Patents by Inventor Perry Carter Shy

Perry Carter Shy 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).

  • Screen jacket assembly connection and methods of using same
    Patent number: 6776241
    Abstract: Disclosed are apparatus and methods for movably securing a radially expandable sand-control screen jacket assembly to a base pipe. The screen jacket assembly is connected to the base pipe with a longitudinally moveable, sand-controlling joint. In use, the joint slides maintain a sand-controlling seal after radial expansion of the sand-control screen jacket assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2004
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Ana M. Castano-Mears, Ralph H. Echols, Perry Carter Shy
  • Wear-resistant, variable diameter expansion tool and expansion methods
    Patent number: 6722427
    Abstract: The inventions provide apparatus and methods for radially expanding a tubular deployed in a subterranean well by moving an expansion tool axially through the well. An expansion tool apparatus may have wear faces attached to at least a portion of the outer periphery of a mandrel for contacting the interior surface of the pipe, tube, or screen during expansion. According to another aspect of the invention, an expansion tool has a controlled egress seal between the outer surface of the tool and the inside surface of the expandable tubular. According to another aspect of the invention, an automatically variable diameter expansion tool is provided having a variable diameter cone, which expands, and contracts based on input from one or more sensors. According to another aspect of the invention, an apparatus and method for expanding a length of screen assembly in a subterranean wellbore is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2004
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: John C. Gano, Kenneth L. Schwendemann, Darrin N. Towers, Ralph Harvey Echols, Perry Carter Shy
  • Wear-resistant, variable diameter expansion tool and expansion methods
    Publication number: 20030075339
    Abstract: The inventions provide apparatus and methods for radially expanding a tubular deployed in a subterranean well by moving an expansion tool axially through the well. An expansion tool apparatus may have wear faces attached to at least a portion of the outer periphery of a mandrel for contacting the interior surface of the pipe, tube, or screen during expansion. According to another aspect of the invention, an expansion tool has a controlled egress seal between the outer surface of the tool and the inside surface of the expandable tubular. According to another aspect of the invention, an automatically variable diameter expansion tool is provided having a variable diameter cone, which expands, and contracts based on input from one or more sensors. According to another aspect of the invention, an apparatus and method for expanding a length of screen assembly in a subterranean wellbore is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2001
    Publication date: April 24, 2003
    Inventors: John C. Gano, Kenneth L. Schwendemann, Darrin N. Towers, Ralph Harvey Echols, Perry Carter Shy
  • Screen jacket assembly connection and methods of using same
    Publication number: 20030056959
    Abstract: Disclosed are apparatus and methods for movably securing a radially expandable sand-control screen jacket assembly to a base pipe. The screen jacket assembly is connected to the base pipe with a longitudinally moveable, sand-controlling joint. In use, the joint slides maintain a sand-controlling seal after radial expansion of the sand-control screen jacket assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2002
    Publication date: March 27, 2003
    Inventors: Ana M. Castano-Mears, Ralph H. Echols, Perry Carter Shy
  • Screen jacket assembly connection and methods of using same
    Patent number: 6530431
    Abstract: Disclosed are apparatus and methods for movably securing a radially expandable sand-control screen jacket assembly to a base pipe. The screen jacket assembly is connected to the base pipe with a longitudinally moveable, sand-controlling joint. In use, the joint slides maintain a sand-controlling seal after radial expansion of the sand-control screen jacket assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2003
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Ana M. Castaño-Mears, Ralph H. Echols, Perry Carter Shy
  • Wear-resistant, variable diameter expansion tool and expansion methods
    Patent number: RE42733
    Abstract: The inventions provide apparatus and methods for radially expanding a tubular deployed in a subterranean well by moving an expansion tool axially through the well. An expansion tool apparatus may have wear faces attached to at least a portion of the outer periphery of a mandrel for contacting the interior surface of the pipe, tube, or screen during expansion. According to another aspect of the invention, an expansion tool has a controlled egress seal between the outer surface of the tool and the inside surface of the expandable tubular. According to another aspect of the invention, an automatically variable diameter expansion tool is provided having a variable diameter cone, which expands, and contracts based on input from one or more sensors. According to another aspect of the invention, an apparatus and method for expanding a length of screen assembly in a subterranean wellbore is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2011
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: John C. Gano, Kenneth L. Schwendemann, Darrin N. Towers, Ralph Harvey Echols, Perry Carter Shy