US 11,994,007 B2
Flow control nozzles, method of manufacture and use thereof
Brian Kenneth Klimack, Beaver County (CA); Trevor Nicholas Stanley Lisowski, Beaver County (CA); and Jesse Kenneth Edward Klimack, Beaver County (CA)
Assigned to KLIMACK HOLDINGS INC., Beaver County (CA)
Filed by KLIMACK HOLDINGS INC., Beaver County (CA)
Filed on Sep. 23, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/951,908.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/250,054, filed on Sep. 29, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0100622 A1, Mar. 30, 2023
Int. Cl. E21B 41/00 (2006.01); E21B 43/12 (2006.01); E21B 43/24 (2006.01); F16L 9/19 (2006.01)
CPC E21B 41/0078 (2013.01) [E21B 43/12 (2013.01); E21B 43/2406 (2013.01); F16L 9/19 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An inflow control nozzle for use with a tubing, said nozzle comprising:
a. a one-piece, 3D printed body, said body comprising:
i. a production fluid inlet in communication with an outside of the tubing, said inlet having an oval cross section;
ii. a production fluid outlet in communication with an inside of the tubing; and
iii. an inner bore connecting the production fluid inlet to the production fluid outlet, said inner bore including a venturi restriction wherein said inner bore comprises a flared profile from the production fluid inlet to the venturi restriction, and a flared and curved profile from the venturi restriction to the production fluid outlet,
wherein said curved profile is free of elbows, angular bends or sharp direction change.