# US 10,246,967 B2 · Downhole system for use in a wellbore and method for the same > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,246,967 B2 - Document ID: US10246967B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/164,950 - Filed: 2016-05-26 - Published: 2016-09-15 - Granted: 2019-04-02 - Earliest claimed: 2011-08-22 - Assignees: Downhole Technology, LLC - Applicants: Downhole Technology, LLC - Inventors: Evan Lloyd Davies; Duke VanLue - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10246967B2 ## CPC - E21B 33/1293: {with means for anchoring against downward and upward movement (E21B33/1291, E21B33/1295 take precedence)} - E21B 23/01: for anchoring the tools or the like (E21B23/02 - E21B23/06 take precedence; anchoring of drives in the borehole E21B4/18) - E21B 23/06: for setting packers - E21B 33/1204: {permanent; drillable} - E21B 33/124: Units with longitudinally-spaced plugs for isolating the intermediate space - E21B 33/128: with a member expanded radially by axial pressure (E21B33/122, E21B33/124 take precedence) - E21B 33/129: with mechanical slips for hooking into the casing (E21B33/122, E21B33/124 take precedence) - E21B 33/134: Bridging plugs - E21B 43/26: by forming crevices or fractures - E21B 2200/04: Ball valves - E21B: EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS ## Abstract A downhole system for use in a wellbore that includes a work string having a downhole end; a setting sleeve coupled with the downhole end; and a downhole tool engaged with the setting sleeve during run-in, the downhole tool further including a mandrel, a first slip, a first cone, a sealing element, and a lower sleeve coupled with the mandrel. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A downhole system for use in a wellbore, the downhole system comprising: a work string comprising a downhole end, and a setting tool; a setting sleeve coupled with the downhole end; and a downhole tool engaged with the setting sleeve during run-in, the downhole tool further comprising: a mandrel made of a composite material, the mandrel further comprising: a distal end; a proximate end comprising a set of threads; and a mandrel outer surface; a bearing plate disposed around the mandrel; a first slip disposed around the mandrel proximate to the distal end, the first slip further comprising: a first slip body having a one-piece configuration; a first slip outer surface; and at least one lateral groove in the first slip body that is defined by a depth that extends from the first slip outer surface to a first slip inner surface; a first cone disposed around the mandrel, and proximate to a first side of the first slip; a second slip disposed around the mandrel; a second cone disposed around the mandrel, and proximate to a first side of the second slip; a sealing element disposed around the mandrel, and between the first cone and the second cone; and a lower sleeve disposed around the mandrel, and proximate to a second side of the first slip, wherein the lower sleeve is coupled with the mandrel outer surface at the distal end, wherein the setting sleeve comprises a set of linear channels disposed in an outer surface of the setting sleeve, wherein an at least one channel of the set of channels extends from a first sleeve end to a second sleeve end, and wherein the setting tool comprises an adapter coupled with the set of threads. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The downhole system of claim 1, wherein the distal end is configured with a bottom ball check comprising a check ball held in place by a check ball retainer. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The downhole system of claim 2, wherein the check ball is proximate to a seat contact surface disposed in the mandrel. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The downhole system of claim 1, wherein the downhole tool further comprises a deformable member proximate to the first cone, the deformable member configured to expand outward in a radial direction away from a longitudinal tool axis upon interaction with a pump down fluid. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The downhole system of claim 1, wherein the setting sleeve comprises a plurality of grooves. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The downhole system of claim 5, wherein an at least one channel of the plurality of grooves is linear in length and disposed in an outer surface of the setting sleeve. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The downhole system of claim 1, wherein the first slip is a heat treated one-piece metal slip configured with a hardness profile comprising the first slip outer surface having a Rockwell hardness Scale C (HRC), in the range of 40 to 60, and the inner slip surface having a Rockwell hardness Scale C (HRC) in the range of 10 to 25. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The downhole system of claim 1, wherein the first slip further comprises a slip face surface configured with a set of mating holes, and wherein the lower sleeve comprises a set of pins configured to engage the set of mating holes. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The downhole system of claim 1, wherein the setting sleeve comprises a set of three groups of channels disposed in an outer surface of the setting sleeve, wherein each group comprises between 1 and 3 channels, and wherein the cross-sectional shape of an at least one channel of the set of three groups is rounded. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The downhole system of claim 1, wherein the second slip further comprises: a composite slip further comprising a circular composite slip body having one-piece configuration, and an at least two slip grooves disposed therein, wherein the composite slip body further comprises a composite slip outer surface and a composite slip inner surface, wherein at least one of the at least two slip grooves forms a lateral opening in the composite slip body that is defined by a first portion of slip material at a first slip end, a second portion of slip material at a second slip end, and a depth that extends from the composite slip outer surface to the composite slip inner surface. ### Claim 11 A downhole system for use in a wellbore, the downhole system comprising: a work string comprising a downhole end, and a setting tool; a setting sleeve coupled with the downhole end; and a downhole tool engaged with the setting sleeve during run-in, the downhole tool further comprising: a mandrel further comprising: a distal end; a proximate end; and a mandrel outer surface; a first slip disposed around the mandrel proximate to the distal end; a first cone disposed around the mandrel, and proximate to a first side of the first slip; a deformable member proximate to the first cone, the deformable member configured to expand outward in a radial direction away from a longitudinal tool axis upon interaction with a pump down fluid; a sealing element disposed around the mandrel; and a lower sleeve disposed around the mandrel, and proximate to a second side of the first slip, wherein the lower sleeve is coupled with the mandrel outer surface at the distal end, wherein the setting sleeve comprises a set of linear channels disposed in an outer surface of the setting sleeve, wherein an at least one channel of the set of channels extends from a first sleeve end to a second sleeve end, wherein a lateral cross-sectional shape of the at least one channel is rounded, and wherein the setting tool comprises an adapter coupled with the proximate end. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The downhole system of claim 11, the system further comprising a drop ball engaged with the mandrel, wherein the drop ball is made of dissolvable material. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The downhole system of claim 11, wherein the first slip is a one-piece metal slip that comprises columns of serrated teeth. ### Claim 14 (depends on 11) The downhole system of claim 11, wherein the first slip further comprises: a composite slip further comprising a circular composite slip body having one-piece configuration, and an at least two slip grooves disposed therein, wherein the composite slip body further comprises a composite slip outer surface and a composite slip inner surface, wherein at least one of the at least two slip grooves forms a lateral opening in the composite slip body that is defined by a first portion of slip material at a first slip end, a second portion of slip material at a second slip end, and a depth that extends from the composite slip outer surface to the composite slip inner surface. ### Claim 15 A downhole system for use in a wellbore, the downhole system comprising: a work string comprising a downhole end, and a setting tool further comprising a setting adapter; a setting sleeve coupled with the downhole end; and a downhole tool engaged with the setting sleeve during run-in, the downhole tool further comprising: a mandrel made of a composite material, the mandrel further comprising: a distal end; a proximate end; a flowbore extending from the distal end to the proximate end; and an outer surface, wherein the outer surface at the distal end is configured with a set of threads; a bearing plate disposed around the mandrel; a first metal slip disposed around the mandrel proximate to the distal end, the first metal slip further comprising: a first metal slip body having a one-piece configuration; an outer metal slip surface further comprising columns of serrated teeth; and at least one lateral groove in the first metal slip body that is defined by a depth that extends the outer metal slip surface to a first metal slip inner surface; a first cone disposed around the mandrel, and proximate to a first side of the first metal slip; a second slip disposed around the mandrel; a second cone disposed around the mandrel, and proximate to a first side of the second slip; a sealing element disposed around the mandrel, and between the first cone and the second cone; and a lower sleeve disposed around the mandrel, and proximate to a second side of the first metal slip, wherein the setting sleeve comprises a set of linear channels disposed in an outer surface of the setting sleeve, wherein an at least one channel of the set of channels extends from a first sleeve end to a second sleeve end, wherein a lateral cross-sectional shape of the at least one channel is rounded, wherein the lower sleeve is configured with sleeve threads that are coupled with the set of threads, and wherein the setting adapter is engaged with an inner surface of the flowbore. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The downhole system of claim 15, wherein the second slip further comprises: a composite slip further comprising a circular composite slip body having one-piece configuration, and an at least two slip grooves disposed therein, wherein the composite slip body further comprises a composite slip outer surface and a composite slip inner surface, wherein at least one of the at least two slip grooves forms a lateral opening in the composite slip body that is defined by a first portion of slip material at a first slip end, a second portion of slip material at a second slip end, and a depth that extends from the composite slip outer surface to the composite slip inner surface.