Patents by Inventor David Daniel Mudry

David Daniel Mudry 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: 7681641
    Abstract: A method of controlling a plunger lift system for a well. The method including the steps of: defining a threshold value for a trigger event, the trigger event initiating operation of the control valve by the controller; defining event-value conditions upon which adjustment of the trigger event is adjusted; determining, upon a calling-event, if the event-value conditions have been satisfied; and adjusting the trigger event threshold value upon satisfaction of the event-value conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2010
    Assignee: Vinson Process Controls Company, LP
    Inventor: David Daniel Mudry
  • Publication number: 20080202746
    Abstract: An embodiment of a method of controlling a plunger lift system for a well, the plunger lift system having a tubing positioned in a cased well, a plunger in the tubing moveable from the bottom of the tubing to a top of the tubing, a control valve in functional connection with the tubing, a plunger arrival sensor, a tubing pressure sensor, a casing pressure sensor, and a sales line pressure sensor, a controller in operational connection with the control valve and functional connection with the sensors for receiving signals from the sensors, the method including the steps of: defining a threshold value for a trigger event, the trigger event initiating operation of the control valve by the controller; defining event-value conditions upon which adjustment of the trigger event is adjusted; determining, upon a calling-event, if the event-value conditions have been satisfied; and adjusting the trigger event threshold value upon satisfaction of the event-value conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2008
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Applicant: Vinson Process Controls Company, L.P.
    Inventor: David Daniel Mudry