Patents by Inventor Michel Tholance

Michel Tholance 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: 4945995
    Abstract: A process and device for hydraulically and selectively controlling, in two circulation directions, at least two tools or instruments connected to a casing located inside a well. A first hydraulic line is provided which includes branches to a first and a second of the two tools or instruments, with a distribution arrangement being adapted to modify a circulation of fluid in each of the branches and to enable an independent control, and with a hydraulic power generator being connected to the first hydraulic line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 1989
    Date of Patent: August 7, 1990
    Assignee: Institut Francais du Petrole
    Inventors: Michel Tholance, Jacques Lessi, Jean-Paul Michel
  • Patent number: 4940094
    Abstract: A method and device for actuating specialized equipment in a drilled well having at least one well zone, sharply slanted with respect to the vertical, and with the drilled well having at least one tubular control column along which operating equipment as remotely installed. A control member is introduced in to the first tubular control column, with a cable being attached at one end of the control member. The control member is lowered into the first tubular control column by a downward hydraulic pumping, and the cable is paid into the tubular pipe from the surface. The control member is raised by pulling on the cable from the surface and the specialized operating equipment is selectively maneuvered while the control member is flush against the equipment in a downward or upward travel of the control member in the drilled well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 1988
    Date of Patent: July 10, 1990
    Assignee: Institut Francais du Petrole
    Inventors: Jacques Lessi, Michel Tholance