Patents by Inventor Ricardo Jose Betancourt

Ricardo Jose Betancourt 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: 20220243723
    Abstract: The invention is a set of reduction gears constructed to aid the installation or removal of a packing nut or similar equipment part onto or from an oil field pump. A first gear is integrated onto a packing nut or other threaded part to a piece of oil field equipment. The first gear is placed in rotational contact with a second gear rotatably mounted on the surface of a fluid end. The second gear is a reduction gear which a worker can turn to thread the first gear of the packing nut. The invention includes a pawl set against the first gear prevent unwanted loosening of the packing nut during operations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2021
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: John Robert Herold, Sandra Noemi Santana, Ricardo Jose Betancourt, Robert Henry Ash
  • Patent number: 11225963
    Abstract: A valve seat assembly comprises a valve. The assembly further comprises a removable upper seat associated with the valve. The assembly further comprises a lower seat configured to be inserted into a fluid end of a pump and releasably couplable to the upper seat. The upper seat is decouplable from the lower seat while the lower seat remains inserted in the fluid end of the pump. The valve is configured to contact the upper seat to prevent a flow of fluid through the fluid end of the pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: UTEX INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Mark Henry Naedler, Ricardo Jose Betancourt, William Stephen Colburn
  • Publication number: 20200378381
    Abstract: A valve seat assembly comprises a valve. The assembly further comprises a removable upper seat associated with the valve. The assembly further comprises a lower seat configured to be inserted into a fluid end of a pump and releasably couplable to the upper seat. The upper seat is decouplable from the lower seat while the lower seat remains inserted in the fluid end of the pump. The valve is configured to contact the upper seat to prevent a flow of fluid through the fluid end of the pump.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2020
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventors: Mark Henry Naedler, Ricardo Jose Betancourt, William Stephen Colburn
  • Patent number: 10815989
    Abstract: A valve seat assembly comprises a valve. The assembly further comprises a removable upper seat associated with the valve. The assembly further comprises a lower seat configured to be inserted into a fluid end of a pump and releasably couplable to the upper seat. The upper seat is decouplable from the lower seat while the lower seat remains inserted in the fluid end of the pump. The valve is configured to contact the upper seat to prevent a flow of fluid through the fluid end of the pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: UTEX INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Mark Henry Naedler, Ricardo Jose Betancourt, William Stephen Colburn
  • Publication number: 20200240407
    Abstract: A valve seat assembly comprises a valve. The assembly further comprises a removable upper seat associated with the valve. The assembly further comprises a lower seat configured to be inserted into a fluid end of a pump and releasably couplable to the upper seat. The upper seat is decouplable from the lower seat while the lower seat remains inserted in the fluid end of the pump. The valve is configured to contact the upper seat to prevent a flow of fluid through the fluid end of the pump.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2020
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Inventors: Mark Henry Naedler, Ricardo Jose Betancourt, William Stephen Colburn