US 12,305,483 B2
Methods and systems for FRAC plugs and downhole tools
Mohamed Saraya, Sugar Land, TX (US); Mike Lo, Houston, TX (US); and Stephen Parks, Houston, TX (US)
Assigned to Vertice Oil Tools, Inc., Missouri City, TX (US)
Filed by Vertice Oil Tools, Inc., Stafford, TX (US)
Filed on Dec. 18, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/543,890.
Application 18/543,890 is a continuation of application No. PCT/US2022/035434, filed on Jun. 29, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/217,934, filed on Jul. 2, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0117710 A1, Apr. 11, 2024
Int. Cl. E21B 34/14 (2006.01)
CPC E21B 34/14 (2013.01) [E21B 2200/05 (2020.05)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A downhole tool comprising:
a mandrel with a hollow interior, a profile that is configured to reduce an inner diameter of the mandrel from a first inner diameter to a second inner diameter;
an object configured to selectively rotate to extend across the mandrel to form a seal;
an insert being temporarily coupled to the mandrel via at least one temporary coupling mechanism, wherein the insert is configured to prop open the object when the insert is coupled to the mandrel, the object is configured to activate the temporary coupling mechanisms to shift the insert downhole.