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US3090436A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Wire line hydraulic fracturing tool

Assignee: Halliburton Co
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Filing: 1959-10-06
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Granted: 1963-05-21
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Expires: 1979-10-06
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Abstract

No abstract record available.

Inventors

  • 👤 Jr George E Briggs

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-27 08:12
CPC Classifications
E; E21; E21B; E21B43/00; E21B43/25; E21B43/26; E21B43/263

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 212 words
A WELL TOOL COMPRISING AN ELONGATED HOUSING PROVIDING A PRESSURE CHAMBER AND A FLUID CHAMBER AND A FLUID PASSAGEWAY COMMUNICATING SAID CHAMBERS, A DISPLACEABLE CLOSURE MEANS ARRANGED IN SAID PASSAGEWAY, A MANDREL CONNECTED INTO THE LOWER END OF SAID HOUSING AND PROVIDED WITH A BORE COMMUNICATING WITH SAID FLUID CHAMBER, UPPER AND LOWER PACKER MEMBERS ARRANGED ON THE OUTER WALL OF SAID MANDREL, EXPANSIVE HOUSINGS ARRANGED ON THE OUTER WALL OF SAID MANDREL BETWEEN SAID PACKERS FOR EXPANDING SAID PACKERS INTO ENGAGEMENT WITH THE WALL OF THE WELL BORE RESPONSIVE TO FLUID PRESSURE, SAID WALL OF SAID MANDREL PROVIDED WITH PORTS COMMUNICATING SAID MANDREL WITH THE INTERIOR OF SAID EXPANSIBLE HOUSINGS, BLOWOUT MEANS ARRANGED IN THE WALL OF SAID MANDREL BETWEEN SAID EXPANSIBLE HOUSINGS, SAID BLOWOUT MEANS ADAPTED TO RUPTURE AT A PREDETERMINED PRESSURE IN SAID MANDREL, MEANS ARRANGED IN SAID PRESSURE CHAMBER FOR GENERATING PRESSURE WITHIN SAID CHAMBER, PRESSURE RELEASING MEANS ARRANGED IN SAID HOUSING AND OPERABLE FROM THE EARTH''S SURFACE, PRESSURE EQUALIZING MEANS PROVIDED IN SAID TOOL FOR EQUALIZING THE WELL BORE PRESSURE BELOW THE LOWER PACKER MEMBER WITH THAT ABOVE THE UPPER PACKER MEMBER WHEN SAID PACKER MEMBERS ARE EXPANDED AGAINST THE WALL OF SAID WELL BORE AND MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID HOUSING FOR RAISING AND LOWERING SAID HOUSING.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 212 words
A WELL TOOL COMPRISING AN ELONGATED HOUSING PROVIDING A PRESSURE CHAMBER AND A FLUID CHAMBER AND A FLUID PASSAGEWAY COMMUNICATING SAID CHAMBERS, A DISPLACEABLE CLOSURE MEANS ARRANGED IN SAID PASSAGEWAY, A MANDREL CONNECTED INTO THE LOWER END OF SAID HOUSING AND PROVIDED WITH A BORE COMMUNICATING WITH SAID FLUID CHAMBER, UPPER AND LOWER PACKER MEMBERS ARRANGED ON THE OUTER WALL OF SAID MANDREL, EXPANSIVE HOUSINGS ARRANGED ON THE OUTER WALL OF SAID MANDREL BETWEEN SAID PACKERS FOR EXPANDING SAID PACKERS INTO ENGAGEMENT WITH THE WALL OF THE WELL BORE RESPONSIVE TO FLUID PRESSURE, SAID WALL OF SAID MANDREL PROVIDED WITH PORTS COMMUNICATING SAID MANDREL WITH THE INTERIOR OF SAID EXPANSIBLE HOUSINGS, BLOWOUT MEANS ARRANGED IN THE WALL OF SAID MANDREL BETWEEN SAID EXPANSIBLE HOUSINGS, SAID BLOWOUT MEANS ADAPTED TO RUPTURE AT A PREDETERMINED PRESSURE IN SAID MANDREL, MEANS ARRANGED IN SAID PRESSURE CHAMBER FOR GENERATING PRESSURE WITHIN SAID CHAMBER, PRESSURE RELEASING MEANS ARRANGED IN SAID HOUSING AND OPERABLE FROM THE EARTH''S SURFACE, PRESSURE EQUALIZING MEANS PROVIDED IN SAID TOOL FOR EQUALIZING THE WELL BORE PRESSURE BELOW THE LOWER PACKER MEMBER WITH THAT ABOVE THE UPPER PACKER MEMBER WHEN SAID PACKER MEMBERS ARE EXPANDED AGAINST THE WALL OF SAID WELL BORE AND MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID HOUSING FOR RAISING AND LOWERING SAID HOUSING.

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3.5 Years (Year 4) 1966-05-20 1966-11-19 1967-05-21 $2000.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
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11.5 Years (Year 12) 1974-05-20 1974-11-19 1975-05-21 $7700.00 Window Closed / Lapsed

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