Patents Examined by Charles G. Freay
  • Patent number: 11655807
    Abstract: An in-field powered distributed pumping system and method are provided. The system includes a pump unit disposed at a first location and a slurry pump unit disposed at a second location. The system also includes at least one grid power supply, wherein at least one of the pump unit and the slurry pump unit is powered by the at least one grid power supply. The system further includes a first flow path fluidly connected to the pump unit at the first location and configured to fluidly connect the pump unit to a well bore, and a second flow path fluidly connected to the slurry pump at the second location and configured to fluidly connect the slurry pump unit to the well bore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Chad Adam Fisher, Wesley John Warren
  • Patent number: 11655695
    Abstract: Oil and gas companies worldwide strive to improve artificial lift efficiencies to minimize environmental footprint and lower operational expense. In order to lower artificial lift costs, the traditional rod pump must be replaced and improved upon. The present invention of the rodless pump and multi-sealing hydraulic sub is an optimized hydraulic pumping system that eliminates rod wear, lowers pump intake pressure, and extends the reserve life of oil and gas wells regardless of casing configuration or depth. Lowering the pump's intake pressure in an oil and gas well by using a positive displacement pump such as the present invention will allow maximum hydrocarbon reserves to be produced with minimal energy consumption to power the pump. The superior surface seals and smaller footprint of the rodless pump eliminate the possibility of surface hydrocarbon leaks, minimizing environmental impact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Digital Downhole Inc.
    Inventor: Austin J Shields
  • Patent number: 11649819
    Abstract: A system includes a first plurality of pumps connected to draw from a clean fluid supply junction. A second plurality of pumps is operatively connected to a dirty fluid supply. A first valve is connected between the clean fluid supply junction and the dirty fluid supply for supplying clean fluid to the dirty fluid supply. A second valve is connected to feed a dirty fluid to the dirty fluid supply. A controller is operatively connected to the first and second valves and to the first and second pluralities of pumps for controlling downhole concentration and flow rate of proppant from the dirty fluid supply, wherein downhole concentration and flow rate are varied across a continuous spectrum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventor: Aric Martin Gillispie
  • Patent number: 11649820
    Abstract: A methods and system to operate hydraulic fracturing units may include utilizing hydraulic fracturing unit profiles. The system may include hydraulic fracturing units may include various components. The components may include an engine and associated local controller and sensors, a transmission connected to the engine, transmission sensors, and a pump connected to the transmission and powered by the engine via the transmission and associated local controller and sensors. A supervisory controller may control the hydraulic fracturing units. The supervisory controller may be in communication with components of each hydraulic fracturing unit. The supervisory controller may include instructions to, for each hydraulic fracturing units, obtain hydraulic fracturing unit parameters, determine a hydraulic fracturing unit health assessment, and build a hydraulic unit profile including the health assessment and parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: BJ Energy Solutions, LLC
    Inventors: Tony Yeung, Ricardo Rodriguez-Ramon, Andres Alvarez, Joseph Foster
  • Patent number: 11644025
    Abstract: A compressor includes a cylinder comprising a cylinder body which has a cylindrical shape and defining a compression space for refrigerant gas, a piston configured to be reciprocated in an axial direction within the cylinder body and to compress the refrigerant gas in the compression space, and a frame in which the cylinder is received, the frame defining a gas hole, one side of the gas hole communicating with outside so that the refrigerant gas is introduced, the other side of the gas hole extending up to an inner circumferential surface so as to guide the refrigerant gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Sangik Son, Youngpil Kim, Kyungmin Lee, Wooju Jeon
  • Patent number: 11644018
    Abstract: A fluid end comprising a plurality of fluid end sections positioned in a side-by-side relationship. Each fluid end section is releasably attached to a connect plate. Each connect plate is attached to a power source using a plurality of stay rods. Each fluid end section comprises a housing in fluid communication with a pair of intake manifolds and a discharge conduit. A fluid routing plug is installed within each housing and is configured to route fluid throughout the housing. A plunger is installed within stuffing box attached to each housing. A number of features, including the location of seals within bore walls and carbide inserts within valve guides, aid in reducing or transferring wear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Kerr Machine Co.
    Inventors: Micheal Cole Thomas, Christopher Todd Barnett, Kelcy Jake Foster, Nicholas Son, John Keith, Mark S. Nowell
  • Patent number: 11635073
    Abstract: An improved linear peristaltic pump that is able to be manufactured using fewer parts while also improving the performance and the reliability of the pump. The linear peristaltic pump utilizes a leaf spring in direct contact with a tube and is therefore able to provide smooth transitions in the forces exerted on the tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Inventor: John Patrick Miller
  • Patent number: 11629708
    Abstract: To compensate for an event, equipment may require a power down sequence of a motor connected to a pump to prevent the pumping of servicing fluid at a high pressure, high pressure fluid may be required to be diverted to a reservoir or otherwise diverted from a wellhead, multiple pumping systems may require that pumping pressure be altered or adjusted or that flow rate be altered or adjust to manage or control the conditions to protect equipment or personnel at a site. Activating, adjusting or altering an operational characteristic of equipment by using a control system may automatically initiate the most efficient and effective mitigation steps for equipment at a site when condition is detected or predicted. Collecting and analyzing information from devices, components, sensors, control systems, other equipment or any combination thereof at a site by a master control system provides automated control of pressure sensitive conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander Simon Chretien, Timothy Holiman Hunter
  • Patent number: 11629584
    Abstract: Embodiments of systems and methods disclosed provide a hydraulic fracturing unit that includes a reciprocating plunger pump configured to pump a fracturing fluid and a powertrain configured to power the reciprocating plunger pump. The powertrain includes a prime mover and a drivetrain, the prime mover including a gas turbine engine. The hydraulic fracturing unit also includes auxiliary equipment configured to support operation of the hydraulic fracturing unit including the reciprocating plunger pump and the powertrain. A power system is configured to power the auxiliary equipment. The power system includes a power source and a power network. The power source is configured to generate power for the auxiliary equipment. The power network is coupled to the power source and the auxiliary equipment, and configured to deliver the power generated by the power source to the auxiliary equipment. Associated systems including a plurality of hydraulic fracturing units are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: BJ Energy Solutions, LLC
    Inventors: Tony Yeung, Ricardo Rodriguez-Ramon, Joseph Foster, Nicholas Tew
  • Patent number: 11624362
    Abstract: The disclosure herein relates to device, for example a gear pump, for pumping fluid. The gear pump comprises a motor for driving a rotatable drive shaft; a drive gear configured to be driven by the drive shaft; an idler gear which meshes with the drive gear; an annular magnet disposed coaxially with the drive shaft and configured to rotate therewith; and a sensor for sensing rotation of the annular magnet and generating an output signal corresponding to a rotational position of the drive shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: MAGPUMPS LIMITED
    Inventor: Leo Dawn
  • Patent number: 11619263
    Abstract: In order to effect a seal a porous material which comprises one side of two opposing surfaces is used to restrict and evenly distribute externally pressurized gas, liquid, steam, etc. between the two surfaces, exerting a force which is opposite the forces from pressure differences or springs trying to close the two faces together and so may create a non-contact seal that is more stable and reliable than hydrodynamic seals currently in use. A non-contact bearing is also disclosed having opposing surfaces with relative motion and one surface issuing higher than ambient pressure through a porous restriction, wherein the porous restriction is part of a monolithic porous body, or a porous layer, attached to lands containing a labyrinth, the porous restriction and lands configured to not distort more than 10% of a gap created from differential pressure between each side of the porous restriction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: NEW WAY MACHINE COMPONENTS, INC.
    Inventors: Andrew Devitt, Richard Duane Pollick
  • Patent number: 11614082
    Abstract: A slim-type gas transportation device includes a slim-type gas pump and a slim-type valve structure. The slim-type valve structure includes a first thin plate, a valve frame, a valve plate and a second thin plate. The first thin plate has a hollow portion. The valve plate is disposed within an accommodation space of the valve frame. The valve plate includes a valve opening. The valve opening is not aligned with the hollow portion. The second thin plate includes a gas outlet surface, a pressure relief surface, a gas outlet groove, an outlet aperture, a pressure relief hole and a pressure relief trench. The outlet aperture is hollowed out from the gas outlet groove to the pressure relief surface and corresponding in position to the valve opening. The pressure relief hole is spaced apart from the gas outlet groove. The pressure relief trench is concavely formed from the pressure relief surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Microjet Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hao-Jan Mou, Chung-Wei Kao, Shih-Chang Chen, Jia-Yu Liao, Chih-Feng Lin, Yung-Lung Han, Chi-Feng Huang, Chun-Yi Kuo
  • Patent number: 11603836
    Abstract: The present invention provides a microfluidic pump-based infusion anomaly state detection and control system, comprising: a microfluidic pump chip configured to control the vibration of an actuating device to output a liquid; a pressure sensor located in a pipeline behind the outlet of the microfluidic pump chip and configured to sense the change of the pressure of the liquid output by the microfluidic pump chip to output an electric signal; a signal conditioning circuit configured to perform signal conditioning on the electric signal to obtain a conditioned electric signal; a signal acquisition circuit configured to convert the conditioned electric signal from an analog signal into a digital signal; a signal processing unit configured to determine the working state of the microfluidic pump chip and the working state of an infusion pipeline according to the digital signal, and to send a signal to an alarming unit when an anomaly is found; the alarming unit configured to alarm according to the signal; and a co
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Inventors: Hanguang Zhao, Yibo Xu
  • Patent number: 11603861
    Abstract: A system for the recirculation of gas in air gaps of rotating machines via an ejector, a motor and a pump, including circulating a gas extracted from a gas-extraction unit which is located in the pump. This gas circulates in the gap between the rotors and the stator of the motor. The rotor of the motor is coupled to the shaft of the pump, and in one or more embodiments the gas from the gas-extraction unit flows from the pump to the ejector in order to be injected into the air gap between the rotor and the stator, thereafter returning to a process line. In one or more embodiments, the gas from the gas-extraction unit flows from the pump, and is injected directly into the air gap, and thereafter passes via the ejector in order to recirculate the gas to the process line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Inventors: Lafaete Creomar Lima, Jr., Anderson Moita Witka, Eduardo Wong Cardoso, Heloisa Helena da Silva Folhadella
  • Patent number: 11603866
    Abstract: A submersible fluid pump suitable for use in a landfill well includes an outer case extending along a vertical axis and at least partially defining an interior of the fluid pump, a fluid inlet and outlet, a discharge tube within the outer case and disposed between the fluid inlet and the fluid outlet, a float positioned around the discharge tube and within the outer case such that the float is within the discharge tube and the outer case, the float being movable along the discharge tube in an axial direction, a pneumatic valve configured to introduce pressurized air into the interior of the fluid pump, an actuator configured to open and close the pneumatic valve, and a plurality of magnets comprising a first magnet fixed with respect to the actuator and a second magnet fixed with respect to the float, the second magnet configured to magnetically repel the first magnet as the float moves to tip the actuator to either open or close the pneumatic valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: Q.E.D. Environmental Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: John F. Schaupp, Steven R. Wells
  • Patent number: 11598335
    Abstract: A rotary pump comprising a housing (1) defining an annular chamber with inlet and outlet ports (12;11), a flexible annular diaphragm (3) forming one side of the chamber spaced opposite an annular wall of the housing (1), and a partition (13) extending across the chamber. The diaphragm (3) comprises an outer surface which engages the annular wall of the housing (1), and an inner surface opposite the first surface, wherein the outer surface is configured to be pressed progressively against the opposite wall of the housing (1), by a rotating means, to force fluid around the chamber. The rotary pump also comprises a reinforcement ring (4) surrounding the rotating means, and which comprises an embedded portion (30) embedded in an inner portion of a central region of the diaphragm (3), and a support portion (34) having a radially outwardly facing surface (35) which faces and supports the inner surface of the diaphragm (3) adjacent to the reinforcement ring (4) during operation of the rotary pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Charles Austen Pumps Ltd.
    Inventors: William Eric Shepherd, Robert William Stokes
  • Patent number: 11598331
    Abstract: A two-stage pump system is provided using electrostatic actuators. The system includes a pair of hydraulically-amplified, self-healing, electrostatic (HASEL) actuators in fluid communication with one another. Each actuator includes a deformable shell defining a working fluid compartment storing a dielectric fluid. Two electrodes are disposed on opposite sides of the deformable shell. A pair of fluid transfer bladders are disposed adjacent the respective pair of HASEL actuators, each including a fluid-impermeable membrane defining a transfer fluid chamber, and a biasing member disposed in the transfer fluid chamber. When individually actuated in an alternating two-stage pattern, the two electrodes of each respective HASEL actuator move from a neutral position to an attracted position, displacing dielectric fluid through the first transfer conduit and between working fluid compartments, thereby pumping the transfer fluid from an inlet to an outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Umesh N. Gandhi, Ryohei Tsuruta
  • Patent number: 11598190
    Abstract: An integrated fracking system may include a substructure assembly including one or more frame rails. The integrated fracking system may include a variable frequency drive (VFD) coupled to the frame rails of the substructure assembly. The integrated fracking system may include a transformer coupled to the frame rails of the substructure assembly. The integrated fracking system may include a pump subsystem. The pump subsystem may include a first frac pump, a first motor operatively coupled to the first frac pump, a second frac pump, and a second motor operatively coupled to the second frac pump. The pump subsystem may be coupled to the frame rails of the substructure assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: STEWART & STEVENSON LLC
    Inventors: Brian Sharp, Chad Joost, Chris Harvell, Paul Smith, Filiberto Garcia, Adam Lambertus, Jeff Smith
  • Patent number: 11592028
    Abstract: The invention relates to a fluid pump comprising at least one impeller blade (1, 1?, 1?) which is rotatable about an axis of rotation (3) and conveys a fluid in operation and comprising a support device (4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 12?, 13, 13?, 14, 14?, 15, 17) which supports the at least one impeller blade (1, 1?, 1?) in at least one support region, wherein the support device is change-able between a first state in which the rotor is radially compressed and a second state in which the rotor is radially expanded; and wherein at least one impeller blade extends at least partly radially inwardly with respect to the axis of rotation (3) from the support region/support regions in the radially expanded state of the rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: ECP ENTWICKLUNGSGESELLSCHAFT MBH
    Inventors: Joerg Schumacher, Daniel Roehn
  • Patent number: 11592020
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a fracturing equipment. The fracturing equipment includes: a plunger pump, a main motor and a noise reduction device. The plunger pump is used for pressurizing liquid. The main motor is connected to the plunger pump by transmission for providing driving force to the plunger pump. The noise reduction device is constructed as a cabin structure and covers outside the main motor and isolates the main motor from the plunger pump. With the fracturing equipment according to the present disclosure, the fracturing equipment is driven by the main motor with relatively low noise during operation. The noise reduction device isolates the main motor from the outside, which can effectively reduce the noise intensity transmitted to the outside during operation, thereby achieve the effect of noise reduction. In addition, the plunger pump is isolated from the main motor by the noise reduction device, thus realizing isolation of high-pressure dangerous areas and ensuring safe operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: YANTAI JEREH PETROLEUM EQUIPMENT & TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD
    Inventors: Sheng Chang, Liang Lv, Shuzhen Cui, Chunqiang Lan, Jian Zhang, Xiaolei Ji, Huaizhi Zhang, Ruijie Du