Patents by Inventor GLEN ROBITAILLE

GLEN ROBITAILLE 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).

  • Elongated sealing member for downhole tool
    Patent number: 9512691
    Abstract: A downhole apparatus is described comprising a body and a sealing arrangement located on the body. The body has a longitudinal axis and the sealing arrangement comprises at least one elongated sealing member with an axis of elongation extending around the longitudinal axis. The sealing member comprises a material selected to expand on exposure to at least one predetermined fluid, such as a hydrocarbon or aqueous fluid encountered in a wellbore. A method of forming the apparatus and methods of use are described. Embodiments of the invention relate to wellbore packers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: Swelltec Limited
    Inventors: Kim Nutley, Brian Nutley, Glen Robitaille
  • Inwardly swelling seal
    Patent number: 9163478
    Abstract: A device and method that allows a gravel slurry to placed in a wellbore from the toe towards the heel to reduce the pressure acting upon the heel of the wellbore during the gravel placement operation. By reducing the pressure acting upon the heel gravel slurry may be placed in longer sections of the wellbore in a single operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: Weatherford Technology Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: John P. Broussard, Christopher A. Hall, Patrick J. Zimmerman, Glen Robitaille
  • ELONGATED SEALING MEMBER FOR DOWNHOLE TOOL
    Publication number: 20140224497
    Abstract: A downhole apparatus is described comprising a body and a sealing arrangement located on the body. The body has a longitudinal axis and the sealing arrangement comprises at least one elongated sealing member with an axis of elongation extending around the longitudinal axis. The sealing member comprises a material selected to expand on exposure to at least one predetermined fluid, such as a hydrocarbon or aqueous fluid encountered in a wellbore. A method of forming the apparatus and methods of use are described. Embodiments of the invention relate to wellbore packers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Applicant: Swelltec Limited
    Inventors: Kim Nutley, Brian Nutley, Glen Robitaille
  • Elongated sealing member for downhole tool
    Patent number: 8636074
    Abstract: A downhole apparatus is described comprising a body and a sealing arrangement located on the body. The body has a longitudinal axis and the sealing arrangement comprises at least one elongated sealing member with an axis of elongation extending around the longitudinal axis. The sealing member comprises a material selected to expand on exposure to at least one predetermined fluid, such as a hydrocarbon or aqueous fluid encountered in a wellbore. A method of forming the apparatus and methods of use are described. Embodiments of the invention relate to wellbore packers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: Swelltec Limited
    Inventors: Kim Nutley, Brian Nutley, Glen Robitaille
  • Elongated Sealing Member for Downhole Tool
    Publication number: 20090211770
    Abstract: A downhole apparatus is described comprising a body and a sealing arrangement located on the body. The body has a longitudinal axis and the sealing arrangement comprises at least one elongated sealing member with an axis of elongation extending around the longitudinal axis. The sealing member comprises a material selected to expand on exposure to at least one predetermined fluid, such as a hydrocarbon or aqueous fluid encountered in a wellbore. A method of forming the apparatus and methods of use are described. Embodiments of the invention relate to wellbore packers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2009
    Publication date: August 27, 2009
    Applicant: SWELLTEC LIMITED
    Inventors: KIM NUTLEY, BRIAN NUTLEY, GLEN ROBITAILLE