Patents by Inventor James Michael Browning

James Michael Browning 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).

  • Detecting entry into and drilling through a magma/rock transition zone
    Patent number: 11905814
    Abstract: A method for preparing a geothermal system involves preparing a wellbore that extends into an underground magma reservoir. Characteristics of the drilling process and the borehole are monitored to detect when the magma reservoir is reached, such that specially configured drilling operations can be performed to drill to a target depth within the magma reservoir.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: EnhancedGEO Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Benjamin Chris Smith, James Michael Browning, Randall Howard Hornbaker, Kevin Martin Stone, Georgios Evangelatos, Shamsul Abedin Al-Tomal, Andrew Nguyen
  • Centrifugal separator arrangement for powder coating recovery system and methods
    Patent number: 6432173
    Abstract: Methods and systems for recovering paint include utilizing a plurality of centrifugal separator modules downstream of a paint booth. Each of the centrifugal separator modules includes a plurality of centrifugal separators. Each of the centrifugal separators separates at least a portion of the paint particles from an air stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2002
    Assignee: Donaldson Company, Inc.
    Inventors: James Edward Johnson, James Michael Browning, Timothy Camiel Buyck, Michael Joseph Thies