Patents by Inventor Mitch M. Sullivan

Mitch M. Sullivan 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: 4581919
    Abstract: In common with conventional testing tools for this purpose, the present tool incorporates a central mandrel carrying a pair of vertically spaced packers which are expandable by fluid pressure, which mandrel forms a longitudinal bore having an outlet communicating with the annular space between the packers. In contradistinction to the prior tools, the bow spring and slips suspending assembly of the prior tools has been eliminated. Instead, the packers themselves are relied on to suspend or fix the tool in the tubing. To achieve this end, a novel valve assembly has been provided to control the admittance and bleeding off of pressurized fluid into the annular space. The valve assembly is adapted to first admit pressurized fluid into the annular space to set the packers and pressure test the tubing wall between the packers at relatively high pressure, for example 5000 psi.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 1985
    Date of Patent: April 15, 1986
    Inventor: Mitch M. Sullivan