Downhole tool intake port assembly

Claim 2

An intake port assembly, comprising: a top port assembly adapter having an internally threaded portion for threadedly connecting said intake port assembly to an apparatus located thereabove; a port adapter having an upper end connected to a lower end of said top port assembly adapter; a seal mandrel engaging and connected to said top port assembly adapter and having a lower end received in said port adapter; a spacer connector having an upper end engaging and connected to said port adapter; a lower port assembly adapter having an upper end connected to said spacer connector; a flow passage means, disposed in said intake port assembly, for flowing a well fluid from a well bore located about said intake port assembly to said apparatus located above said intake port assembly; an inflation passage means for communicating an inflation fluid under pressure from an upper end of said intake port assembly to a lower end of said intake port assembly; and a bypass passage means for communicating well fluid from said upper end of said intake port assembly to said lower end of said intake port assembly.

Claim 3

The intake port assembly of claim 1, wherein said flow passage means includes: a central bore disposed in said port adapter, a lower end of said central bore being blocked by said spacer connector; a plurality of radially extending ports disposed through said port adapter communicating an outer surface of said port adapter with said central bore of said port adapter; and a central bore of said seal mandrel having a lower end communicated with an upper end of said central bore of said port adapter.

Claim 4

The intake port assembly of claim 1, wherein said inflation passage means includes: a first annular cavity defined between said seal mandrel and said top port assembly adapter; a longitudinal bore disposed in said top port assembly adapter and having an upper end communicated with said first annular cavity; a second annular cavity defined between said seal mandrel and said port adapter, and communicated with a lower end of said longitudinal bore of said top port assembly adapter; a longitudinal bore disposed in said port adapter and having an upper end communicated with said second annular cavity; a third annular cavity defined between an outer surface of a lower reduced diameter portion of said port adapter and an inner cylindrical surface of said spacer connector, and communicated with a lower end of said longitudinal bore of said port adapter; a longitudinal bore disposed in said spacer connector and having an upper end communicated with said third annular cavity; and an irregular fourth annular cavity defined between said lower port assembly adapter and a bypass adapter and a bypass stinger, said bypass adapter being connected to a lower end of said spacer connector and said bypass stinger being connected to a lower end of said bypass adapter, said fourth annular cavity being communicated with a lower end of said longitudinal bore of said spacer connector.

Claim 5

The intake port assembly of claim 1, wherein said bypass passage means includes: a longitudinal bore disposed in said seal mandrel; a first annular cavity defined between said seal mandrel and said port adapter, and communicated with a lower end of said longitudinal bore of said seal madrel; a longitudinal bore disposed in said port adapter and having an upper end communicated with said first annular cavity; a second annular cavity defined between said port adapter and said spacer connector, and communicated with a lower end of said longitudinal bore of said port adapter; a longitudinal bore disposed in said spacer connector and having an upper end connected with said second annular cavity; a central bore of a bypass adapter attached to a lower end of said spacer connector, said central bore being communicated with said longitudinal bore of said spacer connector; and a central bore of a bypass stinger attached to a lower end of said bypass adapter, said central bore of said bypass stinger being communicated with said central bore of said bypass adapter.