Patents Examined by Tara E Schimpf
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Patent number: 10781639Abstract: A sensor is configured to sense a deflection angle and to transmit a second signal representing the sensed deflection angle to a downhole control unit. The downhole control unit is configured receive signals from at least the sensor. An adjustable bent sub assembly is mechanically coupled to the power section. The adjustable bent sub assembly is configured to, while the downhole motor is in the wellbore, adjust the deflection angle to the desired deflection angle. A biasing mechanism is communicatively coupled to the downhole control unit and mechanically coupled to the adjustable bent sub assembly. The biasing mechanism is configured to, while the downhole motor is in the wellbore, actuate the adjustable bent sub assembly responsive to the downhole control unit. A locking mechanism is coupled to the adjustable bent sub assembly. The locking mechanism is configured to lock the desired deflection angle.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2019Date of Patent: September 22, 2020Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventor: Peter Ido Egbe
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Patent number: 10781657Abstract: A method includes receiving a plurality of signals from a plurality of sensors into a programmable logic controller, the plurality of sensors provided on at least one component of a rotating control device assembly of a drilling system, providing measurement data from the plurality of signals using the programmable logic controller, and processing the measurement data using a modeling software to determine at least one condition of the rotating control device assembly.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2016Date of Patent: September 22, 2020Assignee: Schlumberger Technology CorporationInventors: Jesse Alan Hardt, Zaurayze Tarique, Yawan Couturier, Blaine Dow, Walter Benson, Charles H Kamps, III
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Patent number: 10774595Abstract: Earth-boring tools may include a body, blades extending outward from the body, and cutting elements secured to the blades. An entirety of a first blade may exhibit a first, constant or continuously variable radius of curvature different from a second, constant or continuously variable radius of curvature of at least another portion of a second blade. Methods of making earth-boring tools may involve forming at least a portion of a first blade extending outward from a body to exhibit a first radius of curvature. An entirety of a second blade extending outward from the body may be formed to exhibit a second, different, constant or continuously variable radius of curvature. Cutting elements may be secured to the first and second blades.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2018Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: Baker HughesInventors: Steven Craig Russell, Kenneth R. Evans
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Patent number: 10767446Abstract: A concave section such as an extension section, a cutting section, and a notch section is provided to receive a lid of a float valve in an inside of outer tube assembly of a drill string. Thus, when the float valve is provided for the drill string, it is made possible to collect a core with a larger diameter by a thinner drill string, by expanding the inner diameter of the drill string.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2016Date of Patent: September 8, 2020Assignees: JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE-EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, NLC CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuichi Shimmoto, Eigou Miyazaki, Keita Akiyama, Masaki Kawahara, Tomoaki Suzuki
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Patent number: 10760377Abstract: Systems and methods for pressure testing of production tubing in an oil or gas well utilizing a valve having a first and second cylindrical body arranged for axial movement within a cylindrical housing. Movement within the cylindrical housing is regulated by introduction of hydraulic fluid into a cavity in the cylindrical housing and a spring. Systems and methods may further include the use of configuring the cylindrical bodies for sealing engagement with one another caused by movement of the cylindrical bodies within the cylindrical housing.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2017Date of Patent: September 1, 2020Assignee: Power Feed-Thru Systems & Connectors LLCInventors: Brian Hegarty, Paul Lamont
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Patent number: 10760373Abstract: Disclosed embodiments include a retrievable bridge plug assembly. The retrievable bridge plug assembly includes a sealing element that is elastically deformable to expand radially outward when the sealing element experiences axial compression and at least one anti-extrusion device positioned downhole from the sealing element. The at least one anti-extrusion device includes a shoulder that in operation maintains contact with the sealing element. Also included in the at least one anti-extrusion device is a plurality of anti-extrusion petals positioned downhole from the shoulder that expand radially outward from the anti-extrusion device. Additionally, the at least one anti-extrusion device includes an expandable sleeve surrounding the plurality of anti-extrusion petals that covers extrusion gaps of the plurality of anti-extrusion petals when the plurality of anti-extrusion petals expand radially outward from the anti-extrusion device.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2017Date of Patent: September 1, 2020Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Anthony Phan, Jack Gammill Clemens, Mark Holly
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Patent number: 10744677Abstract: A hole drilling device for forming an expanded-diameter hole portion at an inner bottom part of a mounting hole includes: a shaft including a contact surface and a tapered surface, and a cutter including a stopper provided on a side surface of the cutter, the stopper coming into contact with a surface of a drilling object. The cutter is movable between a first position and a second position. When the cutter is in the first position, the contact surface is in contact with the inner bottom part of the mounting hole, and the stopper is away from the surface of the drilling object. When the cutter is in the second position, the cutter has been pushed in forward from the first position, the cutting bit has protruded laterally from the tapered surface, and the stopper is in contact with the surface of the drilling object.Type: GrantFiled: July 4, 2017Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA MIYANAGAInventor: Masaaki Miyanaga
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Patent number: 10746003Abstract: A perforating short gun for use in a horizontal well casing. The gun includes a gun carrier and a charge holder to carry shaped charges. The charge holder is inserted into the gun carrier and a selected length of the gun carrier includes internal features created therein to a depth in an inside wall of the gun carrier. The internal features are located and configured to align with a shaped charge, creating a standoff between the shaped charge and the internal feature such that when the charge is detonated it creates an opening through the internal feature.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2018Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: GEODYNAMICS, INC.Inventors: Wenbo Yang, James A. Rollins, Philip Martin Snider, John Thomas Hardesty, David S. Wesson
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Patent number: 10746004Abstract: A perforating gun for use in a well casing includes a gun carrier extending along a longitudinal axis; plural charges located inside the gun carrier, in groups of 3, a group of 3 charges being positioned in a first single plane transverse to the longitudinal axis; and a charge holder configured to carry the plural charges, the charge holder configured to be inserted into the gun carrier.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2019Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: GEODYNAMICS, INC.Inventors: Wenbo Yang, James A. Rollins, Philip Martin Snider, John Thomas Hardesty, David S. Wesson
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Patent number: 10745998Abstract: A technique facilitates operation of an actuator via an operating module. The actuator and the operating module are constructed to enable operation in a wide variety of environments and applications. The operating module is coupled to the actuator and is operable in a plurality of modes, such as an electro-hydraulic mode, a pure hydraulic mode, and a mechanical mode. A desired mode of operation is selected and the operating module enables shifting of the actuator via the selected mode.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2015Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATIONInventors: Jerome Prost, Emrah Gokdag
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Patent number: 10746006Abstract: Some embodiments include a plasma source. The plasma source includes: (i) a plasma emitter having a first electrode and a second electrode defining an electrode gap therebetween; (ii) stands disposed adjacent to the electrode gap and the plasma emitter; (iii) emitter openings configured such that shockwaves generated by the plasma source are directed through the emitter openings and radially from the plasma emitter, wherein adjacent emitter openings of the emitter openings are separated from each other by at least one stand of the stands; (iv) an enclosure housing at a distal end of the plasma emitter and having a delivery device configured to introduce a conductor through an opening in the second electrode and into the electrode gap; and a device housing at a proximal end of the plasma emitter and having a transformer, a capacitor unit, and a contactor. Other embodiments of related systems and methods are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2019Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: NOVAS ENERGY GROUP LIMITEDInventors: P. G. Ageev, A. A. Molchanov
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Patent number: 10745972Abstract: A rock drilling shank adaptor includes an elongate body having an internal flushing bore and an entry hole through the sidewall of the adaptor in fluid communication with the internal bore. The adaptor wall at the region of the entry hole is reinforced such that an internal diameter of the flushing bore at the reinforced region is less than an internal diameter of the bore at a position axially beyond the reinforced region.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2015Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: SANDVIK INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ABInventors: Susanne Lejon, Magnus Persson, Tomas Sh Jansson
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Patent number: 10711528Abstract: A polycrystalline diamond compact (PDC), which is attached or bonded to a substrate to form a cutter for a drill bit, is comprised of sintered polycrystalline diamond interspersed with a seed material which has a hexagonal close packed (HCP) crystalline structure. A region of the sintered polycrystalline diamond structure, near one or more of its working surfaces, which has been seeded with an HCP seed material prior to sintering, is leached to remove catalyst. Selectively seeding portions or regions of a sintered polycrystalline diamond structure permits differing leach rates to form leached regions with differing distances or depths and geometries.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2019Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: Ulterra Drilling Technologies, L.P.Inventors: Andrew David Murdock, Matthew Douglas Mumma, John Martin Clegg, William Henry DuBose, Neal Alan Bowden
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Patent number: 10711588Abstract: There is provided parts for assembly to produce a flow diverter configured for disposition within a wellbore. The parts include an insert-receiving part including a passageway, and a flow diverter-effecting insert configured for insertion within the passageway. The flow diverter-effecting insert is co-operatively configured with the insert-receiving part such that a flow diverter is defined while the flow diverter-effecting insert is disposed within the passageway. The flow diverter is configured for: receiving and conducting a reservoir fluid flow; discharging the received reservoir fluid flow into the wellbore such that gaseous material is separated from the discharged reservoir fluid flow within the wellbore, in response to at least buoyancy forces, such that a gas-depleted reservoir fluid flow is obtained; and receiving and conducting the obtained gas-depleted reservoir fluid flow.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2017Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: Heal Systems LPInventors: Jeffrey Charles Saponja, Robbie Singh Hari, Shawn Deugo
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Patent number: 10711581Abstract: In a well related to the production of hydrocarbons, an injection apparatus including: a base pipe including a radial port; an in-flow control device including a flow restriction device and a housing, with the housing being external and concentric of the base pipe. The housing includes a closed end portion and an open, opposite end portion and a housing channel communicating the opposite end portion. The flow restriction device is disposed at an intermediate location along the housing channel and adapted to control a rate of flow along the housing channel. A fluid transmissive screen is concentric of the base pipe and extends from the open, opposite end portion of the housing. A check valve assembly is interposed between the opposite end portion of the housing and a screened space.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2017Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: ExxonMobil Upstream Research CompanyInventors: Jing Ning, David A. Howell, Scott R. Buechler
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Patent number: 10697266Abstract: Disclosed herein is an article comprising a plurality of domains fused together; wherein the domains comprise a core comprising a first metal; and a first layer disposed upon the core; the first layer comprising a second metal; the first metal being chemically different the second metal. Disclosed herein too is a method comprising rolling a sheet in a roll mill; the sheet comprising a first metal and having disposed upon each opposing face of the sheet a first layer that comprises a second metal; the second metal being chemically different from the first metal; cutting the sheet into a plurality of sheets; stacking the plurality of sheets; and rolling the stacked sheets in the roll mill to form a blank.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2017Date of Patent: June 30, 2020Assignee: BAKER HUGHES, A GE COMPANY, LLCInventors: Randall V. Guest, Michael H. Johnson, Zhiyue Xu
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Patent number: 10689949Abstract: There is provided parts for assembly to produce a flow diverter configured for disposition within a wellbore. The parts include an insert-receiving part including a passageway, and a flow diverter-effecting insert configured for insertion within the passageway. The flow diverter-effecting insert is co-operatively configured with the insert-receiving part such that a flow diverter is defined while the flow diverter-effecting insert is disposed within the passageway. The flow diverter is configured for: receiving and conducting a reservoir fluid flow; discharging the received reservoir fluid flow into the wellbore such that gaseous material is separated from the discharged reservoir fluid flow within the wellbore, in response to at least buoyancy forces, such that a gas-depleted reservoir fluid flow is obtained; and receiving and conducting the obtained gas-depleted reservoir fluid flow.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2017Date of Patent: June 23, 2020Assignee: Heal Systems LPInventors: Jeffrey Charles Saponja, Robbie Singh Hari, Shawn Deugo
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Patent number: 10683712Abstract: A method for monitoring a cable of an implement system. The implement system includes a drilling device, a tensioning device and the cable, the cable coupled to the drilling device and the tensioning device in a taut configuration to define a first length. The method includes determining, by a controller, an increment in the first length of the cable. The method further includes comparing, by the controller, the increment in the first length with a threshold value; and generating, by the controller, a warning signal if magnitude of the increment is greater than the threshold value.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2018Date of Patent: June 16, 2020Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.Inventors: Christopher J. Demick, Rex Glover
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Patent number: 10683708Abstract: Missile flow lines are incorporated into frac manifolds, especially trailered or skidded frac manifolds. The missiles manifold the discharge from a plurality of pumps and comprise at least two junction fittings joined by spooled pipe. The junction fittings comprise a body having a primary bore and at least two feed bores. The intersections of the feed bores with the primary bore are offset axially from each other along the primary bore. The junction fittings are joined by flange unions to at least one spooled pipe such a that the junction fittings and spooled pipe form a conduit including the primary bores. A discharge line from a pump may be joined to each feed union face of the junction fittings by a flange union. Thus, the discharge from the pumps may be manifolded into the conduit.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2017Date of Patent: June 16, 2020Assignee: KHOLLE Magnolia 2015, LLCInventors: Larry Mitchel Hill, William Brent Stroebel, Scott Taylor Donaldson, E. Lee Colley, III
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Patent number: 10662714Abstract: A rotary drill bit for directional drilling operations, in which a rotating bit with cutters advances a borehole in the earth invention, provides a smaller radius of curvature to increase drilling efficiency. The rotary drill bit comprises a box connection for connecting the bit to the drill string. The drill bit receives a pin connection that seats adjacent the plenum of the bit to shorten the distance between the bit face and steering tools behind the bit so the drill string can be steered more efficiently.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2017Date of Patent: May 26, 2020Assignee: Ulterra Drilling Technologies, L.P.Inventors: Jason Robert Cunningham, Rachel Sarah Goodship, Blake Austin Byrnes, Carl Aron Deen