Patents by Inventor Mark Allen Reeves
Mark Allen Reeves 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).
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Patent number: 11959343Abstract: A drilling system for use in drilling a wellbore including a driving mechanism and a separation device disposed upstream of the driving mechanism. The separation device filters at least a portion of any solids from drilling media flowing through a filter flow path of the separation device. The separation device flushes at least a portion of the filtered solids through a flush flow path, through a flush outlet on an outer surface of the separation device, and into an annulus between the outer surface of the separation device and the wellbore. Optionally, the drilling system includes a second driving mechanism and a second separation device disposed above the second driving mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2022Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: Workover Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Gunther H H von Gynz-Rekowski, Mark Allen Reeves, Russell Wayne Koenig
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Publication number: 20240084653Abstract: A drilling system for use in drilling a wellbore including a driving mechanism and a separation device disposed upstream of the driving mechanism. The separation device filters at least a portion of any solids from drilling media flowing through a filter flow path of the separation device. The separation device flushes at least a portion of the filtered solids through a flush flow path, through a flush outlet on an outer surface of the separation device, and into an annulus between the outer surface of the separation device and the wellbore. Optionally, the drilling system includes a second driving mechanism and a second separation device disposed above the second driving mechanism.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2022Publication date: March 14, 2024Applicant: Workover Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Gunther HH von Gynz-Rekowski, Mark Allen Reeves, Russell Wayne Koenig
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Patent number: 11493157Abstract: A flush joint high torque thread that achieves superior tensile efficiency and compression efficiency. In one example, the thread of a pin member and a box member includes a thread a chamfer with angled shoulders on each side of the thread to achieve increased torque. The stab flanks each contain a lead-in chamfer extending no further than a thread pitch line. The load flanks are each tapered. The stab flanks engage each other during assembly, but not upon assembly. The load flanks do not engage each other during assembly, and do engage each other upon assembly. The pipe achieves both a 70% tensile efficiency and a 90% compression efficiency.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2020Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignee: IRON WOLF THREADED PRODUCTS, LLCInventors: Robert Steven Frederick, Jr., Mark Allen Reeves, Gunther von Gynz-Rekowski
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Publication number: 20210148493Abstract: A flush joint high torque thread that achieves superior tensile efficiency and compression efficiency. In one example, the thread of a pin member and a box member includes a thread a chamfer with angled shoulders on each side of the thread to achieve increased torque. The stab flanks each contain a lead-in chamfer extending no further than a thread pitch line. The load flanks are each tapered. The stab flanks engage each other during assembly, but not upon assembly. The load flanks do not engage each other during assembly, and do engage each other upon assembly. The pipe achieves both a 70% tensile efficiency and a 90% compression efficiency.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2020Publication date: May 20, 2021Applicant: LFS Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Robert Steven Frederick, JR., Mark Allen Reeves, Gunther von Gynz-Rekowski
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Patent number: 11008809Abstract: A drilling assembly includes a power section with a housing that rotates in a first direction at a drill string rotation rate. An output rotates a drill bit through a transmission shaft in the first direction at a rotor rotation rate relative to the housing. A bent housing between the power section and the drill bit rotates in a second direction at a variable rotation rate relative to the power housing. The transmission shaft extends through the bent housing. A mechanical brake system adjusts the bent housing's variable rotation rate. The bent housing rotates relative to the wellbore in a rotary mode, but not in a sliding mode. The sliding mode maintains the drill bit's direction and inclination while the drill string rotates. In all modes, the drill bit's rotation rate is the sum of the drill string rate and the rotor rate relative to the power housing.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2019Date of Patent: May 18, 2021Assignee: Rival Downhole Tools, LCInventors: Gunther H H von Gynz-Rekowski, William Christian Herben, Mark Allen Reeves, Donald M. Sawyer, Roger W. Fincher
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Patent number: 10851589Abstract: An integrated bearing section includes a mandrel partially disposed within a housing. The bearing section includes spherical members disposed between the mandrel's outer surface and the housing's inner surface. A radial bearing portion is formed by spherical members disposed partially within grooves and engaging a flat profile opposing surface. The grooves may be in the mandrel's outer surface, an outer surface of a mandrel sleeve, the housing's inner surface, or an outer radial bearing's inner surface. The flat profile opposing surface may be on an outer radial bearing's inner surface, the housing's inner surface, the mandrel's outer surface, or a mandrel sleeve's outer surface. A thrust bearing portion is formed by spherical members disposed partially within grooves in two opposing surfaces, such as the mandrel's outer surface or a mandrel sleeve's outer surface, and the housing's inner surface or an outer thrust bearing's inner surface.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2018Date of Patent: December 1, 2020Assignee: Rival Downhole Tools LCInventors: Gunther H H von Gynz-Rekowski, Mark Allen Reeves, William Christian Herben
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Patent number: 10774959Abstract: A flush joint high torque thread that achieves superior tensile efficiency and compression efficiency. In one example, the thread of a pin member and a box member includes a thread a chamfer with angled shoulders on each side of the thread to minimize radial plastically deformation of the shoulders. The stab flanks each contain a lead-in taper extending no further than a thread pitch line from the thread crest. The load flanks are each perpendicular. The stab flanks engage each other during assembly, but not upon assembly. The load flanks do not engage each other during assembly, and do engage each other upon assembly.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2019Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: LFS Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Robert Steven Frederick, Jr., Mark Allen Reeves, Gunther von Gynz-Rekowski
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Publication number: 20200240212Abstract: A drilling assembly includes a power section with a housing that rotates in a first direction at a drill string rotation rate. An output rotates a drill bit through a transmission shaft in the first direction at a rotor rotation rate relative to the housing. A bent housing between the power section and the drill bit rotates in a second direction at a variable rotation rate relative to the power housing. The transmission shaft extends through the bent housing. A mechanical brake system adjusts the bent housing's variable rotation rate. The bent housing rotates relative to the wellbore in a rotary mode, but not in a sliding mode. The sliding mode maintains the drill bit's direction and inclination while the drill string rotates. In all modes, the drill bit's rotation rate is the sum of the drill string rate and the rotor rate relative to the power housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2019Publication date: July 30, 2020Inventors: Gunther HH von Gynz-Rekowski, William Christian Herben, Mark Allen Reeves, Donald M. Sawyer, Roger W. Fincher
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Publication number: 20190330922Abstract: An integrated bearing section includes a mandrel partially disposed within a housing. The bearing section includes spherical members disposed between the mandrel's outer surface and the housing's inner surface. A radial bearing portion is formed by spherical members disposed partially within grooves and engaging a flat profile opposing surface. The grooves may be in the mandrel's outer surface, an outer surface of a mandrel sleeve, the housing's inner surface, or an outer radial bearing's inner surface. The flat profile opposing surface may be on an outer radial bearing's inner surface, the housing's inner surface, the mandrel's outer surface, or a mandrel sleeve's outer surface. A thrust bearing portion is formed by spherical members disposed partially within grooves in two opposing surfaces, such as the mandrel's outer surface or a mandrel sleeve's outer surface, and the housing's inner surface or an outer thrust bearing's inner surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2018Publication date: October 31, 2019Inventors: Gunther HH von Gynz-Rekowski, Mark Allen Reeves, William Christian Herben