Patents by Inventor David R. Mesnard

David R. Mesnard 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: 8627901
    Abstract: There is provided for laser bottom hole assembly for providing a high power laser beam having greater than 5 kW of power for a laser mechanical drilling process to advance a borehole. This assembly utilizes a reverse Moineau motor type power section and provides a self-regulating system that addresses fluid flows relating to motive force, cooling and removal of cuttings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: Foro Energy, Inc.
    Inventors: Lance D. Underwood, Ryan J. Norton, Ryan P. McKay, David R. Mesnard, Jason D. Fraze, Mark S. Zediker, Brian O. Faircloth
  • Patent number: 4633713
    Abstract: This invention relates to a manually-operated mechanism for inserting and removing flow measurement probes and the like from a pipeline carrying a flowing fluid, such mechanism being characterized by a hanger subassembly including a yoke mounted atop the probe for movement therewith externally of the pipe along with a pair of threaded rods suspended non-rotatably from the yoke and which parallel one another as well as the longitudinal axis of the probe but on opposite sides thereof, a drive subassembly supported in fixed position beneath the yoke and including a common drive shaft along with a pair of worm gear trains each containing a worm gear threaded onto one of the threaded rods, such drive subassembly operatively interconnecting the shaft and the two threaded rods for simultaneously and synchronously raising or lowering the latter, and a handcrank for turning the drive shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 1985
    Date of Patent: January 6, 1987
    Assignee: Dieterich Standard Corp.
    Inventors: David R. Mesnard, Horst W. Kalin
  • Patent number: D302397
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 1986
    Date of Patent: July 25, 1989
    Assignee: Dieterich Standard Corp.
    Inventors: David R. Mesnard, Horst W. Kalin
  • Patent number: D333994
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 1990
    Date of Patent: March 16, 1993
    Assignee: Delaware Capital Formation, Inc.
    Inventor: David R. Mesnard