Patents by Inventor Ellen Thurman

Ellen Thurman 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).

  • Reclosable sleeve assembly and methods for isolating hydrocarbon production
    Patent number: 9850742
    Abstract: Disclosed is reclosable sleeve assembly including a housing defining one or more flow ports that provide fluid communication between a wellbore annulus and an interior of the housing, an outer sleeve arranged within the housing and movable between a closed position, where the outer sleeve occludes the one or more flow ports, and an open position, where the one or more flow ports are exposed, and an inner sleeve concentrically arranged within the outer sleeve and defining a plurality of flow slots, the inner sleeve being movable between an open position and a closed position where, when in the open position, the plurality of flow slots are axially aligned with the one or more flow ports.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Adam Beck, Tom Swan, Robert L. Thurman, Ellen Thurman
  • RECLOSABLE SLEEVE ASSEMBLY AND METHODS FOR ISOLATING HYDROCARBON PRODUCTION
    Publication number: 20150233210
    Abstract: Disclosed is reclosable sleeve assembly including a housing defining one or more flow ports that provide fluid communication between a wellbore annulus and an interior of the housing, an outer sleeve arranged within the housing and movable between a closed position, where the outer sleeve occludes the one or more flow ports, and an open position, where the one or more flow ports are exposed, and an inner sleeve concentrically arranged within the outer sleeve and defining a plurality of flow slots, the inner sleeve being movable between an open position and a closed position where, when in the open position, the plurality of flow slots are axially aligned with the one or more flow ports.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2012
    Publication date: August 20, 2015
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Ellen Thurman, Adam Evan Beck, Tom Swan, Robert L. Trurman