Patents by Inventor James Wodehouse

James Wodehouse 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).

  • Methods for Suppression of Seabed Mining Plumes
    Publication number: 20240110361
    Abstract: This disclosure addresses the problem of preventing sediment laden water (“sediment slurry”) resulting from hydraulic collection of nodules from the seabed from entering the riser and lift system that carries the nodules to the surface as a slurry. An example includes collecting nodules from the seabed by hydraulic suction, separating the nodules utilizing an inverse hydrocyclone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2022
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: Deep Reach Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert D. Blevins, John Halkyard, Michael Rai Anderson, James Wodehouse, Samual Holmes
  • Methods for reducing sediment plume in deepsea nodule mining
    Patent number: 11920471
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for generating a slurry from the surface of the subsea floor, separating that slurry into multiple slurries, and pumping the desired slurry to the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Deep Reach Technoloy, Inc.
    Inventors: John Halkyard, Michael Rai Anderson, James Wodehouse
  • Multiphase separation and pressure letdown method
    Patent number: 11794134
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for the separation of gas and liquid-solid slurry under pressure, and passage of the liquid-solid slurry to an atmospheric discharge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Deep Reach Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Rizea, James Wodehouse, Paul Smith, John Halkyard, Michael Rai Anderson
  • Methods for Reducing Sediment Plume in Deepsea Nodule Mining
    Publication number: 20220178108
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for generating a slurry from the surface of the subsea floor, separating that slurry into multiple slurries, and pumping the desired slurry to the surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2020
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Applicant: Deep Reach Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: John Halkyard, Michael Rai Anderson, James Wodehouse
  • Multiphase Separation and Pressure Letdown Method
    Publication number: 20220062796
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for the separation of gas and liquid-solid slurry under pressure, and passage of the liquid-solid slurry to an atmospheric discharge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: Deep Reach Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Rizea, James Wodehouse, Paul Smith, John Halkyard, Michael Rai Anderson