Patents by Inventor Randy Arthur Jones

Randy Arthur Jones 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).

  • Means for creating field configurable bridge, fracture or soluble insert plugs
    Patent number: 8267177
    Abstract: A plug for a pipe in an oil or gas well includes a packer, a slip ring and a cone disposable on a mandrel and pressed between an upper push sleeve and a lower anvil on the mandrel. The plug can be field configurable with a frac plug kit, a bridge plug kit and a soluble insert plug kit. A pair of concentric locking rings is disposed between the push sleeve and the mandrel with an outer annular cone with an outer conical shape tapered upwardly and inwardly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: Exelis Inc.
    Inventors: Jason Jon Vogel, Randall Williams Nish, Randy Arthur Jones
  • Riser buoyancy system
    Publication number: 20030141069
    Abstract: A frame and system for adding buoyancy to a riser used in connection with floating platforms is provided which, in some example embodiments, includes a stem attached to multiple supports which include flanges arranged to take impact and abrasion loads off an internal buoyancy module. An air management system is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2002
    Publication date: July 31, 2003
    Inventors: Richard Lloyd Davies, Randall Williams Nish, Randy Arthur Jones, Lyle D. Finn, Metin Karayaka