Patents by Inventor Ralph M. Loveless

Ralph M. Loveless 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).

  • System, method and apparatus for downhole orientation probe sensor
    Patent number: 8074714
    Abstract: A submersible pump assembly may be radially oriented for pumping well fluid in a deviated or horizontal well. The submersible pump assembly has an instrument housing having a longitudinal axis and incorporated onto the pump assembly. An electrical contact is mounted within the housing and an electrical contact probe, moveable relative to the housing and biased upwards toward an upper side of the housing when the pump assembly is inclined, is provided. The housing and the electrical contact are rotatable about the longitudinal axis relative to the electrical contact probe, such that an electrical circuit is completed when the electrical contact is rotated into engagement with the electrical contact probe, generating a signal from the completed electrical circuit. The electrical contact is at a known circumferential position relative to the fixed reference point, which may be the intake port of the pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignee: Baker Hughes Incorporated
    Inventors: Leslie C. Reid, Ralph M. Loveless
  • System, Method and Apparatus for Downhole Orientation Probe Sensor
    Publication number: 20100319911
    Abstract: A submersible pump assembly may be radially oriented for pumping well fluid in a deviated or horizontal well. The submersible pump assembly has an instrument housing having a longitudinal axis and incorporated onto the pump assembly. An electrical contact is mounted within the housing and an electrical contact probe, moveable relative to the housing and biased upwards toward an upper side of the housing when the pump assembly is inclined, is provided. The housing and the electrical contact are rotatable about the longitudinal axis relative to the electrical contact probe, such that an electrical circuit is completed when the electrical contact is rotated into engagement with the electrical contact probe, generating a signal from the completed electrical circuit. The electrical contact is at a known circumferential position relative to the fixed reference point, which may be the intake port of the pump.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2009
    Publication date: December 23, 2010
    Applicant: Baker Hughes Incorporated
    Inventors: Leslie C. Reid, Ralph M. Loveless