Patents by Inventor Kevin James Rudy
Kevin James Rudy 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).
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Patent number: 11781392Abstract: An integrated milling and production device. The device includes a production housing, a connector, a motor, and a milling bit. The production housing has a central bore with at least one flapper valve pivotally disposed therein and an actuator. Upon completion of milling operations, the connector may be disengaged from the production housing. The production housing may be repositioned in the well. Activation of the actuator permanently opens the flapper valve to permit the flow of production up the production housing to the well surface. The actuator may be a piston.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2021Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: Workover Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Gunther H H von Gynz-Rekowski, Mark Joshua Miller, Kevin James Rudy
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Patent number: 11530583Abstract: A flow rate control system includes a housing and a valve assembly slidingly disposed within a housing inner bore. The housing includes bypass openings. The valve assembly includes a valve and an orifice disposed in a valve inner bore. The valve includes a plurality of valve bypass bores extending axially through a valve collar. The valve assembly slides between closed and fully open positions. A spring biases the valve assembly toward the closed position in which the valve closes the housing bypass openings. In the open position, a bypass fluid path is formed including the valve bypass bores and the housing bypass openings. The valve assembly is flow rate controlled in the closed position and pressure controlled in the open position. The valve assembly may slide within a sleeve assembly including sleeve bypass openings, which connect the valve bypass bores and housing bypass openings in the bypass fluid path.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2022Date of Patent: December 20, 2022Assignee: Workover Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Gunther H H von Gynz-Rekowski, Russell Wayne Koenig, Kevin James Rudy
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Publication number: 20220235618Abstract: A flow rate control system includes a housing and a valve assembly slidingly disposed within a housing inner bore. The housing includes bypass openings. The valve assembly includes a valve and an orifice disposed in a valve inner bore. The valve includes a plurality of valve bypass bores extending axially through a valve collar. The valve assembly slides between closed and fully open positions. A spring biases the valve assembly toward the closed position in which the valve closes the housing bypass openings. In the open position, a bypass fluid path is formed including the valve bypass bores and the housing bypass openings. The valve assembly is flow rate controlled in the closed position and pressure controlled in the open position. The valve assembly may slide within a sleeve assembly including sleeve bypass openings, which connect the valve bypass bores and housing bypass openings in the bypass fluid path.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2022Publication date: July 28, 2022Applicant: Workover Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Gunther HH von Gynz-Rekowski, Russell Wayne Koenig, Kevin James Rudy
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Patent number: 11352844Abstract: A flow rate control system includes a housing and a valve assembly slidingly disposed within a housing inner bore. The housing includes bypass openings. The valve assembly includes a valve and an orifice disposed in a valve inner bore. The valve includes a plurality of valve bypass bores extending axially through a valve collar. The valve assembly slides between closed and fully open positions. A spring biases the valve assembly toward the closed position in which the valve closes the housing bypass openings. In the open position, a bypass fluid path is formed including the valve bypass bores and the housing bypass openings. The valve assembly is flow rate controlled in the closed position and pressure controlled in the open position. The valve assembly may slide within a sleeve assembly including sleeve bypass openings, which connect the valve bypass bores and housing bypass openings in the bypass fluid path.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2020Date of Patent: June 7, 2022Assignee: Workover Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Gunther H H von Gynz-Rekowski, Russell Wayne Koenig, Kevin James Rudy
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Publication number: 20220003045Abstract: A flow rate control system includes a housing and a valve assembly slidingly disposed within a housing inner bore. The housing includes bypass openings. The valve assembly includes a valve and an orifice disposed in a valve inner bore. The valve includes a plurality of valve bypass bores extending axially through a valve collar. The valve assembly slides between closed and fully open positions. A spring biases the valve assembly toward the closed position in which the valve closes the housing bypass openings. In the open position, a bypass fluid path is formed including the valve bypass bores and the housing bypass openings. The valve assembly is flow rate controlled in the closed position and pressure controlled in the open position. The valve assembly may slide within a sleeve assembly including sleeve bypass openings, which connect the valve bypass bores and housing bypass openings in the bypass fluid path.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2020Publication date: January 6, 2022Applicant: Workover Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Gunther HH von Gynz-Rekowski, Russell Wayne Koenig, Kevin James Rudy
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Publication number: 20210363846Abstract: An integrated milling and production device. The device includes a production housing, a connector, a motor, and a milling bit. The production housing has a central bore with at least one flapper valve pivotally disposed therein and an actuator. Upon completion of milling operations, the connector may be disengaged from the production housing. The production housing may be repositioned in the well. Activation of the actuator permanently opens the flapper valve to permit the flow of production up the production housing to the well surface. The actuator may be a piston.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2021Publication date: November 25, 2021Applicant: Workover Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Gunther HH von Gynz-Rekowski, Mark Joshua Miller, Kevin James Rudy
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Patent number: 11098549Abstract: A mechanically locking hydraulic jar device includes an outer sleeve, an inner sleeve partially disposed in an inner bore of the outer sleeve, and a mechanical lock engaging the outer sleeve and the inner sleeve in a default position to axially secure the inner sleeve to the outer sleeve. Activation of the hydraulic jar disables the mechanical lock to allow axial movement of the inner sleeve relative to the outer sleeve, which generates an impact force when the inner sleeve reaches an activated position. The hydraulic jar device also includes an upward block and a downward block configured to limit the upward and downward axial movement, respectively, of the inner sleeve relative to the outer sleeve when the mechanical lock is disabled.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2019Date of Patent: August 24, 2021Assignee: Workover Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Gunther H H von Gynz-Rekowski, Mark Joshua Miller, Kevin James Rudy, Russell Wayne Koenig
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Publication number: 20210198966Abstract: A mechanically locking hydraulic jar device includes an outer sleeve, an inner sleeve partially disposed in an inner bore of the outer sleeve, and a mechanical lock engaging the outer sleeve and the inner sleeve in a default position to axially secure the inner sleeve to the outer sleeve. Activation of the hydraulic jar disables the mechanical lock to allow axial movement of the inner sleeve relative to the outer sleeve, which generates an impact force when the inner sleeve reaches an activated position. The hydraulic jar device also includes an upward block and a downward block configured to limit the upward and downward axial movement, respectively, of the inner sleeve relative to the outer sleeve when the mechanical lock is disabled.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 31, 2019Publication date: July 1, 2021Applicant: Workover Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Gunther HH von Gynz-Rekowski, Mark Joshua Miller, Kevin James Rudy, Russell Wayne Koenig
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Patent number: 10961797Abstract: An integrated milling and production device. The device includes a production housing, a connector, a motor, and milling bit. The production housing has a central bore with at least one flapper valve pivotally disposed therein and an actuator. Upon completion of milling operations, the connector may be disengaged from the production housing. The production housing may be repositioned in the well. Activation of the actuator permanently opens the flapper valve to permit the flow of production up the production housing to the well surface. The actuator may be a piston.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2019Date of Patent: March 30, 2021Assignee: Workover Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Gunther H H von Gynz-Rekowski, Mark Joshua Miller, Kevin James Rudy
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Patent number: 10829993Abstract: A vibration assembly includes a valve above a rotor and stator. The rotor rotates within the stator as fluid flows therethrough. The valve includes a rotating valve segment, which rotates with the rotor, and a non-rotating valve segment each including at least one fluid passage. In an open position, the fluid passages of the valve segments are aligned and a fluid flows through the valve. In a restricted position, the fluid passages of the valve segments are partially or completely unaligned, thereby creating a pressure pulse that is transmitted through the drill string or coiled tubing above the valve. The valve may further include an inner sleeve and an outer sleeve surrounding the non-rotating valve segment. The inner and outer sleeves allow axial sliding but prevent rotation of the non-rotating valve segment. The assembly may further include a lower thrust bearing at a lower end of the rotor.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2019Date of Patent: November 10, 2020Assignee: RIVAL DOWNHOLE TOOLS LCInventors: Gunther H H von Gynz-Rekowski, William Christian Herben, Steven Samuel Mitchell, Russell Wayne Koenig, Mark Joshua Miller, Kevin James Rudy
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Publication number: 20200347676Abstract: A vibration assembly includes a valve above a rotor and stator. The rotor rotates within the stator as fluid flows therethrough. The valve includes a rotating valve segment, which rotates with the rotor, and a non-rotating valve segment each including at least one fluid passage. In an open position, the fluid passages of the valve segments are aligned and a fluid flows through the valve. In a restricted position, the fluid passages of the valve segments are partially or completely unaligned, thereby creating a pressure pulse that is transmitted through the drill string or coiled tubing above the valve. The valve may further include an inner sleeve and an outer sleeve surrounding the non-rotating valve segment. The inner and outer sleeves allow axial sliding but prevent rotation of the non-rotating valve segment. The assembly may further include a lower thrust bearing at a lower end of the rotor.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 2, 2019Publication date: November 5, 2020Inventors: Gunther HH von Gynz-Rekowski, William Christian Herben, Steven Samuel Mitchell, Russell Wayne Koenig, Mark Joshua Miller, Kevin James Rudy
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Publication number: 20200318451Abstract: An integrated milling and production device includes a production housing having a central bore, one or more flapper valves pivotally disposed within the central bore, and an actuator disposed within the central bore. The flapper valves are closed in a default position. Activation of the actuator permanently opens the one or more flapper valves. A connector is selectively secured below the production housing, a motor is secured below the connector, and a milling bit is secured below the motor. The motor rotates the milling bit. Activating the connector disconnects the connector from the production housing. The actuator may be a piston disposed above the flapper valves in a milling position and disposed through the flapper valves in a production position to open the flapper valves. In the production position, a fluid may flow from the wellbore through the production housing's central bore and to the surface for collection.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2019Publication date: October 8, 2020Applicant: Workover Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Gunther H. H. von Gynz-Rekowski, Mark Joshua Miller, Kevin James Rudy