Patents by Inventor Kevin W. Hightower

Kevin W. Hightower 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: 9869165
    Abstract: A plunger for extraction of hydrocarbon fluids from a gas well system wherein the plunger is arranged to move upwardly and downwardly in an arrangement of inner tubing within the gas well system. The plunger comprises an elongated housing sleeve having a longitudinally directed bore, an elongated central chamber within the longitudinally directed bore, the central chamber having a plug nestable seat at each end thereof; and a plug displacably arranged within the central chamber so as to seal the bore during travel of the plug in a first direction in the inner tubing, and to permit flow of fluid through the plunger as the plunger travels in a second direction in the inner tubing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: Well Master Corp
    Inventors: Kevin W. Hightower, David A. Green, Neil W. Longfellow, Robert E. Bender
  • Publication number: 20160108710
    Abstract: A plunger for extraction of hydrocarbon fluids from a gas well system wherein the plunger is arranged to move upwardly and downwardly in an arrangement of inner tubing within the gas well system. The plunger comprises an elongated housing sleeve having a longitudinally directed bore, an elongated central chamber within the longitudinally directed bore, the central chamber having a plug nestable seat at each end thereof; and a plug displacably arranged within the central chamber so as to seal the bore during travel of the plug in a first direction in the inner tubing, and to permit flow of fluid through the plunger as the plunger travels in a second direction in the inner tubing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2014
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Inventors: Kevin W. Hightower, David A. Green, Neil W. Longfellow, Robert E. Bender