Patents by Inventor Joe H. Haws

Joe H. Haws 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).

  • Motor controller for electrical submersible pumps
    Patent number: 5015151
    Abstract: Differential motor load drops are employed to indicate gas lock or pump off of an electrical submersible pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 1990
    Date of Patent: May 14, 1991
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: Dale R. Snyder, Jr., Joe H. Haws
  • Subsea pipeline leak detection
    Patent number: 4996879
    Abstract: A subsea pipeline leak is located by: (1) introducing sonic energy into the line; (2) deploying an array of hydrophones in the vicinity of the line; (3) knowing the orientation of the array; processing the signals from the array so as to identify the location of the sonic anomaly at the pipe rupture created by the sonic energy introduced into the pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 1989
    Date of Patent: March 5, 1991
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: Vitold R. Kruka, Robert W. Patterson, Joe H. Haws
  • Platform motion measuring system
    Patent number: 4750365
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for measuring the motion of tall structures, particularly offshore platforms. The method comprises disposing a number of accelerometer packages in a tubular member attached to a vertical or near vertical member of the structure. Each package contains three accelerometers having their axes dipsosed in an orthogonal arrangement. The apparatus includes means for installing and removing a plurality of packages from tubular members or chutes that are permanently attached to the structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 1986
    Date of Patent: June 14, 1988
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: Joe H. Haws, Thomas E. Long, Maurice M. Patterson