Valve assembly for inflatable packer
This patent describes a valve assembly for controlling the flow of fluid from within casing into a bladder element of an inflatable packer for use in a wellbore. The bladder element has bladder port means. The valve assembly is mountable within a single cavity in a body member in the wall of casing or a casing coupling. The body member has casing port means communicating with the cavity for communicating casing fluid to the bladder port means so that the casing fluid can flow through the bladder port means to inflate the bladder element and the body member having overpressure port means communicating with the cavity for communicating part of the fluid flowing into the bladder element back to the cavity and to the valve assembly. The valve assembly comprises: control piston means movably mounted within the cavity, restraint means for insuring that the control piston means initially moves only when the pressure of the casing fluid reaches a predetermined level, and closing piston means movably mounted within the cavity and responsive to the pressure of the fluid in the bladder element, and the control piston means and the closing piston movable about stem means disposed in the cavity.
- Assignee:
- Weatherford U.S. Inc., Houston, TX
- Patent Number(s):
- US 4711301
- OSTI ID:
- 5394173
- Resource Relation:
- Patent File Date: Filed date 5 Sep 1985
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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