Actuation assemblies, hydraulically actuated tools for use in subterranean boreholes including actuation assemblies and related methods
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국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
E21B-034/10
E21B-034/14
E21B-010/32
E21B-034/00
출원번호
US-0042623
(2016-02-12)
등록번호
US-10018014
(2018-07-10)
발명자
/ 주소
Radford, Steven R.
출원인 / 주소
Baker Hughes Incorporated
대리인 / 주소
TraskBritt
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Actuation assemblies include a valve assembly comprising a valve sleeve configured to rotate to selectively enable fluid flow through at least one aperture in the valve sleeve and into at least one port of an outer sleeve and a ball retention feature configured to selectively retain a ball dropped t
Actuation assemblies include a valve assembly comprising a valve sleeve configured to rotate to selectively enable fluid flow through at least one aperture in the valve sleeve and into at least one port of an outer sleeve and a ball retention feature configured to selectively retain a ball dropped through a fluid passageway of the valve assembly in order to rotate the valve sleeve. Downhole tools include actuation assemblies. Methods for actuating a downhole tool include receiving a ball in an actuation assembly, rotating a valve sleeve of the actuation assembly to enable fluid to flow through a portion of the actuation assembly, and actuating a portion of the downhole tool with the fluid.
대표청구항▼
1. An actuation assembly for actuating a downhole tool, comprising: a body having at least one port in the body, the at least one port in communication with a location proximate a fluid-actuated feature of the downhole tool, the body further having a fluid passageway extending through the body, the
1. An actuation assembly for actuating a downhole tool, comprising: a body having at least one port in the body, the at least one port in communication with a location proximate a fluid-actuated feature of the downhole tool, the body further having a fluid passageway extending through the body, the at least one port extending through the body along a lateral side portion in one of a downhole direction or an uphole direction and configured to deliver fluid to the fluid-actuated feature of the downhole tool for actuating the downhole tool; anda valve sleeve disposed within the body, the valve sleeve having at least one aperture through a wall of the valve sleeve in fluid communication with the fluid passageway, the valve sleeve configured to move relative to the body to selectively place the at least one aperture of the valve sleeve in communication with the at least one port of the body to enable fluid flow through the at least one aperture in the wall of the valve sleeve and into the at least one port of the body, the valve sleeve comprising an actuator element retention feature configured to move the valve sleeve in response to fluid flow through the fluid passageway, the actuator element retention feature configured, in at least a first position, to selectively retain an actuator element dropped through the fluid passageway of the body in order to move the valve sleeve in response to fluid flow through the fluid passageway and, in a second position, configured to release the actuator element back into the fluid passageway in the downhole direction. 2. The actuation assembly of claim 1, wherein the fluid-actuated feature of the downhole tool comprises a piston assembly in fluid communication with the at least one port of the body. 3. The actuation assembly of claim 2, wherein the piston assembly comprises a chamber positioned adjacent to a piston within the piston assembly, the piston configured to move in an uphole direction responsive to fluid pressure in the chamber. 4. The actuation assembly of claim 1, wherein the actuator element retention feature of the valve sleeve is configured to move the valve sleeve in the downhole direction. 5. The actuation assembly of claim 4, wherein the valve sleeve is biased in an uphole direction. 6. The actuation assembly of claim 1, wherein, in a first position, the at least one aperture in the wall of the valve sleeve is in communication with the at least one port of the body to enable fluid to flow through the at least one aperture in the wall of the valve sleeve and into the at least one port of the body, and wherein, in a second position, the at least one aperture of the valve sleeve is positioned away from the at least one port of the body to inhibit fluid from flowing through the at least one aperture in the wall of the valve sleeve into the at least one port of the body. 7. The actuation assembly of claim 1, wherein the valve sleeve is configured to rotate and translate relative to the body to selectively place the at least one aperture of the valve sleeve in communication with the at least one port of the body. 8. An expandable apparatus for use in a subterranean borehole, comprising: a body having a longitudinal bore and at least one opening in a wall of the body;at least one member positioned within the at least one opening in the body, the at least one member configured to move between a retracted position and an extended position; andan actuation assembly coupled to the body, the actuation assembly comprising: a fluid passageway extending through the actuation assembly;at least one actuation fluid pathway in the actuation assembly associated with the at least one member, the at least one actuation fluid pathway extending through the body along a sidewall of the body in one of an uphole direction or a downhole direction; anda movable member disposed within the actuation assembly having at least one aperture in the movable member and an actuator element retention feature configured to selectively retain an actuator element dropped through the fluid passageway of the actuation assembly in order to displace the movable member, the movable member configured to be repeatedly displaced relative to the at least one actuation fluid pathway by the actuator element retention feature to selectively place the at least one aperture of the movable member in fluid communication with the at least one actuation fluid pathway to enable fluid flow to travel from the fluid passageway through the at least one aperture in the movable member and through the at least one actuation fluid pathway extending through the body in order to move the at least one member to the extended position. 9. The expandable apparatus of claim 8, wherein the actuator element retention feature is configured to release the actuator element comprising a ball after retaining the ball for a selected period of time. 10. The expandable apparatus of claim 9, wherein displacement of the movable member in a downhole direction is configured to enable the actuator element retention feature to expand and to release the ball after retaining the ball for the selected period of time. 11. The expandable apparatus of claim 8, wherein the movable member is configured to displace relative to the at least one actuation fluid pathway responsive to force applied to the movable member by fluid flow through the fluid passageway. 12. The expandable apparatus of claim 11, wherein the movable member is configured to rotate and translate relative to the at least one actuation fluid pathway to selectively place the at least one aperture in communication with the at least one actuation fluid pathway. 13. The expandable apparatus of claim 8, further comprising an actuation feature for moving the at least one member between the retracted position and the extended position. 14. The expandable apparatus of claim 13, wherein at least one actuation fluid pathway is in fluid communication with a chamber adjacent to the actuation feature, and wherein fluid supplied to the chamber through the at least one actuation fluid pathway is configured to displace the actuation feature. 15. The expandable apparatus of claim 14, wherein the actuation feature comprises a piston, wherein translation of the piston moves the at least one member between the retracted position and the extended position. 16. The expandable apparatus of claim 8, wherein the expandable apparatus comprises an expandable reamer having at least one blade with cutting elements coupled thereto for reaming a subterranean borehole. 17. A method for actuating a downhole tool, the method comprising: inhibiting, with an actuation element, fluid flowing through a bore of the downhole tool from flowing through at least one aperture in a member of an actuation assembly in a closed position to create a force;moving the member of the actuation assembly to an open position responsive to the force of fluid in the bore to enable fluid to flow through the at least one aperture in the member and into at least one port of the actuation assembly;flowing fluid through the at least one port in a downhole direction to move an actuation member connected to a downhole tool;actuating a component of the downhole tool responsive to movement of the actuation member; andreleasing the actuation element in a downhole direction. 18. The method of claim 17, further comprising repeatedly moving the actuation assembly between the open position and the closed position with an actuator element retention feature.
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