Patents by Inventor DANIEL EWING
DANIEL EWING 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).
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Patent number: 11976527Abstract: A guide assembly comprises a grooved mandrel having a first end adapted for coupling or connecting, a second end, and having a spiral groove and a set of ring grooves on an external surface of the grooved mandrel. The guide assembly comprises a guide shoe concentric to at least the second end of the grooved mandrel and an annular fastener that fastens the guide shoe to the grooved mandrel.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2023Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Daniel Luther Patterson, William Ewing
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Publication number: 20240125198Abstract: A seal includes a seal body and a temperature controller in thermal communication with the seal material. A method for controlling temperature of a seal including applying an energy source to the temperature controller, and generating a temperature difference in the temperature controller. A borehole system including a borehole in a subsurface formation, a string in the borehole, and a seal tool disposed within or as part of the string.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2022Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventors: Daniel Ewing, Guijun Deng, Anil Sadana, Anton Kovalchuk, Ping Duan, Jason Harper
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Publication number: 20240125199Abstract: A seal including a seal material and a temperature control material in thermal communication with the seal material. A method for producing a seal having temperature regulating properties including adding a dopant to a seal material in a quantity that supports electrical conductivity and disposing an electrical connector on the seal. A borehole system comprising a borehole in a subsurface formation, a string in the borehole, and a seal tool disposed within or as a part of the string.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2022Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventors: Daniel Ewing, Guijun Deng, Anil Sadana, Anton Kovalchuk, Ping Duan, Jason Harper
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Publication number: 20240125197Abstract: A method for improving sealing in boreholes includes temperature controlling seals to maintain sealing loading by managing temperature of the seal to a target temperature range. A borehole system includes a borehole in a subsurface formation, a string in the borehole, a seal tool in contact with the string and temperature controller within or in thermal proximity to the seal.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2022Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventors: Daniel Ewing, Guijun Deng, Anil Sadana, Anton Kovalchuk, Ping Duan, Jason Harper
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Publication number: 20230250702Abstract: A backup comprising a gage ring having frustoconical surface and a groove in the frustoconical surface. The backup further includes a segment having a nose engaged with the groove, the segment having an element portion with an overlap finger and a finger receptor and a gage portion with an overlap finger and a finger receptor. A wedge ring is in contact with the segment and a retainer member is disposed to retain the segment. A method for using the backup and a system are included.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2023Publication date: August 10, 2023Inventors: Guijun Deng, Jason Harper, Levi Oberg, Dylan Bulloch, Daniel Ewing
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Patent number: 11702903Abstract: An actuator for another tool includes a housing that is either modular and attachable to the tool or may be incorporated into the another tool. Within the housing is a biasing member that may be retained in a compressed condition by a retainer. A trigger holding the retainer, the trigger having a trigger head anchorable to the housing, a separation neck having a helical groove therein and a trigger body, the body being connected to the retainer, the trigger being defeatable on command.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2021Date of Patent: July 18, 2023Assignee: BAKER HUGHES OILFIELD OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Daniel Sequera, John Vu, Daniel Ewing
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Publication number: 20230212923Abstract: A backup including a gage ring having frustoconical surface and a groove in the frustoconical surface, a segment having a nose engaged with the groove, the segment having an overlap finger and a finger receptor, a wedge ring in contact with the segment, and a retainer member disposed to retain the segment. The downhole tool further comprising a second backup also adjacent the element and spaced from the first backup by the element. A borehole system including a borehole in a subsurface formation, a string dispose within the borehole, a backup disposed within or as a part of the string. A borehole system including a borehole in a subsurface formation, a string dispose within the borehole, a tool disposed within or as a part of the string.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2021Publication date: July 6, 2023Applicant: Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLCInventors: Guijun Deng, Jason Harper, Levi Oberg, Dylan Bulloch, Daniel Ewing
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Patent number: 11624246Abstract: A tapered nose tool having a closed position and an open position, a degradable nose component, a releasable nose component, that is configured to rotate due to fluid passing therethrough and configured for retrievability of a portion of the bull nose tool.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2021Date of Patent: April 11, 2023Assignee: BAKER HUGHES OILFIELD OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Christopher Hern, Shane Harris, Kirby Schrader, Marc Samuelson, Scott Christopher, Daniel Ewing
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Patent number: 11555359Abstract: A tapered nose tool includes a housing, a retrievable tapered nose disposed in the housing and retrievable from the housing, and a mechanically shiftable sleeve. The mechanically shiftable sleeve is shiftable with a shifting profile disposed in the housing. The sleeve anchors the nose in the housing in a first position and releases the nose from the housing in a second position.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2021Date of Patent: January 17, 2023Assignee: BAKER HUGHES OILFIELD OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Christopher Hern, Shane Harris, Kirby Schrader, Marc Samuelson, Scott Christopher, Daniel Ewing
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Patent number: 11512554Abstract: A segmented backup ring including a plurality of individual segments each having curved surfaces that define an arcuate portion of the ring, each segment including a body section having the arcuate profile and defining a receptacle therein having a circumferential dimension, a projection section having a head portion and a neck portion and extending from the body section in a circumferential direction of the ring, the projection section being receivable and retainable in the receptacle of an adjacent segment body section, and the head portion having a dimension in line with the circumferential direction of the ring that is shorter than the circumferential dimension of the receptacle.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2020Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignee: BAKER HUGHES HOLDINGS LLCInventors: Guijun Deng, Kevin Holmes, Daniel Ewing, Keith J. Murphy
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Patent number: 11465229Abstract: An apparatus for applying a magnetic pressure to a work piece includes an inductor configured to be disposed in proximity to the work piece and a controller electrically connected to the inductor and configured to control a supply of electrical power in order to output a first voltage over a selected frequency range to determine a frequency that provides a maximum current or a frequency that provides a current within a selected range of the maximum current to the inductor.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2021Date of Patent: October 11, 2022Assignee: BAKER HUGHES, LLCInventors: Carlos Prieto, James Joseph Freeman, Daniel Ewing
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Publication number: 20220316298Abstract: An actuator including a housing, a biasing member within the housing, a retainer configured to retain the biasing member in a biased position, and a trigger holding the retainer, the trigger being defeatable on command.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 6, 2021Publication date: October 6, 2022Applicant: Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLCInventors: Daniel Sequera, John Vu, Daniel Ewing
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Publication number: 20220168411Abstract: The invention reported here relates to a method for preparation of inactivated SARS-CoV-2 vaccine by exposing the virus (SARS-CoV-2) to a predetermined concentration of an inactivating psoralen compound, and a preselected intensity of ultraviolet A (UVA) radiation for a preselected time period long enough to render the virus inactive but short enough to prevent degradation of its antigenic characteristics.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2021Publication date: June 2, 2022Applicant: The United States of American as Represented by the Secretary of the NavyInventors: Kevin R Porter, Maya Willams, Raviprakash Kanakatte, Dawn Weir, Daniel Ewing, Appavu K Sundaram
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Patent number: 11280162Abstract: An apparatus for generating power includes a fluid chamber configured to receive borehole fluid, one or more conductive coils surrounding the fluid chamber, a reciprocating magnetic shuttle disposed in the fluid chamber and dividing the fluid chamber into a first volume and a second volume, a first conduit connected to the first volume, and a second conduit connected to the second volume, the first conduit and the second conduit extending from a tubular conduit to an annulus. The apparatus includes a switching assembly configured to alternate between a first operating state where the first volume is in fluid communication with the annulus and a second operating state where the first volume is in fluid communication with the tubular conduit, to alternate a direction of differential pressure between the first volume and the second volume and cause the magnetic shuttle to move in a reciprocating motion and generate an electric current.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2018Date of Patent: March 22, 2022Assignee: BAKER HUGHES, A GE COMPANY, LLCInventors: Andrew Duggan, Christopher Ryan Hern, Daniel Ewing
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Publication number: 20220081991Abstract: A segmented backup ring including a plurality of individual segments each having curved surfaces that define an arcuate portion of the ring, each segment including a body section having the arcuate profile and defining a receptacle therein having a circumferential dimension, a projection section having a head portion and a neck portion and extending from the body section in a circumferential direction of the ring, the projection section being receivable and retainable in the receptacle of an adjacent segment body section, and the head portion having a dimension in line with the circumferential direction of the ring that is shorter than the circumferential dimension of the receptacle.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2020Publication date: March 17, 2022Applicant: Baker Hughes Holdings LLCInventors: Guijun Deng, Kevin Holmes, Daniel Ewing, Keith J. Murphy
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Publication number: 20220018218Abstract: A tapered nose tool having a closed position and an open position, a degradable nose component, a releasable nose component, that is configured to rotate due to fluid passing therethrough and configured for retrievability of a portion of the bull nose tool.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2021Publication date: January 20, 2022Applicant: Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLCInventors: Christopher Hern, Shane Harris, Kirby Schrader, Marc Samuelson, Scott Christopher, Daniel Ewing
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Publication number: 20220018217Abstract: A tapered nose tool having a closed position and an open position, a degradable nose component, a releasable nose component, that is configured to rotate due to fluid passing therethrough and configured for retrievability of a portion of the bull nose tool.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2021Publication date: January 20, 2022Applicant: Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLCInventors: Christopher Hern, Shane Harris, Kirby Schrader, Marc Samuelson, Scott Christopher, Daniel Ewing
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Patent number: 11142999Abstract: An apparatus for generating electrical power includes at least one power generation assembly having a housing including a fluid chamber, one or more conductive coils surrounding the fluid chamber, a reciprocating magnetic shuttle dividing the fluid chamber into a first volume and a second volume. The apparatus also includes at least one switching assembly configured to alternate between a first operating state where the first volume is in fluid communication with a first fluid pressure source, and a second operating state where the first volume is in fluid communication with a second fluid pressure source. The switching assembly is configured to alternate between the first operating state and the second operating state to alternate a direction of differential pressure between the first volume and the second volume and cause the magnetic shuttle to move in a reciprocating motion and generate an electric current in the one or more conductive coils.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2019Date of Patent: October 12, 2021Assignee: BAKER HUGHES OILFIELD OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Andrew Duggan, Christopher Ryan Hern, Daniel Ewing
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Publication number: 20210170519Abstract: An apparatus for applying a magnetic pressure to a work piece includes an inductor configured to be disposed in proximity to the work piece and a controller electrically connected to the inductor and configured to control a supply of electrical power in order to output a first voltage over a selected frequency range to determine a frequency that provides a maximum current or a frequency that provides a current within a selected range of the maximum current to the inductor.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2021Publication date: June 10, 2021Applicant: Baker Hughes, a GE company, LLCInventors: Carlos Prieto, James Joseph Freeman, Daniel Ewing
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Patent number: 11014191Abstract: An apparatus for applying a magnetic pressure to a work piece includes an inductor configured to be disposed in proximity to the work piece and a controller electrically connected to the inductor. The controller is configured to control a supply of electrical power in order to output a first voltage over a selected frequency range to determine a first frequency that provides a maximum current to the inductor or a second frequency that provides a current within a selected range of the maximum current to the inductor.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2016Date of Patent: May 25, 2021Assignee: BAKER HUGHES, A GE COMPANY, LLCInventors: Carlos Prieto, James Joseph Freeman, Daniel Ewing