Patents by Inventor Bård NERDAL

Bård NERDAL has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Self-calibrating device for activating downhole tools and/or operations
    Patent number: 11346182
    Abstract: A tool activation device includes a pressure inlet port configured to be in communication with a wellbore pressure, and a housing that includes a counter mechanism with a first counter end and a second counter end, where the counter mechanism includes a closed chamber filled with a fluid having a pressure, and a ratchet system that includes a ratchet piston with a first ratchet end in pressure communication with the pressure inlet port and a second ratchet end in communication with the closed chamber, a valve mechanism interconnecting the pressure inlet port and the closed chamber arranged for equalizing the pressure a cross the ratchet piston.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: TCO AS
    Inventors: Jan Tore Tveranger, Bård Nerdal
  • SELF-CALIBRATING DEVICE FOR ACTIVATING DOWNHOLE TOOLS AND/OR OPERATIONS
    Publication number: 20210108485
    Abstract: A tool activation device includes a pressure inlet port configured to be in communication with a wellbore pressure, and a housing that includes a counter mechanism with a first counter end and a second counter end, where the counter mechanism includes a closed chamber filled with a fluid having a pressure, and a ratchet system that includes a ratchet piston with a first ratchet end in pressure communication with the pressure inlet port and a second ratchet end in communication with the closed chamber, a valve mechanism interconnecting the pressure inlet port and the closed chamber arranged for equalizing the pressure a cross the ratchet piston.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Inventors: Jan Tore TVERANGER, Bård NERDAL
  • Self-calibrating device for activating downhole tools and/or operations
    Patent number: 10890050
    Abstract: A tool activation device that includes a pressure inlet port configured to be in communication with a wellbore pressure, a housing that includes a counter mechanism with a first counter end and a second counter end, where the counter mechanism includes a closed chamber filled with a fluid having a pressure, and a ratchet system that includes a ratchet piston with a first ratchet end in pressure communication with the pressure inlet port and a second ratchet end in communication with the closed chamber, a valve mechanism interconnecting the pressure inlet port and the closed chamber arranged for equalizing the pressure a cross the ratchet piston.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: TCO AS
    Inventors: Jan Tore Tveranger, Bård Nerdal
  • SELF-CALIBRATING DEVICE FOR ACTIVATING DOWNHOLE TOOLS AND/OR OPERATIONS
    Publication number: 20200284123
    Abstract: A tool activation device that includes a pressure inlet port configured to be in communication with a wellbore pressure, a housing that includes a counter mechanism with a first counter end and a second counter end, where the counter mechanism includes a closed chamber filled with a fluid having a pressure, and a ratchet system that includes a ratchet piston with a first ratchet end in pressure communication with the pressure inlet port and a second ratchet end in communication with the closed chamber, a valve mechanism interconnecting the pressure inlet port and the closed chamber arranged for equalizing the pressure a cross the ratchet piston.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2017
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Applicant: TCO AS
    Inventors: Jan Tore TVERANGER, Bård NERDAL