Patents by Inventor Tony D. McClinton

Tony D. McClinton 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: 9404337
    Abstract: A caged ball fractionation plug for use in a wellbore with a crown engagement having a tapered nose cone and various load ring, slips, slip backups, lubricating spacers and seals can all be slidably engaged to the mandrel. Upon applying pressure, the slidably engaged components can be compressed against each other and the plug can expand and bite into the casing of the wellbore. The caged ball portion of the plug seats the ball internal to the plug to create two separate fractionation zones in the wellbore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: MCCLINTON ENERGY GROUP, LLC
    Inventors: Tony D. McClinton, Stanley Keeling, Buster Carl McClinton
  • Publication number: 20150354313
    Abstract: A plug for hydraulic fractionation can have a first driver; a first pressure arm rotatably connected to the first driver; a second driver; a second pressure arm rotatably connected to the second driver; and a first slip rotatably connected to the first pressure arm and rotatably connected to the second pressure arm. The frac plug can also have a third driver; a third pressure arm rotatably connected to the third driver; a fourth driver; a fourth pressure arm rotatably connected to the fourth driver; and a second slip rotatably connected to the third pressure arm and rotatably connected to the fourth pressure arm. Preferably at least a portion of the frac plug is a material formulated to decompose in one to twenty-four hours under typical wellbore conditions. Moreover, a decomposable slip is provided for use with any frac plug known to one of ordinary skill.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2015
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Inventors: Tony D. McClinton, Stanley Keeling, Buster Carl McClinton
  • Publication number: 20140367083
    Abstract: A modular changeable fractionation plug for use in a wellbore with a crown engagement and a plug receiving end formed on a mandrel which is adapted to be a caged ball configuration, a drop ball configuration and a bridge plug configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2014
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Inventors: Tony D. McClinton, Stanley Keeling
  • Patent number: 8839855
    Abstract: A modular changeable fractionation plug for use in a wellbore with a crown engagement and a plug receiving end formed on a mandrel which is adapted to be a caged ball configuration, a drop ball configuration and a bridge plug configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: McClinton Energy Group, LLC
    Inventors: Tony D. McClinton, Stanley Keeling
  • Patent number: 8590616
    Abstract: A caged ball fractionation plug for use in a wellbore with a crown engagement having a tapered nose cone and various load ring, slips, slip backups, lubricating spacers and seals can all be slidably engaged to the mandrel. Upon applying pressure, the slidably engaged components can be compressed against each other and the plug can expand and bite into the casing of the wellbore. The caged ball portion of the plug seats the ball internal to the plug to create two separate fractionation zones in the wellbore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Inventors: Tony D. McClinton, Stanley Keeling, Buster Carl McClinton
  • Patent number: 8490689
    Abstract: A bridge style fractionation plug for use in a wellbore to separate a lower fractionation zone from an upper fractionation zone with no communication between the zones.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Inventors: Tony D. McClinton, Stanley Keeling, Buster Carl McClinton
  • Patent number: 8448701
    Abstract: A wellhead protection tool for simultaneously fitting within a lower portion of a tubing head and extending into a gate valve can have four portions with different diameters. A plurality of sealing grooves with seals can provide for sealing of the wellhead protection tool. A locking ring can engage the tubing head and injection portions thereof, allowing for continuous monitoring of seals between the tubing head and the gate valve using a client device at a remote location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Inventors: Tony D. McClinton, Buster Carl McClinton
  • Patent number: 8443898
    Abstract: A wellhead safety device can include a tubular with outer surface portions having different diameters. A first seal groove can be disposed on a first outer diameter. A locking groove can be formed in a first outer surface portion, and can have sloping sides that taper to a center for receiving locking pins of a tubing head. A sloping guide can extend from a first end towards a central bore of the wellhead safety device. A second seal groove can be disposed on a second outer surface portion for containing a second seal. A guide shoulder can be formed on a second end, and can taper from the second outer surface portion to the central bore. A J-latch can be formed in the first end. A landing shoulder can stop the wellhead safety device from slipping into wellbores.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Inventors: Tony D. McClinton, Buster Carl McClinton
  • Patent number: 8336616
    Abstract: At least one frac plug for use in a wellbore are disclosed herein. The frac plug can include a mandrel having a first end and a second end, a nose connected to the second end of the mandrel, and a crown disposed on the first end of the mandrel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: McClinton Energy Group, LLC
    Inventor: Tony D. McClinton