Patents by Inventor David Council Benker

David Council Benker 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).

  • Publication number: 20230203922
    Abstract: A coupler system comprising: a coupler; first, second, and third bulkheads included in the coupler; an electrical switch included in the coupler, wherein the electrical switch includes a printed circuit board (PCB); wherein the first, second, and third bulkheads respectively include first, second, and third bulkhead electric contacts, and the first, second, and third bulkhead electric contacts include no resilient members; wherein: (a) the first bulkhead is to couple to a first proximal electrical contact of a proximal connector of a perforation gun, (b) the second bulkhead is to couple to a second proximal electrical contact of the proximal connector of the perforation gun, and (c) the third bulkhead is to couple to a distal electrical contact of a distal connector of another perforation gun. The coupler includes proximal and distal sacrificial blast plates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2022
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventor: David Council Benker
  • Patent number: 11655693
    Abstract: A perforation gun that includes a monolithic bulkhead electrical contact that includes no resilient members but that is resiliently coupled to two perforating guns. The bulkhead electrical contact is configured to transmit a signal across a bulkhead from one gun to another gun.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: AXIS WIRELINE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: David Council Benker, Thomas James Lonsdale, II, Charles Meredith, Joseph Sites
  • Publication number: 20210372240
    Abstract: A perforation gun that includes a monolithic bulkhead electrical contact that includes no resilient members but that is resiliently coupled to two perforating guns. The bulkhead electrical contact is configured to transmit a signal across a bulkhead from one gun to another gun.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: David Council Benker, Thomas James Lonsdale, II, Charles Meredith, Joseph Sites
  • Patent number: 11091987
    Abstract: A perforation gun that includes a monolithic bulkhead electrical contact that includes no resilient members but that is resiliently coupled to two perforating guns. The bulkhead electrical contact is configured to transmit a signal across a bulkhead from one gun to another gun.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignees: CYPRESS HOLDINGS LTD., AXIS WIRELINE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: David Council Benker, Thomas James Lonsdale, II, Charles Meredith, Joseph Sites
  • Patent number: 8777002
    Abstract: A handheld device, such as a mobile phone, personal digital assistant (PDA), tablet computer, palmtop computer, or the like, can be protected from physical shock by being suspended within a multiple layer enclosure forming a protective case. The protective case includes an outer shell and an inner cushioning layer comprising one or more cushions. The cushions can be interlocked with opposing ends of the outer shell via an interlocking connection, so that the pieces of the cushion layer can be secured within the protective case. The cushions can cooperate to suspend the handheld device within the enclosure of the protective case and isolate the handheld device from the outer shell to protect the handheld device from physical shocks imparted to the outer shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Shark-Eye LLC
    Inventors: Thomas J. Lonsdale, II, David Council Benker
  • Publication number: 20120037536
    Abstract: The display screen of a handheld device, such as a mobile phone, personal digital assistant (PDA), tablet computer, palmtop computer, or the like, can be protected from physical shock using a protective case with a sliding display screen cover. The protective case includes a main body having an opening positioned to correspond with a position of the display screen of the handheld device. A protective door, for example a roll-top type door, is slidably coupled to the main body, so that the display screen is exposed when the door has been slid open, and covered when the door has been slid closed. The door can be coupled to the body via a track, and can be made of a transparent or semitransparent material to allow viewing of the screen when closed, while still protecting the screen from physical shock.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2010
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Applicant: CYPRESS HOLDINGS, LTD. D/B/A CYPRESS INDUSTRIES
    Inventors: Thomas J. Lonsdale, II, David Council Benker
  • Publication number: 20120037524
    Abstract: A handheld device, such as a mobile phone, personal digital assistant (PDA), tablet computer, palmtop computer, or the like, can be protected from physical shock by being suspended within a multiple layer enclosure forming a protective case. The protective case includes an outer shell and an inner cushioning layer comprising one or more cushions. The cushions can be interlocked with opposing ends of the outer shell via an interlocking connection, so that the pieces of the cushion layer can be secured within the protective case. The cushions can cooperate to suspend the handheld device within the enclosure of the protective case and isolate the handheld device from the outer shell to protect the handheld device from physical shocks imparted to the outer shell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2011
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Inventors: Thomas J. Lonsdale, II, David Council Benker