Patents Assigned to kinetic
  • Pressure Control Apparatus Inserts
    Publication number: 20220325594
    Abstract: A blowout preventer includes a main body having a through bore. A pressure chamber is located adjacent to and transverse to the through bore. A gate is disposed in the pressure chamber. An insert is disposed in the main body and defines an opening therethrough parallel to the through bore. The insert also defines a passage therethrough transverse to the through bore for passage of the gate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2020
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Applicant: Kinetic Pressure Control, Ltd.
    Inventors: Billy J. Gallagher, Bobby J. Gallagher, Sean Laird
  • Motor/Generator With Atmospheric Stator Pressure
    Publication number: 20220320955
    Abstract: The invention is a motor/generator that includes a motor/generator housing that encloses a rotor assembly, which rotates a shaft, and a stator assembly that remains stationary, and where the motor/generator is inside a vacuum chamber, which, during normal operation, is evacuated of gas and operates at a lower air pressure than atomospheric air pressure, and a cylindrical vacuum barrier between the rotor assembly and the stator assembly that together with the motor generator housing partitions the motor/generator into an interior rotor volume and an exterior stator volume, enabling the rotor volume and stator volume to operate at different atmospheric pressures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Applicant: Amber Kinetics, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark J. Holloway, Peter Thomas Tennessen
  • Identification and analysis of movement using sensor devices
    Patent number: 11455909
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for using sensor devices to detect and monitor movement of a body. The sensor devices may be coupled to a body in a predefined arrangement, where a sensor device is positioned on a particular portion of the body in accordance with the predefined arrangement. The sensor devices measure a position of the portion of the body to which the band is secured during movement and communicate the position to a client device to be used in generating and updating a graphical representation of the movement performed in near-real-time. Further, the client device may determine whether the movement performed conforms to an ideal movement and, in response to the movement not conforming to the predefined movement, a suggested change in the movement can be identified that, if performed, would conform to the ideal movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Kinetic Telemetry, LLC
    Inventors: David Alan Wallach, Brian E. Welcher, Miles Gantt, Kyle Carnahan
  • PISTON AND GATE ASSEMBLY FOR KINETIC PRESSURE CONTROL APPARATUS RAM
    Publication number: 20220275697
    Abstract: A ram for a blowout preventer has a pressure chamber having a piston movably disposed therein, and a charge disposed at one end of the pressure chamber. A gate is coupled to the piston on a side opposed to the charge. The gate is arranged to move across a through bore in a housing disposed at an opposed end of the pressure chamber. A coupling between the piston and the gate has sufficient strength to transfer kinetic energy of the gate to the piston.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2020
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Applicant: Kinetic Pressure Control, Ltd.
    Inventors: Billy J. Gallagher, Bobby j. Gallagher, Steven A. Angstmann, Robert Frith
  • Light fixture
    Patent number: 11415298
    Abstract: A light fixture includes a housing adapted to secure the light fixture to a building. A lamp may be mounted to the housing. The light fixture further includes an actuator configured to move the device to move between a retracted position and an extended position so that the lamp can illuminate an area around the building.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Covert Kinetic Lighting, Inc.
    Inventor: Chad Rodvold
  • Iris valve type well annular pressure control device and method
    Patent number: 11414950
    Abstract: A well annular pressure control device includes a housing having a through bore and at least two iris valves within the housing. The iris valves comprise a plurality of vanes operable between an open position and a closed position to define an opening. At least one actuator is coupled to the plurality of vanes to move the plurality of vanes between the open position and the closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Kinetic Pressure Control Ltd.
    Inventors: Bobby Gallagher, Steven Angstmann, Billy Gallagher
  • Stacked Lamination Rotor
    Publication number: 20220255382
    Abstract: The invention is a flywheel rotor that includes a number of adjacent laminations, stacked one on top of another, where each of the laminations has the same shape and is rotationally symmetric around a center axis, and where the shape is substantially circular and includes a plurality of protrusions exterior to the circumference, and each of the laminations includes at least one hole for a fastening bolt to pass through. The invention typically includes an endplate at each end of stack of laminations. One of the two endplates may attach to a stubshaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2022
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Applicant: Amber Kinetics, Inc.
    Inventors: Seth R. Sanders, Kyle B. Gaiser, Greg Olsen, Mark J. Holloway, Roger Nelson Hitchcock, Peter Thomas Tennessen, Matthew K. Senesky, Edward Young Chiao, Darlene Conolly, Keenan Rodewald
  • Control system and an adaptive electrokinetic dewatering system incorporating same for dewatering tailings
    Patent number: 11384000
    Abstract: An adaptive electrokinetic dewatering system for dewatering slurry and soil deposits, including tailings deposits and a control system therefor. The control system automatically determines an optimal applied power specification, including sets of power parameters to be applied to the deposit being dewatered and when to apply each set of power parameters during the electrokinetic dewatering process. Furthermore, the control system automatically adjusts the applied power specification throughout the course of the dewatering process to account for the changing properties of the deposit. The control system determines the applied power specifications and adjustments to be made to them by simulating the electrokinetic dewatering process using a simulator which incorporates the latest measurements of the electrical, physical and chemical properties of the deposit being dewatered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Electro-Kinetic Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: James Micak, Ed Hanna, Clare Armstrong, Barna Szabados, Steven Spencer, Doug Kimzey
  • Systems and methods for virtual artificial intelligence development and testing
    Patent number: 11372474
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided to create training data, validate, deploy and test artificial intelligence (AI) systems in a virtual development environment, incorporating virtual spaces, objects, machinery, devices, subsystems, and actual human action and behavior.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: SAEC/Kinetic Vision, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Raymond Schweet, Bendenetto Christopher Ruggiero, Kyle Robert Hartshorn, Gregory Ryan Sweeney, Kyle Dean Cypher, Melissa Yenni Scharf, Emily Ann Meyer, Alec Brenders Lisy, Jeremy David Jarrett, Matthew David Fye
  • Rotary drive actuator for an annular wellbore pressure control device
    Patent number: 11339624
    Abstract: A rotary drive actuator for an annular well pressure control device includes a piston having a tapered inner surface, a through bore and a threaded outer surface. A threaded sleeve having a threaded inner surface is in threaded engagement with the threaded outer surface of the piston. A rotary motor is arranged to rotate the threaded sleeve, whereby rotation of the rotary motor causes corresponding axial motion of the piston.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Kinetic Pressure Control Ltd.
    Inventors: Steven A. Angstmann, Bobby J. Gallagher
  • Belt Drive Pedal Cycle with Side Mounted Wheels, Cantilever Chain Stay and Belt Tensioner
    Publication number: 20220153379
    Abstract: A pedal driven cycle comprising a cantilevered frame member coupled to a power input sprocket and a driven sprocket; a belt drive connecting the power input sprocket to the driven sprocket; and a side mounted rear wheel releasably coupled to a multi-speed gear hub that is coaxial with the side mounted rear wheel, wherein the multi-speed gear hub is coupled to the driven sprocket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2022
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Applicant: Karbon Kinetics Limited
    Inventor: Richard Thorpe
  • Belt Driven Pedal Cycle Employing a Slim Protective Belt Drive Cover
    Publication number: 20220119064
    Abstract: A pedal driven cycle comprising a belt drive connecting a power input sprocket to a driven sprocket along a chain line; an outer protective belt drive cover plate having a footprint which substantially coincides with a side profile of the belt drive along at least a major portion of its length of travel so that the outer cover plate does not extend beyond an outer surface of the belt drive; and fixtures for mounting the outer protective belt drive cover plate to the cycle in parallel with the chain line and laterally spaced apart from a side edge of the belt drive to provide a clearance, with fore and aft adjustment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Applicant: Karbon Kinetics Limited
    Inventor: Richard Thorpe
  • REVERSE BAFFLE COMPENSATOR
    Publication number: 20220107153
    Abstract: A firearm attachment may include a threaded adapter, and the threaded adapter may include a first threaded portion and a second threaded portion. The second threaded portion may include an inner threaded portion and an outer threaded portion. The firearm attachment may include a housing that may be configured to couple to the outer threaded portion. The firearm adapter may include a reverse baffle compensator that may be configured to couple to the inner threaded portion. The reverse baffle component may include a first baffle portion and a second baffle portion, and a channel may be disposed between a first narrow end of the first baffle portion and a second narrow end of the second baffle portion. The reverse baffle portion may include one or more holes on a sloped portion of the first baffle portion and one or more holes on a sloped portion of the second baffle portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2021
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Applicant: Cobalt Kinetics
    Inventors: Timothy Aaron Quinn, Clifford J. Frederickson
  • Two-phase boost converter with reduced voltage stress, and inherent current balancing
    Patent number: 11264896
    Abstract: A two-phase boost converter is provided. The converter includes a first boost converter coupled between an input node and a common node; and a second boost converter coupled between the input node and an output node, wherein the second boost converter comprises: a first transistor coupled between ground and an internal node, an inductor coupled between the input node and the internal node, a capacitor coupled between the internal node and the common node, and a second transistor coupled between the common node and the output node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Kinetic Technologies
    Inventor: Haifeng Fan
  • REMOTE UNDERWATER ROBOTIC ACTUATOR
    Publication number: 20220049584
    Abstract: An underwater robotic system includes a frame adapted to be deployed in a body of water and having guide rails and at least one movable rail movably coupled to the guide rails. An actuator module is movably coupled to the at least one movable rail. A control panel disposed proximate the frame and has a plurality of controls thereon. The plurality of controls is operable by an actuator on the actuator module. A position of each of the plurality of controls is known such that motion of the actuator module and the at least one movable rail is remotely controllable to actuate any chosen one of the plurality of controls.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2020
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Applicant: Kinetic Pressure Control, Ltd.
    Inventors: Steven Angstmann, Bobby Gallagher
  • REMOTE UNDERWATER ROBOTIC ACTUATOR
    Publication number: 20220010658
    Abstract: An underwater robotic system includes a frame for deployment in a body of water and having a control panel with multiple controls. A first actuator on the frame selectively actuates a control from a front side of the panel. A second actuator on the frame selectively actuates a control from a back side of the panel. One or more controls on the panel is configured to regulate distribution of a fluid. The frame is configured to couple to a blowout preventer. A method for robotic fluid distribution in an underwater environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Applicant: Kinetic Pressure Control Limited
    Inventors: Steven Angstmann, Bobby Gallagher
  • Explosive disconnect
    Patent number: 11187052
    Abstract: A coupling system includes a lower marine riser package having a connector at a bottom end and a blowout preventer having a connector at an upper end. Explosively frangible fasteners with explosively frangible nuts sealed off from the external environment are used to couple the connector on the lower marine riser package to the connector on the blowout preventer. A method for separating a lower marine riser package from a blowout preventer includes electronically triggering the detonation of a plurality of explosively frangible fasteners coupling the blowout preventer to the lower marine riser package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: Kinetic Pressure Control Ltd.
    Inventors: Steven Angstmann, Bobby Gallagher, Billy Gallagher
  • BALL SPIN RATE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20210362027
    Abstract: A system and method wherein ball spin rate and axis orientation are determined according to an electronic circuit that includes a magnetometer spin sensor module and, in the alternative, an electronic circuit that includes a spin sensor module with a plurality of accelerometers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Applicant: Diamond Kinetics, Inc.
    Inventors: Minmin Zhang, Jeremy Michael Rittenhouse, Michael J. Ressler, William Walker Clark
  • BLOWOUT PREVENTER
    Publication number: 20210340833
    Abstract: A blowout preventer and method of operating a wellbore. The blowout preventer has a main body containing a wellbore, a passage transverse to the wellbore, a shearing device located in the passage; and a charge that, when activated, propels the shearing device along the passage and across the wellbore to close the wellbore and prevent a blowout.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2021
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Applicant: Kinetic Pressure Control, Ltd.
    Inventors: Steven Anthony Angstmann, Bobby James Gallagher
  • PRESSURE CONTROL DEVICE WITH SAFETY LOCKING MECHANISM
    Publication number: 20210340842
    Abstract: A well pressure control device includes a housing having a through bore. A pressure chamber has a piston movably disposed therein. The pressure chamber is coupled at one end to the housing transversely to the through bore. The actuating piston defines a pressure source side and a through bore side of the pressure chamber. A fluid pressure source is coupled to the other end of the pressure chamber. A closure element is disposed in the pressure chamber on the through bore side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Applicant: Kinetic Pressure Control Ltd.
    Inventors: Bobby Gallagher, Steven A. Angstmann, Billy Gallagher