Patents by Inventor Michelle Brianne Henckel

Michelle Brianne Henckel 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).

  • Consumable packer element protection for improved run-in times
    Patent number: 11408242
    Abstract: A sacrificial shroud is disposed over a packing element of a downhole packer to provide isolation from incompatible wellbore fluids and to minimize a tendency for swabbing or packer preset due to fluid flow past the packing element during run-in, thereby allowing for faster run-in speeds. The shroud may be depletive or consumable, such as by dissolution into a wellbore fluid or by melting at a predetermined downhole thermodynamic condition. The shroud may take the form of a sleeve or an applied coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Bradley Stokes, Michelle Brianne Henckel
  • Consumable Packer Element Protection For Improved Run-In Times
    Publication number: 20190128074
    Abstract: A sacrificial shroud is disposed over a packing element of a downhole packer to provide isolation from incompatible wellbore fluids and to minimize a tendency for swabbing or packer preset due to fluid flow past the packing element during run-in, thereby allowing for faster run-in speeds. The shroud may be depletive or consumable, such as by dissolution into a wellbore fluid or by melting at a predetermined downhole thermodynamic condition. The shroud may take the form of a sleeve or an applied coating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2016
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Bradley STOKES, Michelle Brianne HENCKEL
  • Packer assembly
    Patent number: 8550177
    Abstract: Packer assemblies capable of providing desired load-bearing performance and of being retrieved from a bore in a subterranean formation are described. A packer assembly can include a wedge that can respond to a force in a downhole direction by un-supporting the slip. The unsupported slip is configured to disengage from a casing string, allowing the packer assembly to be removed from the bore. The wedge can include a collet to allow the wedge to separate from the slip to prevent slip re-setting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Michelle Brianne Henckel, Beauford Sean Mallory, Jody Ray McGlothen
  • PACKER ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20120186830
    Abstract: Packer assemblies capable of providing desired load-bearing performance and of being retrieved from a bore in a subterranean formation are described. A packer assembly can include a wedge that can respond to a force in a downhole direction by un-supporting the slip. The unsupported slip is configured to disengage from a casing string, allowing the packer assembly to be removed from the bore. The wedge can include a collet to allow the wedge to separate from the slip to prevent slip re-setting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2011
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Applicant: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
    Inventors: Michelle Brianne Henckel, Beauford Sean Mallory, Jody Ray McGlothen