US 11,808,105 B2
Downhole tool with seal ring and slips assembly
Nick Tonti, Houston, TX (US); and Jeffery Kitzman, Houston, TX (US)
Assigned to INNOVEX DOWNHOLE SOLUTIONS, INC., Humble, TX (US)
Filed by INNOVEX DOWNHOLE SOLUTIONS, INC., Houston, TX (US)
Filed on Apr. 22, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/237,296.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/015,216, filed on Apr. 24, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0332661 A1, Oct. 28, 2021
Int. Cl. E21B 33/12 (2006.01); E21B 33/129 (2006.01); E21B 33/128 (2006.01); E21B 34/14 (2006.01); E21B 23/01 (2006.01)
CPC E21B 33/129 (2013.01) [E21B 23/01 (2013.01); E21B 33/128 (2013.01); E21B 34/142 (2020.05); E21B 2200/08 (2020.05)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A downhole tool, comprising:
a slips assembly;
a cone positioned at least partially within the slips assembly, wherein the cone is configured to move axially relative to the slips assembly such that the cone presses the slips assembly radially outward and into engagement with a surrounding tubular in which the downhole tool is deployed;
a seal ring positioned around the cone, wherein the seal ring is configured to be pressed radially outward by engagement with the cone and into engagement with the surrounding tubular; and
a slips ring positioned at least partially around the cone, the slips ring being configured to be pressed radially outward by engagement with the cone and into engagement with the surrounding tubular,
wherein the cone comprises a first taper that extends into the slips assembly and around which the seal ring is positioned, and a second taper around which the slips ring is positioned, the first and second tapers defining a non-zero angle therebetween, and
wherein the slips ring is configured to directly engage a setting sleeve that is configured to force the cone to advance axially into the slips assembly, wherein the seal ring is configured to engage the slips assembly, and wherein the setting sleeve advancing the cone axially into the slips assembly causes the seal ring and the slips ring to move axially toward one another and to be deformed radially outward.