Patents by Inventor Timothy W. Sampson
Timothy W. Sampson 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).
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Publication number: 20200397142Abstract: Decorative trim pieces having a variety of different shapes and colors and being configured to be removably attached to an exterior face of an article of furniture (e.g., a bookcase) so that the trim pieces can be detached from the furniture and replaced by different trim pieces by which to change the ornamental appearance of the furniture when necessary. Each trim piece has a set of plugs extending therefrom to be removably received by respective plug holes formed in the exterior face of the furniture, whereby to hold the trim piece in place. The decorative trim pieces and the plugs extending therefrom are preferably manufactured from a resilient cushion material that is adapted to be compressed and absorb impact forces in response to an individual inadvertently bumping into the article of furniture at the trim pieces that are removably attached thereto.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2019Publication date: December 24, 2020Inventor: Timothy W. Sampson
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Patent number: 10693251Abstract: A connector assembly attaches downhole tools to one another to form a tool string. The connector assembly includes male and female subs, each with latch ends that selectively latch to one another. Ends of the subs distal from their latch ends are configured for attachment to the downhole tools. A plug assembly is in one of the subs and a socket assembly is disposed in the other sub; the plug and socket assemblies mate with one another when the subs attach. Mating the plug and socket assemblies forms a signal communication path through the connector assembly so that adjacent tools are in signal communication. The plug and socket assemblies and male and female subs are annular and circumscribe a bore that extends axially through the connector assembly. Downhole tools that attach to opposing ends of the connector assembly are in communication through the bore in the connector assembly.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2017Date of Patent: June 23, 2020Assignee: Baker Hughes, a GE Company, LLCInventors: Colby W. Ross, Charles Alexander McClean, Patrick Ryan Markwardt, Timothy W. Sampson
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Publication number: 20190148861Abstract: A connector assembly attaches downhole tools to one another to form a tool string. The connector assembly includes male and female subs, each with latch ends that selectively latch to one another. Ends of the subs distal from their latch ends are configured for attachment to the downhole tools. A plug assembly is in one of the subs and a socket assembly is disposed in the other sub; the plug and socket assemblies mate with one another when the subs attach. Mating the plug and socket assemblies forms a signal communication path through the connector assembly so that adjacent tools are in signal communication. The plug and socket assemblies and male and female subs are annular and circumscribe a bore that extends axially through the connector assembly. Downhole tools that attach to opposing ends of the connector assembly are in communication through the bore in the connector assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2017Publication date: May 16, 2019Applicant: Baker Hughes, a GE Company, LLCInventors: Colby W. Ross, Charles Alexander McClean, Patrick Ryan Markwardt, Timothy W. Sampson
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Patent number: 7600568Abstract: A perforating system connection sub comprising a vent valve for providing fluid flow communication through the connection sub wall. The vent valve is selectively opened and may include a frangible member. The frangible member is rupterable by the shock wave produced by ignition of an associated detonation cord.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2006Date of Patent: October 13, 2009Assignee: Baker Hughes IncorporatedInventors: Colby W. Ross, Timothy W. Sampson, William D. Myers, Jr.
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Publication number: 20070277966Abstract: A perforating system connection sub comprising a vent valve for providing fluid flow communication through the connection sub wall. The vent valve is selectively opened and may include a frangible member. The frangible member is rupterable by the shock wave produced by ignition of an associated detonation cord.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2006Publication date: December 6, 2007Inventors: Colby W. Ross, Timothy W. Sampson, William D. Myers
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Patent number: 6658981Abstract: A stackable thru-tubing perforating gun system for use in perforating in a large diameter cased wellbore below a smaller diameter production tubing string. The system comprises a thru-tubing retrievable bridge plug for supporting a lower perforating gun section. The system further comprises at least one additional gun section stacked on top of the lower gun section. After firing, individual gun sections may be retrieved from the wellbore through the tubing string.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2001Date of Patent: December 9, 2003Assignee: Baker Hughes IncorporatedInventors: James A. Rochen, Kare-Jonny Haugvaldstad, Timothy W. Sampson
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Publication number: 20020100360Abstract: A stackable thru-tubing perforating gun system for use in perforating in a large diameter cased wellbore below a smaller diameter production tubing string. The system comprises a thru-tubing retrievable bridge plug for supporting a lower perforating gun section. The system further comprises at least one additional gun section stacked on top of the lower gun section. After firing, individual gun sections may be retrieved from the wellbore through the tubing string.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2001Publication date: August 1, 2002Inventors: James A. Rochen, Kare-Jonny Haugvaldstad, Timothy W. Sampson
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Patent number: 6173786Abstract: A running tool is disclosed to deliver tools downhole, preferably supported on a wireline. The running tool will not release the downhole tool before the desired depth is reached, even if an obstruction is encountered. The tool has the ability to release upon application of pressure in the wellbore. The tool features a floating piston with a pre-charged chamber on one side. Hydrostatic pressure acts on the opposite side of the floating piston as the running tool descends. When the downhole tool reaches its desired depth and becomes supported, slacking on the wireline traps the hydrostatic on one side of the floating piston. Applied wellbore pressure, acting on a release piston exposed to the trapped hydrostatic on its opposite side, shifts the release piston and releases the running tool from the downhole tool. On the way uphole, the trapped hydrostatic pressure is released.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 1999Date of Patent: January 16, 2001Assignee: Baker Hughes IncorporatedInventors: Timothy W. Sampson, Van N. Ho, Garry R. Kaiser
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Patent number: 6148916Abstract: A perforating gun can be conveyed on tubing and fired while disconnected from the tubing. The gun is retained to a running tool at the lower end of the tubing in a locked position. Actuating a plunger by pressure, a weight bar or other techniques, breaks a rupture disc and allows use of hydrostatic pressure to stroke a piston and defeat the lock between the gun and the running tool. Upon exposure of ports on the gun to wellbore hydrostatic due to movement out of the running tool, the firing sequence in the gun is initiated. The weight of the gun, as well as hydrostatic or applied pressure in the wellbore, drives the perforating gun out of the running tool.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 1998Date of Patent: November 21, 2000Assignee: Baker Hughes IncorporatedInventors: Timothy W. Sampson, Wilfred Schexnayder, Colby W. Ross
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Patent number: 6142231Abstract: A one-trip system for placement and setting a downhole packer or plug is disclosed. The packer is settable in a variety of ways, including hydraulically, acoustically by pressure pulse signals, or some combination. Use of hydraulic pressure triggers a pressure-creating reaction to initiate the setting of the packer. The setting mechanism for the packer breaks clear of the packer upon setting and allows the tubing-conveyed perforating gun, which is already preassembled as part of the string, to be accurately positioned and fired.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 1996Date of Patent: November 7, 2000Assignee: Baker Hughes IncorporatedInventors: William D. Myers, Jr., Kare-Jonny Haugvalstad, Robert K. Bethel, Kelly D. Ireland, Timothy W. Sampson
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Patent number: 5611401Abstract: A one-trip system for placement and setting a downhole packer or plug is disclosed. The packer is settable in a variety of ways, including hydraulically, acoustically by pressure pulse signals, or some combination. Use of hydraulic pressure triggers a pressure-creating reaction to initiate the setting of the packer. The setting mechanism for the packer breaks clear of the packer upon setting and allows the tubing-conveyed perforating gun, which is already preassembled as part of the string, to be accurately positioned and fired.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 1995Date of Patent: March 18, 1997Assignee: Baker Hughes IncorporatedInventors: William D. Myers, Jr., Kare-Jonny Haugvalstad, Robert K. Bethel, Kelly D. Ireland, Timothy W. Sampson