Patents by Inventor Neil Colin Kennedy

Neil Colin Kennedy 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).

  • Patent number: 8672295
    Abstract: A gate valve comprises a valve body having an internal working fluid passage and an internal gate chamber extending transverse to the working fluid passage. In addition, the gate valve comprises a gate disposed in the internal gate chamber and movable within the gate chamber between a closed position obstructing fluid flow through the working fluid passage and an open position allowing fluid flow through the working fluid passage. Further, the gate valve comprises an internal sealing arrangement coaxially disposed in the working fluid passage and extending between the valve body and the gate to form a barrier between the internal working fluid passage and the gate chamber. The internal sealing arrangement includes a frustoconical metal sealing surface adapted to sealingly engage an opposed mating frustoconical metal sealing surface on the valve body to form a first tapered metal-to-metal seal between the sealing arrangement and the valve body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: National Oilwell Varco, L.P.
    Inventors: Samir Dhawan, Jason Neal Whaley, David Kay, Randall Ferrain Weaver, Neil Colin Kennedy
  • Patent number: 8656946
    Abstract: A double check valve (10) with two separate elements (20, 25) individually movable to close the valve and collectively movable to open the valve. The separate elements are independently closing the valve, and collectively controllable to open the valve, to allow pressure release or to allow injection of fluid (e.g. lubricant). In an example, the double check valve includes two separate check valves with a stinger element (30) between them which is operable to internally sting the one check valve when (e.g. by action of) the other check valve is stung by a user (e.g. using a stinger means) thereby to open both check valves individually and the double check valve as a whole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: Anson Limited
    Inventors: Robert William Anderson, Neil Colin Kennedy
  • Publication number: 20120085957
    Abstract: A gate valve comprises a valve body having an internal working fluid passage and an internal gate chamber extending transverse to the working fluid passage. In addition, the gate valve comprises a gate disposed in the internal gate chamber and movable within the gate chamber between a closed position obstructing fluid flow through the working fluid passage and an open position allowing fluid flow through the working fluid passage. Further, the gate valve comprises an internal sealing arrangement coaxially disposed in the working fluid passage and extending between the valve body and the gate to form a barrier between the internal working fluid passage and the gate chamber. The internal sealing arrangement includes a frustoconical metal sealing surface adapted to sealingly engage an opposed mating frustoconical metal sealing surface on the valve body to form a first tapered metal-to-metal seal between the sealing arrangement and the valve body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2010
    Publication date: April 12, 2012
    Applicant: NATIONAL OILWELL VARCO, L.P.
    Inventors: Samir Dhawan, Jason Neal Whaley, David Kay, Randall Ferrain Weaver, Neil Colin Kennedy
  • Publication number: 20100170571
    Abstract: A double check valve (10) with two separate elements (20, 25) individually movable to close the valve and collectively movable to open the valve. The separate elements are independently closing the valve, and collectively controllable to open the valve, to allow pressure release or to allow injection of fluid (e.g. lubricant). In an example, the double check valve includes two separate check valves with a stinger element (30) between them which is operable to internally sting the one check valve when (e.g. by action of) the other check valve is stung by a user (e.g. using a stinger means) thereby to open both check valves individually and the double check valve as a whole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2008
    Publication date: July 8, 2010
    Applicant: Anson Limited
    Inventors: Robert William Anderson, Neil Colin Kennedy