Patents by Inventor Steven Robert Merrill

Steven Robert Merrill 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).

  • Publication number: 20180355694
    Abstract: A pressure differential plug including a mandrel, a baffle within the mandrel, and one or more passageways in the baffle, the passageways configured and dimensioned to restrict flow therethrough due to a valve coefficient thereof to both allow fluid flow therethrough and simultaneously allow the building of actuation pressure against the baffle without landing a member on the baffle. A borehole system including a borehole, a string in the borehole, the string including a plug as as in any prior embodiment. A method for causing an actuation via pressure including flowing fluid through a baffle of a plug as in any prior embodiment, increasing a flow rate through the baffle to raise pressure upstream of the baffle to an actuation level without seating a member on the baffle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2017
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Applicant: Baker Hughes Incorporated
    Inventors: Steven Robert Merrill, James Doane, Yash Parekh, Ronnie Russell, Andre Porter