Patents by Inventor Jeff Huggins

Jeff Huggins 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).

  • Electronic rupture discs for interventionless barrier plug
    Patent number: 9441437
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are presented for removing a degradable barrier plug positioned in a downhole axial passageway. The degradable plug is initially isolated from fluid by at least one solid, non-degradable cover. A first electronic rupture disc assembly is actuated to open a passageway to the degradable plug. A second electronic rupture disc assembly is actuated to allow a fluid, such as water from a supply chamber, to flow into contact with the plug. The plug is substantially degraded, although the cover remains. A third electronic rupture disc assembly is actuated to bend and then cover the remaining solid cover, thereby opening the axial passageway and protecting later-introduced tools.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Linley Fripp, Donald G. Kyle, Jeff Huggins
  • Electronic rupture discs for interventionaless barrier plug
    Patent number: 9441446
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are presented for removing a degradable barrier plug positioned in a downhole axial passageway. The degradable plug is initially isolated from fluid by at least one solid, non-degradable cover. A first electronic rupture disc assembly is actuated to open a passageway to the degradable plug. A second electronic rupture disc assembly is actuated to allow a fluid, such as water from a supply chamber, to flow into contact with the plug. The plug is substantially degraded, although the cover remains. A third electronic rupture disc assembly is actuated to bend and then cover the remaining solid cover, thereby opening the axial passageway and protecting later-introduced tools.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Linley Fripp, Donald G. Kyle, Jeff Huggins
  • ELECTRONIC RUPTURE DISCS FOR INTERVENTIONLESS BARRIER PLUG
    Publication number: 20140338923
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are presented for removing a degradable barrier plug positioned in a downhole axial passageway. The degradable plug is initially isolated from fluid by at least one solid, non-degradable cover. A first electronic rupture disc assembly is actuated to open a passageway to the degradable plug. A second electronic rupture disc assembly is actuated to allow a fluid, such as water from a supply chamber, to flow into contact with the plug. The plug is substantially degraded, although the cover remains. A third electronic rupture disc assembly is actuated to bend and then cover the remaining solid cover, thereby opening the axial passageway and protecting later-introduced tools.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2013
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Applicant: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
    Inventors: Michael Linley Fripp, Donald G. Kyle, Jeff Huggins
  • ELECTRONIC RUPTURE DISCS FOR INTERVENTIONALESS BARRIER PLUG
    Publication number: 20140174757
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are presented for removing a degradable barrier plug positioned in a downhole axial passageway. The degradable plug is initially isolated from fluid by at least one solid, non-degradable cover. A first electronic rupture disc assembly is actuated to open a passageway to the degradable plug. A second electronic rupture disc assembly is actuated to allow a fluid, such as water from a supply chamber, to flow into contact with the plug. The plug is substantially degraded, although the cover remains. A third electronic rupture disc assembly is actuated to bend and then cover the remaining solid cover, thereby opening the axial passageway and protecting later-introduced tools.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2012
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
    Inventors: Michael Linley Fripp, Donald G. Kyle, Jeff Huggins