Patents by Inventor LEIGH DURLING

LEIGH DURLING 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).

  • Publication number: 20230103389
    Abstract: A frac plug has multiple conical-shape, radially outwardly expandable slip structures sandwiched between an actuator ring and a first ring. The smaller inner-diameter (ID) end of each slip structure extends into the larger ID end of the neighboring one. The actuator ring has a conical-shape portion extendable into the larger ID end of the neighboring slip structure. The first ring and actuator ring are movable towards each other to extend the conical-shape portion of the actuator ring into the neighboring slip structure thereby subsequently causing each slip structure extending its smaller ID end into the neighboring slip structure to expand the slip structure furthest to the actuator ring for engaging the slips thereon with a casing. The frac plug may comprise a seal element sandwiched between the actuator ring and a second ring, which are movable towards each other to compress and expand the seal element to engage the casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2022
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Inventors: Nathan COFFEY, Robert MCQUILLAN, Leigh DURLING
  • Publication number: 20140090830
    Abstract: A lubricator is provided which has a unitized body with at least one port in communication with the body's bore and its outer surface, to which port(s) connectors with different outer fittings for further connection to other equipment may be attached and sealed, and later detached and replaced with other connectors. The connectors may have different outer fittings or may be a plug or valve. This allows the connection of a single port to external equipment to be changed and the fitting for that external equipment's connection to be altered, without having to disconnect the lubricator from its well-head and stem or any of the lubricator's other connections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: 1069416 ALBERTA LTD.
    Inventors: STEPHEN MAERZ, LEIGH DURLING, WATCHARIN SUTTIPISETCHART