Patents by Inventor Russell A. Johnston

Russell A. Johnston 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: 4399871
    Abstract: A combination well flow control device having a passage therethrough for conducting fluids from the exterior to the interior of the tubing, this device having pressure responsive valve means therein for controlling flow of fluids such as well treating chemicals through the flow passage at very low rates and also having a bypass passage which is initially closed by a sleeve valve but which is openable to permit high injection rates therethrough as for injecting water or the like fluid into the tubing at a very high rate as for killing the well. When the sleeve valve has been moved to bypass opening position, the valve flow passage is short-circuited through the bypass, and in one embodiment that portion upstream of the sleeve valve is shut off. After the sleeve valve has been moved to open position, it will remain at that position. The device also includes a check valve for preventing backflow therethrough regardless of whether the bypass is open or closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 1981
    Date of Patent: August 23, 1983
    Assignee: Otis Engineering Corporation
    Inventors: Joel E. Adkins, Gregg W. Stout, Russell A. Johnston
  • Patent number: 4142597
    Abstract: A jar for use in facilitating the removal of stuck objects from wells. The jar has a telescoping assembly held in a collapsed position by a latching means urged into latching position by a resilient means so that the hammer of the jar is spaced from the anvil thereof. The release of the latching means is actuated by a predetermined longitudinal force applied to the upper end of the jar which overcomes the resilient means to cause the hammer to strike the anvil with a sudden impact translated by a connecting means from the jar to the stuck object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 1977
    Date of Patent: March 6, 1979
    Assignee: Otis Engineering Corporation
    Inventor: Russell A. Johnston
  • Patent number: 4119147
    Abstract: Disclosed is a pumpdown, retrievable, subsurface, safety valve for use in a well. The valve comprises a valve section including a valve member to control flow through the well tubing and one or more force exerting sections urging the valve member to a position blocking flow. The valve section and force exerting sections are interconnected. This abstract is neither intended to define the invention of the application which, of course, is measured by the claims, nor is it intended to be limiting as to the scope of the invention in any way.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 1976
    Date of Patent: October 10, 1978
    Assignee: Otis Engineering Corporation
    Inventors: Henry P. Arendt, Russell A. Johnston