Patents by Inventor Michael Lee Vick

Michael Lee Vick 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).

  • Expendable mechanical release packer plug for heavy mud
    Patent number: 9091134
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for plugging a well during subterranean operations is disclosed. Specifically, a mechanical release packer plug assembly is disclosed. The mechanical release packer plug assembly includes a debris chamber and is releasably engaged with a packer of a suitable packer assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael Lee Vick
  • EXPENDABLE MECHANICAL RELEASE PACKER PLUG FOR HEAVY MUD
    Publication number: 20140076584
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for plugging a well during subterranean operations is disclosed. Specifically, a mechanical release packer plug assembly is disclosed. In an illustrative embodiment, the mechanical release packer plug assembly includes a debris chamber and is releasably engaged with a packer of a suitable packer assembly. The present invention finds particular application in completions that use heavy mud for completion fluids.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2012
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Inventor: Michael Lee Vick
  • Spring wire composite corrosion resistant anchoring device
    Patent number: 6793022
    Abstract: A slip for use in the anchoring device on a well tool has a wedge shaped body and teeth on the exterior of the body. The teeth are formed from a ring segment of spring steel material mounted on and extending from the exterior of the body. The ring segment may be mounted in a circumferential groove on the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2004
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Lee Vick, Marion Dewey Kilgore
  • Spring wire composite corrosion resistant anchoring device
    Publication number: 20030188876
    Abstract: Disclosed is a slip for use in the anchoring device on a well tool and a method of making the same. The slip has a wedge shaped body and teeth on the exterior of the body. The teeth being formed from a ring segment of spring steel material mounted on and extending from the exterior of the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2002
    Publication date: October 9, 2003
    Inventors: Michael Lee Vick, Marion Dewey Kilgore