Patents by Inventor Ian JAFFREY

Ian JAFFREY 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: 11408251
    Abstract: A downhole apparatus comprises a piston mounted within a bore and being reconfigurable from a lock configuration to an unlock configuration in response to a pressure sequence applied within the bore. When the piston is in its lock configuration, a lock is supported by the piston such that the lock partially extends into the bore and engages a lock profile of the piston to restrict movement of the piston in a first direction towards its unlock configuration. In response to a first event of the pressure sequence, the piston is moveable in a second direction to desupport the lock and permit the lock to be wholly received into the bore and allow the piston to move in the second direction towards its unlock configuration in response to a subsequent event of the pressure sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Weatherford U.K. Limited
    Inventors: Stephen Reid, Ian Jaffrey
  • Publication number: 20200378217
    Abstract: A downhole apparatus comprises a piston mounted within a bore and being reconfigurable from a lock configuration to an unlock configuration in response to a pressure sequence applied within the bore. When the piston is in its lock configuration, a lock is supported by the piston such that the lock partially extends into the bore and engages a lock profile of the piston to restrict movement of the piston in a first direction towards its unlock configuration. In response to a first event of the pressure sequence, the piston is moveable in a second direction to desupport the lock and permit the lock to be wholly received into the bore and allow the piston to move in the second direction towards its unlock configuration in response to a subsequent event of the pressure sequence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2020
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventors: Stephen REID, Ian JAFFREY
  • Patent number: 10808508
    Abstract: A liner deployment assembly (LDA) for use in a wellbore includes: a crossover tool. The crossover tool includes: a seal for engaging a tubular string cemented into the wellbore; a tubular housing carrying the seal and having bypass ports straddling the seal; a mandrel having a bore therethrough and a port in fluid communication with the mandrel bore, the mandrel movable relative to the housing between a bore position where the mandrel port is isolated from the bypass ports and a bypass position where the mandrel port is aligned with one of the bypass ports; a bypass chamber formed between the housing and the mandrel and extending above and below the seal; and a control module. The control module includes: an electronics package; and an actuator in communication with the electronics package and operable to move the mandrel between the positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: Weatherford Technology Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Richard Lee Giroux, Daniel Purkis, Richard Dalzell, Jason Duthie, Ian Jaffrey
  • Patent number: 10711573
    Abstract: A downhole apparatus comprises a piston mounted within a bore and being reconfigurable from a lock configuration to an unlock configuration in response to a pressure sequence applied within the bore. When the piston is in its lock configuration, a lock is supported by the piston such that the lock partially extends into the bore and engages a lock profile of the piston to restrict movement of the piston in a first direction towards its unlock configuration. In response to a first event of the pressure sequence, the piston is moveable in a second direction to desupport the lock and permit the lock to be wholly received into the bore and allow the piston to move in the second direction towards its unlock configuration in response to a subsequent event of the pressure sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: Weatherford U.K. Limited
    Inventors: Stephen Reid, Ian Jaffrey
  • Publication number: 20190032456
    Abstract: A liner deployment assembly (LDA) for use in a wellbore includes: a crossover tool. The crossover tool includes: a seal for engaging a tubular string cemented into the wellbore; a tubular housing carrying the seal and having bypass ports straddling the seal; a mandrel having a bore therethrough and a port in fluid communication with the mandrel bore, the mandrel movable relative to the housing between a bore position where the mandrel port is isolated from the bypass ports and a bypass position where the mandrel port is aligned with one of the bypass ports; a bypass chamber formed between the housing and the mandrel and extending above and below the seal; and a control module. The control module includes: an electronics package; and an actuator in communication with the electronics package and operable to move the mandrel between the positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2018
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Inventors: Richard Lee GIROUX, Daniel PURKIS, Richard DALZELL, Jason DUTHIE, Ian JAFFREY
  • Patent number: 10087725
    Abstract: A liner deployment assembly (LDA) for use in a wellbore includes: a crossover tool. The crossover tool includes: a seal for engaging a tubular string cemented into the wellbore; a tubular housing carrying the seal and having bypass ports straddling the seal; a mandrel having a bore therethrough and a port in fluid communication with the mandrel bore, the mandrel movable relative to the housing between a bore position where the mandrel port is isolated from the bypass ports and a bypass position where the mandrel port is aligned with one of the bypass ports; a bypass chamber formed between the housing and the mandrel and extending above and below the seal; and a control module. The control module includes: an electronics package; and an actuator in communication with the electronics package and operable to move the mandrel between the positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: WEATHERFORD TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS, LLC
    Inventors: Richard Lee Giroux, Daniel Purkis, Richard Dalzell, Jason Duthie, Ian Jaffrey
  • Publication number: 20180223629
    Abstract: A downhole pressure operated apparatus comprises a piston member mounted within a piston bore and being reconfigurable from a lock configuration to an unlock configuration in response to a pressure sequence applied within the piston bore, wherein the piston member comprises a lock profile. A lock member is arranged in a cavity which opens into the piston bore, wherein when the piston member is in its lock configuration the lock member is supported by the piston member such that the lock member partially extends into the piston bore and engages the lock profile of the piston member to restrict movement of the piston member in a first direction towards its unlock configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2016
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Inventors: Stephen REID, Ian JAFFREY
  • Patent number: 9695656
    Abstract: A downhole shifting tool (100) for shifting a downhole component (46) comprises a body with a positioning arrangement (108) provided on the body for engaging or interacting with a downhole component to provide alignment of the shifting tool with said component. The tool further includes a connecting member (110) provided on the body and being moveable to selectively engage a connection profile of the downhole component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: Petrowell Limited
    Inventors: Oliver Webster, Damien Gerard Patton, Matthew Manning, Ian Jaffrey
  • Publication number: 20160032670
    Abstract: A downhole shifting tool (100) for shifting a downhole component (46) comprises a body with a positioning arrangement (108) provided on the body for engaging or interacting with a downhole component to provide alignment of the shifting tool with said component. The tool further includes a connecting member (110) provided on the body and being moveable to selectively engage a connection profile of the downhole component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventors: Oliver Webster, Damien Gerard Patton, Matthew Manning, Ian Jaffrey
  • Publication number: 20140305662
    Abstract: A liner deployment assembly (LDA) for use in a wellbore includes: a crossover tool. The crossover tool includes: a seal for engaging a tubular string cemented into the wellbore; a tubular housing carrying the seal and having bypass ports straddling the seal; a mandrel having a bore therethrough and a port in fluid communication with the mandrel bore, the mandrel movable relative to the housing between a bore position where the mandrel port is isolated from the bypass ports and a bypass position where the mandrel port is aligned with one of the bypass ports; a bypass chamber formed between the housing and the mandrel and extending above and below the seal; and a control module. The control module includes: an electronics package; and an actuator in communication with the electronics package and operable to move the mandrel between the positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2014
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Inventors: Richard Lee GIROUX, Daniel PURKIS, Richard DALZELL, Jason DUTHIE, Ian JAFFREY