Patents by Inventor Ted James Breckenfeld

Ted James Breckenfeld 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).

  • Modified surface properties of percussion tools used in downhole drilling
    Patent number: 10590525
    Abstract: A system and method of fabricating a percussion tool that includes one or more surfaces modified using the ferritic nitrocarburization process. The percussion tool includes a piston positioned in sliding contact within a casing. The piston includes an inner wall and an outer wall, where the inner wall defines a passageway extending longitudinally therethrough. The outer wall is positioned in close fitting relationship with an internal surface of the casing. One or more surfaces of at least one of the casing's internal surface and/or the piston's outer wall are modified using the ferritic nitrocarburization process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: VAREL INTERNATIONAL IND., L.P.
    Inventors: Anthony Stuart Plana, Ted James Breckenfeld, David M. Harrington
  • MODIFIED SURFACE PROPERTIES OF PERCUSSION TOOLS USED IN DOWNHOLE DRILLING
    Publication number: 20180202033
    Abstract: A system and method of fabricating a percussion tool that includes one or more surfaces modified using the ferritic nitrocarburization process. The percussion tool includes a piston positioned in sliding contact within a casing. The piston includes an inner wall and an outer wall, where the inner wall defines a passageway extending longitudinally therethrough. The outer wall is positioned in close fitting relationship with an internal surface of the casing. One or more surfaces of at least one of the casing's internal surface and/or the piston's outer wall are modified using the ferritic nitrocarburization process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Inventors: Anthony Stuart Plana, Ted James Breckenfeld, David M. Harrington
  • Modified surface properties of percussion tools used in downhole drilling
    Patent number: 9951409
    Abstract: A system and method of fabricating a percussion tool that includes one or more surfaces modified using the ferritic nitrocarburization process. The percussion tool includes a piston positioned in sliding contact within a casing. The piston includes an inner wall and an outer wall, where the inner wall defines a passageway extending longitudinally therethrough. The outer wall is positioned in close fitting relationship with an internal surface of the casing. One or more surfaces of at least one of the casing's internal surface and/or the piston's outer wall are modified using the ferritic nitrocarburization process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: VAREL INTERNATIONAL IND., L.P.
    Inventors: Anthony Stuart Plana, Ted James Breckenfeld, David M. Harrington
  • MODIFIED SURFACE PROPERTIES OF PERCUSSION TOOLS USED IN DOWNHOLE DRILLING
    Publication number: 20170088932
    Abstract: A system and method of fabricating a percussion tool that includes one or more surfaces modified using the ferritic nitrocarburization process. The percussion tool includes a piston positioned in sliding contact within a casing. The piston includes an inner wall and an outer wall, where the inner wall defines a passageway extending longitudinally therethrough. The outer wall is positioned in close fitting relationship with an internal surface of the casing. One or more surfaces of at least one of the casing's internal surface and/or the piston's outer wall are modified using the ferritic nitrocarburization process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Applicant: Varel International Ind., L.P.
    Inventors: Anthony Stuart Plana, Ted James Breckenfeld, David M. Harrington