Shifting sleeves with mechanical lockout features
AssigneeHaliburton Energy Services, Inc.
InventorJoshua Max Hornsby
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Abstract
Certain aspects are directed to devices designed to lock shifting sleeves. In a particular aspect, there is provided a shifting sleeve with a mechanical lockout feature, comprising: a shifting sleeve comprising a shifting profile and a locking feature; a housing comprising a corresponding locking feature, wherein application of pressure or torque or both to the shifting profile of the shifting sleeve causes movement of the shifting sleeve and a mechanical lock with the housing.
Claims18
A shifting sleeve system with a mechanical lockout feature, comprising:
- (a) a shifting sleeve comprising a shifting profile and a locking feature;
- (b) a housing comprising a corresponding locking feature, wherein application of pressure or torque or both to the shifting profile of the shifting sleeve causes movement of the shifting sleeve and a mechanical lock with the housing.
A shifting sleeve system with a mechanical lockout feature, comprising:
- (a) a shifting sleeve comprising a shifting profile for engagement with a shifting tool and a threaded locking feature;
- (b) a housing comprising a corresponding threaded locking feature, wherein application of pressure and torque to the shifting profile of the shifting sleeve causes movement and rotation of the shifting sleeve and a mechanical lock between the threaded locking feature of the shifting sleeve and the corresponding threaded locking feature of the housing.
A method for shifting a sleeve with a mechanical lockout feature, comprising:
- (c) providing a shifting sleeve system comprising (i) a shifting sleeve comprising a shifting profile and a locking feature;
- (ii) a housing comprising a corresponding locking feature,
- (d) applying pressure or torque or both to the shifting profile of the shifting sleeve;
- (e) causing movement of the shifting sleeve and creating a mechanical lock between the shifting sleeve and the housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.