Patents by Inventor Stephen E. Conner

Stephen E. Conner 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: 6814148
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an apparatus and method for positioning a section of a well string. The apparatus includes a base plate and a turntable supported by the base plate. The turntable is preferably configured to rotate with respect to the base plate. At least one jack assembly is supported by the turntable and connects to a load collar, which is configured to support the section of the well string. The rotational position of the section of the well string can be adjusted by rotating the turntable. The vertical position of the section of the well string can be adjusted by raising or lowering the jack assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2004
    Assignee: Wood Group ESP, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen E. Conner, Joseph Frullo, Kelly Sikora
  • Patent number: 6547003
    Abstract: A downhole rotary water separation system for the separation and transfer of different density fluids in downhole applications using a pump, a motor, a rotary separator and a shaft-incorporated packer, as necessary, with a minimum of conduits and tubes. Torque can be transferred between all moving components as well as the packer such that the motor and pump can be disposed above or below the separator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2003
    Assignee: Wood Group ESP, Inc.
    Inventors: Yasser Khan Bangash, Michael R. Berry, Stephen E. Conner
  • Patent number: 5070940
    Abstract: Apparatus for deploying and energizing pumping apparatus including a submergible electric motor comprises a cable socket assembly and a cable connecting-and-sealing chamber assembly. The cable socket assembly has a housing that is connected at a lower end to an upper end of a housing of the cable connecting-and-sealing chamber assembly, the lower end of which is connected to a housing of the motor. The upper end of the housing of the cable socket assembly has an attachment portion provided with a breakaway connection to a weight-bearing cable. An electrical cable extends through the housing of the cable socket assembly to the housing of the cable connecting-and-sealing chamber assembly, which is divided by the body of a penetrator into upper and lower chambers. Sets of conductors in the chambers are connected, respectively, to the electrical cable and to the motor, and are interconnected with each other via feed-through elements (mandrels) associated with the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 1990
    Date of Patent: December 10, 1991
    Assignee: Camco, Incorporated
    Inventors: Stephen E. Conner, Jeffrey L. Dwiggins, Earl B. Brookbank