Patents by Inventor Allan Browne

Allan Browne 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).

  • SYSTEM FOR FABRICATING STRANDED CABLE AND CONTROL THEREFOR
    Publication number: 20220145533
    Abstract: A strander apparatus includes a disk and a plurality of cradles, each of the cradles includes a reel and a cradle shaft, the cradle shaft extending in an axial direction from the disk. Each reel dispenses cable. The strander includes a main shaft, wherein the cradles are disposed on the cradle shafts radially about the main shaft. Planetary gears are disposed between the main shaft and the plurality of cradle shafts. The strander operates in one of a planetary mode and a rigid mode. In the planetary mode, while the main shaft rotates, the planetary gears are engaged to rotate each of the plurality of cradles on the respective cradle shafts. In the rigid mode, the planetary gears are disengaged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2021
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: Raymond COE, Allan BROWNE, Krasimir IVANOV
  • System for fabricating stranded cable and control therefor
    Patent number: 11124919
    Abstract: A strander apparatus includes a disk and a plurality of cradles, each of the cradles includes a reel and a cradle shaft, the cradle shaft extending in an axial direction from the disk. Each reel dispenses cable. The strander includes a main shaft, wherein the cradles are disposed on the cradle shafts radially about the main shaft. Planetary gears are disposed between the main shaft and the plurality of cradle shafts. The strander operates in one of a planetary mode and a rigid mode. In the planetary mode, while the main shaft rotates, the planetary gears are engaged to rotate each of the plurality of cradles on the respective cradle shafts. In the rigid mode, the planetary gears are disengaged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: Tensor Machinery Ltd.
    Inventors: Raymond Coe, Allan Browne, Krasimir Ivanov
  • SYSTEM FOR FABRICATING STRANDED CABLE AND CONTROL THEREFOR
    Publication number: 20190308843
    Abstract: A strander apparatus includes a disk and a plurality of cradles, each of the cradles includes a reel and a cradle shaft, the cradle shaft extending in an axial direction from the disk. Each reel dispenses cable. The strander includes a main shaft, wherein the cradles are disposed on the cradle shafts radially about the main shaft. Planetary gears are disposed between the main shaft and the plurality of cradle shafts. The strander operates in one of a planetary mode and a rigid mode. In the planetary mode, while the main shaft rotates, the planetary gears are engaged to rotate each of the plurality of cradles on the respective cradle shafts. In the rigid mode, the planetary gears are disengaged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2019
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Inventors: Raymond COE, Allan BROWNE, Krasimir IVANOV
  • Low-viscosity drag reducer
    Patent number: 8124673
    Abstract: Low-viscosity drag reducers, systems for delivering low-viscosity drag reducers, and methods of making low-viscosity drag reducers are disclosed. The low-viscosity drag reducers have a viscosity less than 350 cP at a shear rate of 250 sec?1 and a temperature of 60° P. This low-viscosity allows the drag reducers to be delivered through a long and relatively small diameter conduit of a subsea umbilical line without an unacceptable level of pressure drop or plugging of the conduit. The low-viscosity drag reducers can be delivered to a subsea flowline carrying fluids produced from a subterranean formation to 10 thereby provide significant drag reduction in the flow line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: ConocoPhillips Company
    Inventors: Timothy L. Burden, Kenneth W. Smith, William F. Harris, Allan Browne
  • Low-viscosity drag reducer
    Patent number: 7598333
    Abstract: Low-viscosity drag reducers, systems for delivering low-viscosity drag reducers, and methods of making low-viscosity drag reducers are disclosed. The low-viscosity drag reducers have a viscosity less than 350 cP at a shear rate of 250 sec?1 and a temperature of 60° F. This low-viscosity allows the drag reducers to be delivered through a long and relatively small diameter conduit of a subsea umbilical line without an unacceptable level of pressure drop or plugging of the conduit. The low-viscosity drag reducers can be delivered to a subsea flowline carrying fluids produced from a subterranean formation to thereby provide significant drag reduction in the flowline.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2009
    Assignee: ConocoPhillips Company
    Inventors: Timothy L. Burden, Kenneth L. Smith, Allan Browne, William F. Harris
  • LOW-VISCOSITY DRAG REDUCER
    Publication number: 20090227729
    Abstract: Low-viscosity drag reducers, systems for delivering low-viscosity drag reducers, and methods of making low-viscosity drag reducers are disclosed. The low-viscosity drag reducers have a viscosity less than 350 cP at a shear rate of 250 sec?1 and a temperature of 60° P. This low-viscosity allows the drag reducers to be delivered through a long and relatively small diameter conduit of a subsea umbilical line without an unacceptable level of pressure drop or plugging of the conduit. The low-viscosity drag reducers can be delivered to a subsea flowline carrying fluids produced from a subterranean formation to 10 thereby provide significant drag reduction in the flow line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2009
    Publication date: September 10, 2009
    Applicant: ConocoPhillips Company
    Inventors: Timothy L. Burden, Kenneth W. Smith, William F. Harris, Allan Browne