Patents by Inventor William E. Coyle, Jr.

William E. Coyle, Jr. 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: 11041369
    Abstract: An embodiment of an apparatus includes an actuatable downhole tool with a brush actuator that includes brush elements extending outwardly from a slide member that surrounds a mandrel having a proximal end connectable to a tubular string. The brush elements are sized to engage a casing into which the apparatus is disposed. A spring element is disposed intermediate the slide member and the mandrel to bias the mandrel to a proximal position. A transition mode of the brush elements is achievable by reversing the direction of movement of the apparatus within the casing from the trailing up mode towards the trailing down mode and provides a sufficient amount of resistance to overcome the spring element to move the slide member to a distal position and displace a displaceable member of the actuatable downhole tool to actuate the tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: BILCO TOOLS, INC.
    Inventor: William E. Coyle, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20190055820
    Abstract: An embodiment of an apparatus includes an actuatable downhole tool with a brush actuator that includes brush elements extending outwardly from a slide member that surrounds a mandrel having a proximal end connectable to a tubular string. The brush elements are sized to engage a casing into which the apparatus is disposed. A spring element is disposed intermediate the slide member and the mandrel to bias the mandrel to a proximal position. A transition mode of the brush elements is achievable by reversing the direction of movement of the apparatus within the casing from the trailing up mode towards the trailing down mode and provides a sufficient amount of resistance to overcome the spring element to move the slide member to a distal position and displace a displaceable member of the actuatable downhole tool to actuate the tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2017
    Publication date: February 21, 2019
    Inventor: William E. Coyle, JR.
  • Publication number: 20180235200
    Abstract: A generally elongate fishing apparatus having an aperture and a slot of sufficient width to allow a fishing line introduced into the slot to enter the aperture, the fishing apparatus further including a necked portion adjacent to a distal end that is adjacent to the aperture. A fisherman can avoid unwanted discomfort by introducing a fishing line into the aperture through the slot, wrapping the fishing line around the necked portion and by then gripping and pulling a handle portion of the fishing apparatus to pull tension into the fishing line to, for example, pull the fishing line free of an underwater obstruction or debris or to pull a fish captured on a hook on and end of the fishing line towards a boat, pier or dock and within a sufficient proximity for the fisherman to use a net to lift the fish from the water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2017
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Inventor: William E. Coyle, JR.
  • Patent number: 9771765
    Abstract: An umbilical manipulator arm for positioning control lines for being secured to a plurality of tubular strings being made up and run into a dual completion wellbore includes a carriage movable on a base that is securable to a rig floor adjacent to two tubular strings. An umbilical manipulator arm is coupled to the carriage and movable relative to the carriage between a pusher arm retracted position distal to a tubular string and a pusher arm engaged position proximal to a tubular string. The carriage is movable between a carriage first position proximal to a first tubular string and a carriage second position proximal to a second tubular string. The umbilical manipulator arm can be used to position control lines for being secured to the plurality of tubular strings as they are being made up and run into the wellbore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: Bilco Tools, Inc.
    Inventor: William E. Coyle, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20170044848
    Abstract: An umbilical manipulator arm for positioning control lines for being secured to a plurality of tubular strings being made up and run into a dual completion wellbore includes a carriage movable on a base that is securable to a rig floor adjacent to two tubular strings. An umbilical manipulator arm is coupled to the carriage and movable relative to the carriage between a pusher arm retracted position distal to a tubular string and a pusher arm engaged position proximal to a tubular string. The carriage is movable between a carriage first position proximal to a first tubular string and a carriage second position proximal to a second tubular string. The umbilical manipulator arm can be used to position control lines for being secured to the plurality of tubular strings as they are being made up and run into the wellbore.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2015
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventor: William E. Coyle, JR.
  • Publication number: 20160069158
    Abstract: An elongate brush tool for cleaning a bore of a tubular comprising a first end, a second end, a body between the ends, a plurality of necked channels in an radially exterior portion of the body, each necked channel having a proximal end with an opening, a distal end having a stop, a slot between the proximal end and the distal end, and a channel closure member removable securable to the body, and further comprising a plurality of brush elements, each having a head and a plurality of bristles forming a bundle extending from the head, the brush element head being sized for being received through an opening, of a necked channel and into the necked channel with the bundles received within the slot. A plurality of channel closure members prevent removal of the head of the brush elements from the necked channel during use of the brush tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2014
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Inventor: William E. Coyle, JR.
  • Patent number: 8607871
    Abstract: A downhole jetting tool is provided for cleaning the interior of one or more hydraulic rams (14, 18) and one or more annular blowout preventers (26, 28). A unitary jetting tool body (40) has a central throughbore (42) and a plurality of radially outward jets (42, 46). A tapered landing shoulder (50) on the tool body engages a frustoconical surface of a landing ring (22) to position the tool in the well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Inventor: William E. Coyle, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20120193100
    Abstract: A downhole jetting tool is provided for cleaning the interior of one or more hydraulic rams (14, 18) and one or more annular blowout preventers (26, 28). A unitary jetting tool body (40) has a central throughbore (42) and a plurality of radially outward jets (42, 46). A tapered landing shoulder (50) on the tool body engages a frustoconical surface of a landing ring (22) to position the tool in the well.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2011
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Inventor: William E. Coyle, JR.
  • Patent number: 7779902
    Abstract: A movable arm 10 engages a flexible line 50 at a well site for positioning the flexible line between run-in position for passing the flexible line with a tubular through a well hole in the rig floor and a clamping position wherein the flexible line is adjacent the tubular above the rig floor for clamping the line to the tubular. The arm 10 extends upward from the rig floor 70, and includes a line guide, such as roller 12, for engaging the flexible line when in the run-in position. A powered drive 14 moves the arm between the run-in position and the clamping position. A spacer 82 may be used for positioning two or more flexible lines at a desired spacing relative to one another prior to positioning the lines within a clamp secured to the tubular. A slip bowl assembly 60 may be laterally movable so that slips do not engage the flexible line as it is run in the well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2010
    Assignee: Bilco Tools, Inc.
    Inventor: William E. Coyle, Jr.
  • Patent number: 7610965
    Abstract: A movable arm 10 engages a flexible line 50 at a well site for positioning the flexible line between run-in position for passing the flexible line with a tubular through a well hole in the rig floor and a clamping position wherein the flexible line is adjacent the tubular above the rig floor for clamping the line to the tubular. The arm 10 extends upward from the rig floor 70, and includes a line guide, such as roller 12, for engaging the flexible line when in the run-in position. A powered drive 14 moves the arm between the run-in position and the clamping position. A spacer 82 may be used for positioning two or more flexible lines at a desired spacing relative to one another prior to positioning the lines within a clamp secured to the tubular. A slip bowl assembly 60 may be laterally movable so that slips do not engage the flexible line as it is run in the well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2009
    Assignee: Bilco Tools, Inc.
    Inventors: Dennis Pennison, William E. Coyle, Jr.
  • Patent number: 7201233
    Abstract: A movable arm 10 engages a flexible line 50 at a well site for positioning the flexible line between run-in position for passing the flexible line with a tubular through a well hole in the rig floor and a clamping position wherein the flexible line is adjacent the tubular above the rig floor for clamping the line to the tubular. The arm 10 extends upward from the rig floor 70, and includes a line guide, such as roller 12, for engaging the flexible line when in the run-in position. A powered drive 14 moves the arm between the run-in position and the clamping position. A spacer 82 may be used for positioning two or more flexible lines at a desired spacing relative to one another prior to positioning the lines within a clamp secured to the tubular. A slip bowl assembly 60 may be laterally movable so that slips do not engage the flexible line as it is run in the well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2007
    Assignee: Bilco Tools, Inc.
    Inventors: Dennis Penisson, William E. Coyle, Jr.
  • Patent number: 4957002
    Abstract: A method, system and device for determining the quality of assembly of tool parts involves measurement of the rates of rotation of the tool parts or the torque imposed on the tool parts, or a combination thereof, followed by measurement of axial strain, or torsional strain, or hoop strain, or a combination thereof. The measured data are processed to determine the presence of a shoulder, seizing, seals, extreme hoop pressure, mismatched connections, and the like during assembly of the tool parts, thus assuring quality of assembly. The collected data are plotted versus time and displayed for the operator. The clamping device employed can be a one-part device for measuring hoop strain only, or can be a two-part device for measuring two or more of the aforementioned strain values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 1989
    Date of Patent: September 18, 1990
    Assignee: Bilco Tools, Inc.
    Inventors: William E. Coyle, Jr., Dennis J. Pennison
  • Patent number: RE34686
    Abstract: A method, system and device for determining the quality of assembly of tool parts involves measurement of the rates of rotation of the tool parts or the torque imposed on the tool parts, or a combination thereof, followed by measurement of axial strain, or torsional strain, or hoop strain, or a combination thereof. The measured data are processed to determine the presence of a shoulder, seizing, seals, extreme hoop pressure, mismatched connections, and the like during assembly of the tool parts, thus assuring quality of assembly. The collected data are plotted versus time and displayed for the operator. The clamping device employed can be a one-part device for measuring hoop strain only, or can be a two-part device for measuring two or more of the aforementioned strain values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 1991
    Date of Patent: August 9, 1994
    Assignee: Bilco Tools, Inc.
    Inventors: William E. Coyle, Jr., Dennis J. Pennison
  • Patent number: D632309
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Assignee: Bilco Tools, Inc.
    Inventor: William E. Coyle, Jr.
  • Patent number: D632310
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Assignee: Bilco Tools, Inc.
    Inventor: William E. Coyle, Jr.