Patents by Inventor Stephen W. JORDAN

Stephen W. JORDAN 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).

  • Degradable ball sealer
    Patent number: 9528343
    Abstract: High strength, degradable ball sealer for temporarily sealing off lower zones in a wellbore from the flow of a fluid injected into the well. The degradable ball sealer may also seal openings formed through slidable packers or sleeves received within a tubing string in the well, from the flow of a fluid injected into the well. The ball sealer includes an aluminum-based alloy matrix containing gallium, with graphitic carbon particulate and salt particulate homogeneously distributed within the aluminum-based alloy matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: Parker-Hannifin Corporation
    Inventors: Stephen W. Jordan, Kenneth W. Cornett, Paul A. Dudzinski
  • DEGRADABLE BALL SEALER
    Publication number: 20140196899
    Abstract: High strength, degradable ball sealer for temporarily sealing off lower zones in a wellbore from the flow of a fluid injected into the well. The degradable ball sealer may also seal openings formed through slidable packers or sleeves received within a tubing string in the well, from the flow of a fluid injected into the well. The ball sealer includes an aluminum-based alloy matrix containing gallium, with graphitic carbon particulate and salt particulate homogeneously distributed within the aluminum-based alloy matrix.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2013
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Inventors: Stephen W. JORDAN, Kenneth W. CORNETT, Paul A. DUDZINSKI