Patents by Inventor Benjamin Kobe

Benjamin Kobe 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).

  • Tubing hanger with shuttle rod valve
    Patent number: 9909393
    Abstract: A completion system for a well includes a tubing hanger movable into a landed position within an internal bore of the completion system. The tubing hanger includes a hanger bore formed through the tubing hanger, an auxiliary passage formed through the tubing hanger outside of the hanger bore, and a shuttle rod valve including a rod movable in a cavity that is capable of being in fluid communication with the auxiliary passage to control the flow of fluid through the auxiliary passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: OneSubsea IP UK Limited
    Inventors: Dean Porter, Benjamin Kobe
  • Tubing Hanger With Shuttle Rod Valve
    Publication number: 20160326838
    Abstract: A completion system for a well includes a tubing hanger movable into a landed position within an internal bore of the completion system. The tubing hanger includes a hanger bore formed through the tubing hanger, an auxiliary passage formed through the tubing hanger outside of the hanger bore, and a shuttle rod valve including a rod movable in a cavity that is capable of being in fluid communication with the auxiliary passage to control the flow of fluid through the auxiliary passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2015
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Applicant: OneSubsea IP UK Limited
    Inventors: Dean Porter, Benjamin Kobe
  • Tubing hanger with rotary disc valve
    Patent number: 9249647
    Abstract: A production assembly for a subsea well, the assembly comprising a tubing hanger landed in the production assembly, the tubing hanger suspending production tubing from the production assembly, an annulus surrounding the production tubing, and an actuatable rotary disc valve comprising a disc and two seats, wherein the disc is rotatable between two seats to an open position in which one or more apertures in the rotary disc valve are aligned with one or more apertures in the seats, and a closed position in which the one or more apertures in the rotary disc valve are offset from the one or more apertures in the seats, wherein, the annulus is not capable of fluid communication through the tubing hanger when the actuatable rotary disc valve is in the closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: OneSubsea IP UK Limited
    Inventors: Benjamin Kobe, Dean Porter
  • Tubing Hanger with Rotary Disc Valve
    Publication number: 20150191994
    Abstract: A production assembly for a subsea well, the assembly comprising a tubing hanger landed in the production assembly, the tubing hanger suspending production tubing from the production assembly, an annulus surrounding the production tubing, and an actuatable rotary disc valve comprising a disc and two seats, wherein the disc is rotatable between two seats to an open position in which one or more apertures in the rotary disc valve are aligned with one or more apertures in the seats, and a closed position in which the one or more apertures in the rotary disc valve are offset from the one or more apertures in the seats, wherein, the annulus is not capable of fluid communication through the tubing hanger when the actuatable rotary disc valve is in the closed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2014
    Publication date: July 9, 2015
    Applicant: ONESUBSEA IP UK LIMITED
    Inventors: Benjamin Kobe, Dean Porter