Patents by Inventor Jeffery Morrison

Jeffery Morrison 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: 12584359
    Abstract: A stage tool assembly comprises a stage tool and a control line protector. The stage tool comprises a plurality of port holes disposed through an outer surface of a body, and a plurality of securing pin holes disposed on the outer surface of the body. The control line protector comprises a first collar, a second collar, and a rib coupled to the first collar and the second collar. The stage tool assembly also comprises a plurality of control lines that are configured to supply power to one or more sensors disposed on the outer surface of the body, and the control lines are disposed between the rib and the outer surface of the body. The stage tool assembly also comprises a plurality of securing pin members disposed in the plurality of securing pin holes to prevent the control line protector from moving relative to the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2026
    Assignee: FORUM US, INC.
    Inventors: Jeffery Morrison, Andrew Webber
  • Patent number: 12492613
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to wellbore plugs, and specifically to pump down wiper plug assemblies used for conducting casing integrity pressure tests and completing wellbores. A plug assembly comprises one or more of a mandrel, a wiper, a dissolvable member, a rupture disk, and a movable sleeve. The dissolvable member and the rupture disk are configured to temporarily close fluid flow through an inner bore of the mandrel. The entire or only a portion of the outer surface of the dissolvable member comprises a protective coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2024
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2025
    Assignee: FORUM US, INC.
    Inventors: Jeffery Morrison, Andrew Webber
  • Patent number: 12480377
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to wellbore plugs, and specifically to pump down wiper plug assemblies used for conducting casing integrity pressure tests and completing wellbores. A plug assembly comprises one or more of a mandrel, a wiper, a plug member, a ring member, and dissolvable member. The dissolvable member, and the plug member and the ring member are configured to temporarily close fluid flow through an inner bore of the mandrel. The entire or only a portion of the outer surface of the dissolvable member comprises a protective coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2025
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2025
    Assignee: FORUM US, INC.
    Inventor: Jeffery Morrison
  • Publication number: 20250163771
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to wellbore plugs, and specifically to pump down wiper plug assemblies used for conducting casing integrity pressure tests and completing wellbores. A plug assembly comprises one or more of a mandrel, a wiper, a plug member, a ring member, and dissolvable member. The dissolvable member, and the plug member and the ring member are configured to temporarily close fluid flow through an inner bore of the mandrel. The entire or only a portion of the outer surface of the dissolvable member comprises a protective coating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2025
    Publication date: May 22, 2025
    Inventor: Jeffery MORRISON
  • Publication number: 20250154832
    Abstract: A stage tool assembly comprises a stage tool and a control line protector. The stage tool comprises a plurality of port holes disposed through an outer surface of a body, and a plurality of securing pin holes disposed on the outer surface of the body. The control line protector comprises a first collar, a second collar, and a rib coupled to the first collar and the second collar. The stage tool assembly also comprises a plurality of control lines that are configured to supply power to one or more sensors disposed on the outer surface of the body, and the control lines are disposed between the rib and the outer surface of the body. The stage tool assembly also comprises a plurality of securing pin members disposed in the plurality of securing pin holes to prevent the control line protector from moving relative to the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2024
    Publication date: May 15, 2025
    Inventors: Jeffery MORRISON, Andrew WEBBER
  • Patent number: 12221851
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to wellbore plugs, and specifically to pump down wiper plug assemblies used for conducting casing integrity pressure tests and completing wellbores. A plug assembly comprises one or more of a mandrel, a wiper, a plug member, a ring member, and dissolvable member. The dissolvable member, and the plug member and the ring member are configured to temporarily close fluid flow through an inner bore of the mandrel. The entire or only a portion of the outer surface of the dissolvable member comprises a protective coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: FORUM US, INC.
    Inventor: Jeffery Morrison
  • Publication number: 20240418055
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to wellbore plugs, and specifically to pump down wiper plug assemblies used for conducting casing integrity pressure tests and completing wellbores. A plug assembly comprises one or more of a mandrel, a wiper, a dissolvable member, a rupture disk, and a movable sleeve. The dissolvable member and the rupture disk are configured to temporarily close fluid flow through an inner bore of the mandrel. The entire or only a portion of the outer surface of the dissolvable member comprises a protective coating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2024
    Publication date: December 19, 2024
    Inventors: Jeffery MORRISON, Andrew WEBBER
  • Patent number: 12123280
    Abstract: Embodiments presented provide for an apparatus that provides a dislodgable plug seat that is used to capture a cement wiper plug for wellbore cementing operations. The apparatus further includes a collar having a ball seat and a closing sleeve configured to be shifted from an open position to a closed position. In the open position, a fluid pathway between an interior volume and a wellbore annulus is unblocked, and in the closed position the fluid pathway is blocked. A split ring is shiftable with the closing sleeve between a retained configuration when the closing sleeve is in the open position and an expanded configuration when the closing sleeve is in the closed position. The split ring holds the dislodgable plug seat in place within the body in the retained configuration and releases the dislodgable plug seat in the expanded configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: FORUM US, INC.
    Inventors: Andrew Webber, Jeffery Morrison, Jeffry Ehlinger
  • Patent number: 12078026
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to wellbore plugs, and specifically to pump down wiper plug assemblies used for conducting casing integrity pressure tests and completing wellbores. A plug assembly comprises one or more of a mandrel, a wiper, a dissolvable member, a rupture disk, and a movable sleeve. The dissolvable member and the rupture disk are configured to temporarily close fluid flow through an inner bore of the mandrel. The entire or only a portion of the outer surface of the dissolvable member comprises a protective coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: FORUM US, INC.
    Inventors: Jeffery Morrison, Andrew Webber
  • Publication number: 20240287871
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to a casing string comprising a buoyant mandrel and one or more dissolvable plugs, and methods of conducting wellbore operations using the casing string. The casing string may have an upper mandrel comprising a rupture disk. A slotted mandrel may be coupled to a lower end of the upper mandrel and comprise a plug disposed in a port of the slotted mandrel. A casing shoe may be coupled to a lower end of the slotted mandrel and comprise a check valve assembly. A gas filled chamber may be formed between the rupture disk and the check valve assembly. The plug may be configured to dissolve after a predetermined amount of time when in contact with a wellbore fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2023
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventors: Samer ELKHALIL, Jeffery MORRISON
  • Patent number: 12055012
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to a casing string comprising a buoyant mandrel and one or more dissolvable plugs, and methods of conducting wellbore operations using the casing string. The casing string may have an upper mandrel comprising a rupture disk. A slotted mandrel may be coupled to a lower end of the upper mandrel and comprise a plug disposed in a port of the slotted mandrel. A casing shoe may be coupled to a lower end of the slotted mandrel and comprise a check valve assembly. A gas filled chamber may be formed between the rupture disk and the check valve assembly. The plug may be configured to dissolve after a predetermined amount of time when in contact with a wellbore fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: FORUM US, INC.
    Inventors: Samer Elkhalil, Jeffery Morrison
  • Patent number: 12024977
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to stage collars and related methods of operation thereof for stage cementing operations. In one implementation, a stage collar for stage cementing operations includes a barrel, and an activation sleeve disposed at least partially in the barrel. The activation sleeve includes first fluid openings. The stage collar includes an activation ring that includes an activation seat. The stage collar includes a first set of shear fasteners coupling the activation ring to the activation sleeve, and a second set of shear fasteners coupling the activation sleeve to the barrel. The stage collar includes a setting piston, and a closing sleeve disposed at least partially in the barrel. The closing sleeve includes second fluid openings. The stage collar includes a third set of shear fasteners coupling the closing sleeve to the barrel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: FORUM US, INC.
    Inventors: Andrew Webber, Jeffery Morrison
  • Publication number: 20240191596
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to wellbore plugs, and specifically to pump down wiper plug assemblies used for conducting casing integrity pressure tests and completing wellbores. A plug assembly comprises one or more of a mandrel, a wiper, a dissolvable member, a rupture disk, and a movable sleeve. The dissolvable member and the rupture disk are configured to temporarily close fluid flow through an inner bore of the mandrel. The entire or only a portion of the outer surface of the dissolvable member comprises a protective coating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2022
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Inventors: Jeffery MORRISON, Andrew WEBBER
  • Publication number: 20240183231
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to casing shoe assemblies configured to direct the drilling of multiple wellbores below a single primary wellbore. The casing shoe assembly has an outer housing and an inner body at least partially disposed within the outer housing that is formed out of a drillable material. The inner body has a bore formed through the inner body. A check valve assembly is disposed within the bore of the inner body. A guide plate is disposed within the outer housing above the inner body and has a plurality of wellbore openings and a separate opening formed through the guide plate to provide fluid flow into the bore formed through the inner body. A wellbore guide is located below each wellbore opening of the guide plate and within a hole formed in the inner body. Each wellbore guide and each hole does not extend through the entire inner body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2023
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Inventor: Jeffery MORRISON
  • Publication number: 20240035356
    Abstract: Embodiments presented provide for an apparatus that provides a dislodgable plug seat that is used to capture a cement wiper plug for wellbore cementing operations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Andrew Webber, Jeffery Morrison, Jeffry Ehlinger
  • Patent number: 11713646
    Abstract: A stage cementing system includes a stage cementing assembly having a stage tool. The stage tool has an outer mandrel, an inner mandrel coupled to and disposed inside of the outer mandrel, an annular chamber between the outer mandrel and the inner mandrel, a first outer port through the outer mandrel, and longitudinally spaced first and second inner ports through the inner mandrel. The stage cementing system further includes an inner string assembly configured to be located inside the inner mandrel. The inner string assembly has a tubular body having a central throughbore and longitudinally spaced first and second side ports, a lower external seal element below the first and second side ports, a middle external seal element between the first and second side ports, and an upper external seal element above the first and second side ports.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: Weatherford Technology Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Richard Lee Giroux, Jeffery Morrison, Jobby T. Jacob
  • Publication number: 20230151712
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to stage collars and related methods of operation thereof for stage cementing operations. In one implementation, a stage collar for stage cementing operations includes a barrel, and an activation sleeve disposed at least partially in the barrel. The activation sleeve includes first fluid openings. The stage collar includes an activation ring that includes an activation seat. The stage collar includes a first set of shear fasteners coupling the activation ring to the activation sleeve, and a second set of shear fasteners coupling the activation sleeve to the barrel. The stage collar includes a setting piston, and a closing sleeve disposed at least partially in the barrel. The closing sleeve includes second fluid openings. The stage collar includes a third set of shear fasteners coupling the closing sleeve to the barrel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2022
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventors: Andrew WEBBER, Jeffery MORRISON
  • Patent number: 11286750
    Abstract: A stop collar assembly includes a collar having inner and outer surfaces. The inner surface includes a taper. The outer surface includes a slope such that an outer diameter at a start of the slope is greater than an outer diameter at an end of the slope. The stop collar assembly further includes a slip having a bottom end and a taper adjoining the bottom end. The slip taper is configured to contact the collar taper. When the collar taper is in contact with the slip taper, a distance from a central radial axis of the collar to the start of the slope is less than a distance from the central radial axis to the slip bottom end, and the distance from the central radial axis to the slip bottom end is less than a distance from the central radial axis to the end of the slope.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: Weatherford Technology Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Jeffery Morrison, Jobby T. Jacob
  • Publication number: 20220003069
    Abstract: A stage cementing system includes a stage cementing assembly having a stage tool. The stage tool has an outer mandrel, an inner mandrel coupled to and disposed inside of the outer mandrel, an annular chamber between the outer mandrel and the inner mandrel, a first outer port through the outer mandrel, and longitudinally spaced first and second inner ports through the inner mandrel. The stage cementing system further includes an inner string assembly configured to be located inside the inner mandrel. The inner string assembly has a tubular body having a central throughbore and longitudinally spaced first and second side ports, a lower external seal element below the first and second side ports, a middle external seal element between the first and second side ports, and an upper external seal element above the first and second side ports.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2021
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Inventors: Richard Lee GIROUX, Jeffery MORRISON, Jobby T. JACOB
  • Publication number: 20210301627
    Abstract: A stop collar assembly includes a collar having inner and outer surfaces. The inner surface includes a taper. The outer surface includes a slope such that an outer diameter at a start of the slope is greater than an outer diameter at an end of the slope. The stop collar assembly further includes a slip having a bottom end and a taper adjoining the bottom end. The slip taper is configured to contact the collar taper. When the collar taper is in contact with the slip taper, a distance from a central radial axis of the collar to the start of the slope is less than a distance from the central radial axis to the slip bottom end, and the distance from the central radial axis to the slip bottom end is less than a distance from the central radial axis to the end of the slope.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventors: Jeffery MORRISON, Jobby T. JACOB