Patents by Inventor John Benjamin Hankins

John Benjamin Hankins 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).

  • Through hole carbide powder onto an inner surface
    Patent number: 10801269
    Abstract: A method may comprise placing a plug in a chamber of a housing, sending a carbide powder through the one or more access ports such that the carbide power is directed around the plug and deposited on the inner surface, and removing the plug from the chamber. A rolling element assembly may comprise a housing having an outer surface and inner surface, carbide powder on the inner surface, and a rolling element attached in the chamber with a portion of the rolling element extends from the chamber, wherein the rolling element is in contact with the carbide powder deposited on the inner surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: John Benjamin Hankins, Kelley Leigh Plunkett
  • Inflatable restraint system
    Patent number: 8827008
    Abstract: A racking board for retaining tubulars is disclosed having a first finger, a second forger positioned generally parallel to the first finger and with a gap between the fingers serving as a storage area for tubulars. A first inflatable member is supported adjacent to the first finger and a second inflatable member is supported adjacent to the second finger, the inflatable members adapted to expand radially into the gap upon inflation so as to capture and retain the tubular. In some embodiments, a single inflatable member in employed to expand into the gap and retain the tubular. A method of racking tubulars is disclosed using elongate, inflatable restraints.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: National Oilwell Varco, L.P.
    Inventors: John Benjamin Hankins, Baldwin Zahn
  • Pipe stand transfer systems and methods
    Patent number: 8317448
    Abstract: Methods and systems for transferring pipe (including tubulars such as casing, tubing, drill pipe, etc.) or stands of pipe from one location to another in a wellbore derrick, e.g. from a fingerboard to a well center.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: National Oilwell Varco, L.P.
    Inventors: John Benjamin Hankins, Brian Daniel Winter, Gregory Christopher Grosz
  • Inflatable Restraint System
    Publication number: 20120018222
    Abstract: A racking board for retaining tubulars is disclosed having a first finger, a second forger positioned generally parallel to the first finger and with a gap between the fingers serving as a storage area for tubulars. A first inflatable member is supported adjacent to the first finger and a second inflatable member is supported adjacent to the second finger, the inflatable members adapted to expand radially into the gap upon inflation so as to capture and retain the tubular. In some embodiments, a single inflatable member in employed to expand into the gap and retain the tubular. A method of racking tubulars is disclosed using elongate, inflatable restraints.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2011
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Applicant: NATIONAL OILWELL VARCO, LP
    Inventors: John Benjamin Hankins, Baldwin Zahn
  • PIPE STAND TRANSFER SYSTEMS AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20100303586
    Abstract: Methods and systems for transferring pipe (including tubulars such as casing, tubing, drill pipe, etc.) or stands of pipe from one location to another in a wellbore derrick, e.g. from a fingerboard to a well center.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2009
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Inventors: John Benjamin Hankins, Brian Daniel Winter, Gregory Christopher Grosz