Patents by Inventor Benjamin Thomas Derryberry

Benjamin Thomas Derryberry 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).

  • Patent number: 11788378
    Abstract: A system includes a ball valve positionable along a fluid flow path of a wellbore. The ball valve is movable between an open position, where fluid is able to flow through the fluid flow path, and a closed position, where the fluid is prevented from flowing through the fluid flow path. The system also includes an electric motor coupled to a drive system within a trunnion of the ball valve. The electric motor drives rotation of the ball valve to move the ball valve between the open position and the closed position. Further, the system includes a power source electrically coupled to the electric motor to provide power to the electric motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Darrin Nathaniel Towers, Kenneth Lemoine Schwendemann, Benjamin Thomas Derryberry
  • Publication number: 20220145717
    Abstract: Provided is a valve assembly and method for opening and closing thereof. The valve assembly, in one aspect, includes a valve body having inlet and outlet flow passageways connected by a valve chamber, and a ball valve member having a bore there through creating a ball/bore interface, the ball valve member located in the valve chamber for selective rotation between valve open and valve closed positions to control flow through the valve assembly. The valve assembly, according to this aspect, includes a linear actuation member slideable to engage proximate the ball/bore interface to assist in moving the ball valve member to the valve closed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2019
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: Darrin Nathaniel Towers, Kenneth Lemoine Schwendemann, Benjamin Thomas Derryberry
  • Publication number: 20220065071
    Abstract: A system includes a ball valve positionable along a fluid flow path of a wellbore. The ball valve is movable between an open position, where fluid is able to flow through the fluid flow path, and a closed position, where the fluid is prevented from flowing through the fluid flow path. The system also includes an electric motor coupled to a drive system within a trunnion of the ball valve. The electric motor drives rotation of the ball valve to move the ball valve between the open position and the closed position. Further, the system includes a power source electrically coupled to the electric motor to provide power to the electric motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2019
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventors: Darrin Nathaniel Towers, Kenneth Lemoine Schwendemann, Benjamin Thomas Derryberry
  • Patent number: 10961817
    Abstract: A system for serving as a connection interface between a lower landing string and an upper landing string is provided. The system includes a quick union device comprising a first quick union component that is operable to couple to the upper landing string and a second quick union component that is operable to couple to the lower landing string. The first quick union component and the second quick union component respectively include a self-aligning threading interface that provides hydraulic and electrical connections when the first and second quick union components are connected to one another. The quick union device provides real-time feedback via wireless communication transducers that measure pressure and report that the measured pressure is retained in a plurality of hydraulic lines of the second quick union component when the first and second quick union components are disconnected from one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Russell Stephen Haake, Stevan Jaye Sparks, Kenneth L. Schwendemann, Steven B. Scheibel, Benjamin Thomas Derryberry, Darrin Nathaniel Towers
  • Publication number: 20210040815
    Abstract: A system for serving as a connection interface between a lower landing string and an upper landing string is provided. The system includes a quick union device comprising a first quick union component that is operable to couple to the upper landing string and a second quick union component that is operable to couple to the lower landing string. The first quick union component and the second quick union component respectively include a self-aligning threading interface that provides hydraulic and electrical connections when the first and second quick union components are connected to one another. The quick union device provides real-time feedback via wireless communication transducers that measure pressure and report that the measured pressure is retained in a plurality of hydraulic lines of the second quick union component when the first and second quick union components are disconnected from one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2018
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Inventors: Russell Stephen Haake, Stevan Jaye Sparks, Kenneth L. Schwengemann, Steven B. Scheibel, Benjamin Thomas Derryberry, Darrin Nathaniel Towers
  • Patent number: 10794138
    Abstract: A modular manifold system includes a first manifold ring which comprises a first tubular body defined by an inner wall, an outer wall, a first end, and a second end. The inner wall and the outer wall extend between the first end and the second end. The first manifold ring also includes a first path formed between the inner wall and the outer wall and extending to at least one of the first end and the second end. At least one of the first end and second end comprises a coupling feature configured to couple the first manifold ring to a second manifold ring or well equipment. The first path is put in fluid communication or electrical communication with the second manifold ring or well equipment when the first manifold ring is coupled to the second manifold ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin Thomas Derryberry, Darrin Nathaniel Towers
  • Publication number: 20180238120
    Abstract: The disclosed embodiments include a differential coupling system, a method of coupling a first mandrel to a second mandrel and a coupler. In one embodiment, the system includes a first mandrel having a first external thread about an external surface of the first mandrel. The system also includes a second mandrel having a second external thread about an external surface of the second mandrel. The system further includes a coupler that includes a first internal thread that complements the first external thread of the first mandrel and a second internal thread that complements the second external thread of the second mandrel. The system further includes an aligning pin configured to engage a first aligning hole of the first mandrel and a second aligning hole of the second mandrel to restrict axial rotation between the first mandrel and the second mandrel when the first mandrel is engaged to the second mandrel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2015
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Inventors: Robert Brice PATTERSON, Benjamin Thomas DERRYBERRY, Paul David RINGGENBERG
  • Publication number: 20180179847
    Abstract: A modular manifold system includes a first manifold ring which comprises a first tubular body defined by an inner wall, an outer wall, a first end, and a second end. The inner wall and the outer wall extend between the first end and the second end. The first manifold ring also includes a first path formed between the inner wall and the outer wall and extending to at least one of the first end and the second end. At least one of the first end and second end comprises a coupling feature configured to couple the first manifold ring to a second manifold ring or well equipment. The first path is put in fluid communication or electrical communication with the second manifold ring or well equipment when the first manifold ring is coupled to the second manifold ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2015
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin Thomas Derryberry, Darrin Nathaniel Towers