Patents by Inventor Jonathon Crain Boudreaux

Jonathon Crain Boudreaux 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).

  • Publication number: 20230340850
    Abstract: A method of transferring at least one subterranean core sample from a retrieval vessel to a testing vessel can include removing at least one pressure barrier on the retrieval vessel using a linear actuator while maintaining a sampling pressure on the at least one subterranean core sample at which the at least one subterranean core sample is taken from a subterranean formation. The method can also include pressurizing the testing vessel to the sampling pressure using the linear actuator, and transferring the at least one subterranean core sample from the retrieval vessel to the testing vessel. The method can further include sealing the testing vessel with the at least one subterranean core sample at the sampling pressure, where the testing vessel allows the at least one subterranean core sample to be tested while the at least one subterranean core sample is maintained at the sampling pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventors: James Daniel Montoya, Jonathon Crain Boudreaux, Patrick Rodriguez, Cole Thomas Brinkley, Scott Jeffrey Seltzer, Marcus Oliver Wigand, Zheng Yang, Michael T. Rauschhuber, Edward Russell Peacher
  • Patent number: 11781405
    Abstract: A method of deliquification of production wells includes placing an artificial lift tool in a gas wellbore, where the artificial lift tool includes a rack and multiple piezoelectric transducers. The rack includes multiple trays. Each piezoelectric transducer of the multiple piezoelectric transducers is positioned on a respective tray of the multiple trays. The method further includes providing, by a pump, a liquid on surfaces of the multiple piezoelectric transducers and providing, by a signal source, an electrical signal to the multiple piezoelectric transducers. The method also includes generating, by the multiple piezoelectric transducers, acoustic waves from the electrical signal, where at least some of the liquid provided to the multiple piezoelectric transducers is atomized by the acoustic waves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
    Inventors: Greg Richard Jaure, Cole Thomas Brinkley, Farid George Mitri, Jonathon Crain Boudreaux, James Thomas Stiernberg, Dennis John Harris
  • Patent number: 11773675
    Abstract: A system for transferring at least one subterranean core sample under pressure can include a retrieval vessel that collects and houses the at least one subterranean core sample at a sampling pressure at which the at least one subterranean core is collected. The system can also include a linear actuator that couples to the retrieval vessel through a valve in the open position at a first time, where the linear actuator facilitates removal of at least one pressure barrier from the retrieval vessel through the valve at the first time while maintaining the sampling pressure of the at least one subterranean sample. The system can further include a testing vessel that couples to the linear actuator through the valve in the open position at a second time, and a hydraulic device that facilitates pressurizing the testing vessel to the sampling pressure at the second time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: CHEVRON U.S.A. INC.
    Inventors: James Daniel Montoya, Jonathon Crain Boudreaux, Patrick Rodriguez, Cole Thomas Brinkley
  • Publication number: 20210102447
    Abstract: A method of deliquification of production wells includes placing an artificial lift tool in a gas wellbore, where the artificial lift tool includes a rack and multiple piezoelectric transducers. The rack includes multiple trays. Each piezoelectric transducer of the multiple piezoelectric transducers is positioned on a respective tray of the multiple trays. The method further includes providing, by a pump, a liquid on surfaces of the multiple piezoelectric transducers and providing, by a signal source, an electrical signal to the multiple piezoelectric transducers. The method also includes generating, by the multiple piezoelectric transducers, acoustic waves from the electrical signal, where at least some of the liquid provided to the multiple piezoelectric transducers is atomized by the acoustic waves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2020
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Inventors: Greg Richard Jaure, Cole Thomas Brinkley, Farid George Mitri, Jonathon Crain Boudreaux, James Thomas Stiernberg, Dennis John Harris
  • Publication number: 20210032947
    Abstract: A system for transferring at least one subterranean core sample under pressure can include a retrieval vessel that collects and houses the at least one subterranean core sample at a sampling pressure at which the at least one subterranean core is collected. The system can also include a linear actuator that couples to the retrieval vessel through a valve in the open position at a first time, where the linear actuator facilitates removal of at least one pressure barrier from the retrieval vessel through the valve at the first time while maintaining the sampling pressure of the at least one subterranean sample. The system can further include a testing vessel that couples to the linear actuator through the valve in the open position at a second time, and a hydraulic device that facilitates pressurizing the testing vessel to the sampling pressure at the second time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Inventors: James Daniel Montoya, Jonathon Crain Boudreaux, Patrick Rodriguez, Cole Thomas Brinkley