Patents by Inventor Thomas Sheely

Thomas Sheely 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: 10316604
    Abstract: A diverter flowline seal assembly for use in subsea drilling. The seal assembly includes a seal body having an inner diameter end and an outer diameter end formed of an inflatable elastomeric material having a first modulus. The inner diameter end of the seal body includes two diametrically opposed axially inward lip portions and two diametrically opposed axially outward base portions. Integrated with the inflatable elastomeric material at the base portions of the inner diameter end of the seal body is a material having a modulus that is higher than the modulus of the inflatable elastomeric material so as to prevent the radial expansion of the lip portions and the base portions of the inner diameter end of the seal body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: UTEX Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Henry Naedler, Brett Thomas Sheely, Timothy Vincent Burns
  • Publication number: 20160002995
    Abstract: A diverter flowline seal assembly for use in subsea drilling. The seal assembly includes a seal body having an inner diameter end and an outer diameter end formed of an inflatable elastomeric material having a first modulus. The inner diameter end of the seal body includes two diametrically opposed axially inward lip portions and two diametrically opposed axially outward base portions. Integrated with the inflatable elastomeric material at the base portions of the inner diameter end of the seal body is a material having a modulus that is higher than the modulus of the inflatable elastomeric material so as to prevent the radial expansion of the lip portions and the base portions of the inner diameter end of the seal body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2015
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Inventors: Mark Henry Naedler, Brett Thomas Sheely, Timothy Vincent Burns
  • Patent number: 5383667
    Abstract: A target for a golf course having a surface that is tilted toward the tee-off location so that it is visible from said tee-off location. The target includes a plurality of scoring regions on said surface. The regions are of different sizes with the smaller regions correspond to a fewer number of strokes while the larger regions correspond to a greater number of strokes. A golf tee location for a driving range that includes a target area spaced from said location having several teeing-off tees that are spaced laterally from each other. A golf course driving range having at least one fairway with both a golf tee location and at least one target. The golf tee location and the target are spaced from each other, a sufficient distance so that a golfer has to drive a golf ball to reach the target from the golf tee location. The target comprises a surface that is tilted generally toward the golf tee location so that it is visible from the golf tee location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 1992
    Date of Patent: January 24, 1995
    Inventor: Thomas Sheely