James Mericas

Chris James Mericas 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).

  • Angled partial strainer plates for well assembly
    Patent number: 10533400
    Abstract: A downhole assembly can include plates in series along a length of a tubular member. Plates can include particulate-blocking areas and pass-through areas. A pass-through area of a plate can be angularly offset from a pass-through area of another plate in the series. The plates may be angled so that particulate carried by fluid from a wellbore may be trapped by particulate-blocking areas that may be tilted away from the fluid source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Henry Eugene Rogers, Todd Anthony Stair, Chris James Mericas
  • Longitudinally offset partial areas screens for well assembly
    Patent number: 10400554
    Abstract: A downhole assembly can include screens along a length of a tubular member. Screens covering differing portions of a cross-sectional area of the tubular and less than an entirety of the cross-sectional area can be offset from one another along a length of the tubular. Fluid flowing through an area not covered by a first screen can encounter an area covered by an offset screen. If the offset screen is blocked with accumulated debris, fluid may pass the offset screen by passing through an area not covered by the offset screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventor: Chris James Mericas
  • Longitudinally Offset Partial Area Screens for Well Assembly
    Publication number: 20170218735
    Abstract: A downhole assembly can include screens along a length of a tubular member. Screens covering differing portions of a cross-sectional area of the tubular and less than an entirety of the cross-sectional area can be offset from one another along a length of the tubular. Fluid flowing through an area not covered by a first screen can encounter an area covered by an offset screen. If the offset screen is blocked with accumulated debris, fluid may pass the offset screen by passing through an area not covered by the offset screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2014
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventor: Chris James Mericas
  • ANGLED PARTIAL STRAINER PLATES FOR WELL ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20170211362
    Abstract: A downhole assembly can include plates in series along a length of a tubular member. Plates can include particulate-blocking areas and pass-through areas. A pass-through area of a plate can be angularly offset from a pass-through area of another plate in the series. The plates may be angled so that particulate carried by fluid from a wellbore may be trapped by particulate-blocking areas that may be tilted away from the fluid source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2014
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Inventors: Henry Eugene Rogers, Todd Anthony Stair, Chris James Mericas