Patents by Inventor Grady Geoffroy

Grady Geoffroy 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: 9038714
    Abstract: A dump bailer for downhole placement of flowable materials in a wellbore. The dump bailer has an elongated housing with a cavity for placement of the flowable materials. The housing has an open bottom. An expendable cap or plug, of a magnetic material, is held within the open bottom by a shear pin, sufficient to hold the plug in place with the material within the cavity. An electric solenoid surrounds the plug. Energizing the solenoid coil by electric current creates a magnetic field which overcomes the shear pin and forces the plug out of the open bottom. The material may then flow out of the cavity. Alternatively, a sliding sleeve may be disposed in the open bottom, which moves from a first closed position to a second open position, in response to the magnetic field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Inventors: Eligio Antonio Colon, Grady Geoffroy
  • Publication number: 20140174720
    Abstract: A dump bailer for downhole placement of flowable materials in a wellbore. The dump bailer has an elongated housing with a cavity for placement of the flowable materials. The housing has an open bottom. In one embodiment, an expendable cap or plug, of a magnetic material, is held within the open bottom by a shear pin, sufficient to hold the plug in place with the material within the cavity. An electric solenoid surrounds the plug. Energizing the solenoid coil by electric current creates a magnetic field which overcomes the shear pin and forces the plug out of the open bottom. The material may then flow out of the cavity. In another embodiment, a sliding sleeve is disposed in the open bottom, which moves from a first closed position to a second open position, in response to the magnetic field.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2014
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Inventors: Eligio Antonio Colon, Grady Geoffroy
  • Patent number: 8668005
    Abstract: A dump bailer for downhole placement of flowable materials in a wellbore. The dump bailer has an elongated housing with a cavity for placement of the flowable materials. The housing has an open bottom. An expendable cap or plug, of a magnetic material, is held within the open bottom by a shear pin, sufficient to hold the plug in place with the material within the cavity. An electric solenoid surrounds the plug. Energizing the solenoid coil by electric current creates a magnetic field which overcomes the shear pin and forces the plug out of the open bottom. The material may then flow out of the cavity. Alternatively, a sliding sleeve may be disposed in the open bottom, which moves from a first closed position to a second open position, in response to the magnetic field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Inventors: Eligio Antonio Colon, Grady Geoffroy
  • Publication number: 20120247755
    Abstract: A dump bailer for downhole placement of flowable materials in a wellbore. The dump bailer has an elongated housing with a cavity for placement of the flowable materials. The housing has an open bottom. In one embodiment, an expendable cap or plug, of a magnetic material, is held within the open bottom by a shear pin, sufficient to hold the plug in place with the material within the cavity. An electric solenoid surrounds the plug. Energizing the solenoid coil by electric current creates a magnetic field which overcomes the shear pin and forces the plug out of the open bottom. The material may then flow out of the cavity. In another embodiment, a sliding sleeve is disposed in the open bottom, which moves from a first closed position to a second open position, in response to the magnetic field.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2011
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Inventors: Eligio Antonio Colon, Grady Geoffroy