Patents by Inventor William Joseph Dean

William Joseph Dean 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).

  • Liner hanger with sliding sleeve valve
    Patent number: 7172021
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for forming or repairing a wellbore casing, a pipeline, or a structural support. An expandable tubular member is radially expanded and plastically deformed by an expansion cone that is displaced by hydraulic pressure. Before or after the radial expansion of the expandable tubular member, a sliding sleeve valve within the apparatus permit a hardenable fluidic sealing material to be injected into an annulus between the expandable tubular member and a preexisting structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2007
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: David Paul Brisco, Edwin Arnold Zwald, Chan Lawrence Daigle, Gregory Marshall Noel, William Joseph Dean, Andrei Gregory Filippov, Ronald D. Nida, Robert Lance Cook, Lev Ring, Kevin Karl Waddell, William Rusty Stephenson, Rune T. Gusevik
  • Wellbore casing repair
    Patent number: 7048067
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for repairing a wellbore casing (100). An opening (115) in a wellbore casing (100) is located using a logging tool (310). An expandable tubular member (370) is then positioned in opposition to the opening (115) in the wellbore casing (100). The expandable tubular member (370) is then radially expanded into intimate contact with the wellbore casing (100).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2006
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: Robert Lance Cook, David P. Brisco, R. Bruce Stewart, Reece E. Wyant, Lev Ring, James Jang Woo Nahm, Richard Haut, Robert D. Mack, Alan B. Duell, Andrei Gregory Filippov, Kenneth Michael Cowan, William Joseph Dean