Patents by Inventor Andrew Ingram
Andrew Ingram 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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Patent number: 11554914Abstract: A storage system is described where goods are stored in containers and the containers are stored in stacks. Above the stacks runs a grid network of tracks on which load handling devices run to lift containers from the stacks and deposit them at alternative locations in the stacks or at stations where goods may be removed or alternative functions may be undertaken. The containers can provide the following exemplary services: power, power control, heating, lighting, cooling, sensing, and data logging. The provision of these services within individual containers rather than across the system as a whole, allows for flexibility in storage whilst reducing cost and inefficiency. The containers when removed from the stacks are electrically connected to the load handling device, power being supplied by a power supply within the load handling device.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2021Date of Patent: January 17, 2023Assignee: OCADO INNOVATION LIMITEDInventors: Paul Clarke, Andrew Ingram-Tedd, Lars Sverker Ture Lindbo
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Publication number: 20230000029Abstract: Storage, growing system and methods for storing, germinating, propagating and or growing living organisms, exemplary systems including stackable growth tray(s) containing: a drainage system, the drainage system including: an inclined growing surface, inclined in a direction to at least one drainage hole; a drainage routing structure positioned over the at least one drainage hole, and having a down-pipe and a connecting routing pipe, wherein the down-pipe is for receiving fluid from an adjacent-above stackable item and transmitting the fluid to an adjacent-below down-pipe or a drain-pipe, and the connecting routing pipe is for receiving fluid from an adjacent-above drainage hole and routing the fluid to the down-pipe, and wherein fluid propagating from the inclined growing surface or an adjacent-above stackable item is directed through the growth tray to a down-steam point in the drainage system.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2020Publication date: January 5, 2023Applicant: Ocado Innovation LimitedInventors: Andrew INGRAM-TEDD, Lars Sverker Ture LINDBO, James LLOYD-JONES, Matthew WHELAN
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Publication number: 20230000030Abstract: A pole system for racking, storing, germinating, propagating and growing living organisms on a growth tray, the pole system including: a substantially vertical support structure, the support structure including at least one utility system for supporting propagation or growth of a living organism; one or more vertically-spaced interface positions, each for interfacing with a growth tray; and one or more openings in the support structure, corresponding to one or more of the interface positions, for providing services to interfaced growth tray(s) is disclosed. Further, a hydroponic system and method using the pole system are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2020Publication date: January 5, 2023Applicant: Jones Food Company LimitedInventors: Andrew INGRAM-TEDD, Matthew WHELAN, Lars Sverker Ture LINDBO, James LLOYD-JONES
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Publication number: 20220135324Abstract: A storage system is disclosed which includes a series of fire detection, suppression and extinguishing capability. The system can include containers formed as structural composites. The containers can have multiple portions of a structural or storage nature. The system can use the containers and the system itself to reduce a likelihood of fire spreading through large grid based systems.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2020Publication date: May 5, 2022Applicant: OCADO INNOVATION LIMITEDInventors: Matthew WHELAN, Lars Sverker TURE LINDBO, Andrew INGRAM-TEDD, Paul CLARKE
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Publication number: 20220098952Abstract: A shear ram system includes an upper block coupled to a first arm, the upper block positioned to transition from a first location outside a bore to a second location within the bore, the upper block including an upper blade having a cutout formed at a radially outward end, the cutout having a cutout profile. The shear ram system also includes a lower block coupled to a second arm, the lower block positioned to transition from the first location outside the bore to the second location within the bore, the lower block including a gap control arm including a wear insert arranged axially higher than a lower blade, the gap control arm having an arm profile that substantially conforms to the cutout profile. The wear insert of the gap control arm is configured to engage the cutout when the upper block and the lower block are moved to the second location.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2020Publication date: March 31, 2022Applicant: Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLCInventors: Andrew Ingram, Connor Cook
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Patent number: 11174860Abstract: A progressive cavity pump includes at least one of a jacketed stator casing and a jacketed inlet body. The jacketed stator casing includes a stator heating chamber, a stator assembly, and a rotor rotatably disposed within the stator assembly. The stator heating chamber forms a first space around the stator assembly and receives heating fluid therein. The stator assembly includes a cylindrical wall and a stator segment that forms a helically-convoluted chamber within the cylindrical wall. The jacketed inlet body includes an inlet heating chamber and a working fluid chamber in fluid communication with the helically-convoluted chamber. The inlet heating chamber forms a second space around the working fluid chamber and receives heating fluid therein. The stator heating chamber and the inlet heating chamber are isolated from each other, the helically-convoluted chamber, and the working fluid chamber.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2018Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignee: Roper Pump CompanyInventors: Edmond Tate Coghlan, Michael Andrew Ingram, Zachariah Paul Rivard
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Patent number: 11053766Abstract: A shear ram system includes an upper block positioned to transition from a first location outside a bore to a second location within the bore, the upper block including a blade control arm having a first contact surface. The shear ram system includes a lower block positioned to transition from the first location outside the bore to the second location within the bore, the lower block including a second contact surface proximate the first contact surface. The shear ram system includes a progressive gap between the first contact surface and the second contact surface larger at a first end than at a second end such that a first gap distance at the first end is greater than a second gap distance the second end.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2019Date of Patent: July 6, 2021Assignee: HYDRIL USA DISTRIBUTION LLCInventors: Brian Scott Baker, Kevin Sweeney, Andrew Ingram, Jamie Gamble
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Publication number: 20210171284Abstract: A storage system is described where goods are stored in containers and the containers are stored in stacks. Above the stacks runs a grid network of tracks on which load handling devices run to lift containers from the stacks and deposit them at alternative locations in the stacks or at stations where goods may be removed or alternative functions may be undertaken. The containers can provide the following exemplary services: power, power control, heating, lighting, cooling, sensing, and data logging. The provision of these services within individual containers rather than across the system as a whole, allows for flexibility in storage whilst reducing cost and inefficiency. The containers when removed from the stacks are electrically connected to the load handling device, power being supplied by a power supply within the load handling device.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2021Publication date: June 10, 2021Applicant: OCADO INNOVATION LIMITEDInventors: Paul CLARKE, Andrew INGRAM-TEDD, Lars Sverker Ture LINDBO
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Patent number: 10947804Abstract: A system is disclosed as including a seal for sealing an area between a hanger and a housing of a wellhead. The seal is provided with at least a notch that defines at least a movable portion such as a wing or a lip. An e-ring is provided for a first energizing of the seal. The movable portion enables pressurized fluid from beneath the seal to cause the movable portion to protrude further against a mating side in the wellhead and the hanger for a second energizing of the seal. This type of seal maintains or improves the sealing of the wellhead in high pressure applications. Methods applied to the above seal are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2019Date of Patent: March 16, 2021Assignee: Vetco Gray, LLCInventors: Andrew Ingram, Greg Dunn, Alejandro Martinez, Ronnie Hampton, Joseph Pallini
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Patent number: 10927637Abstract: Embodiments include an energizing ring for setting a downhole seal includes a body having a varied cross-section along at least a portion of an axial length. The energizing ring also includes a plurality of peaks forming at least a portion of the varied cross-section having a first diameter. The energizing ring also includes a plurality of valleys forming at least a portion of the varied cross-section having a second diameter, the first diameter being larger than the second diameter, and respective valleys of the plurality of valleys being arranged proximate respective peaks of the plurality of peaks.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2018Date of Patent: February 23, 2021Assignee: Vetco Gray, LLCInventors: Samuel Heung Yeung Cheng, Wei He, Andrew Ingram, Kevin O'Dell, Gregory Dunn
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Patent number: 10865616Abstract: A system is disclosed as including an enclosed space within a seal for sealing an area between a hanger and a housing of a wellhead. The enclosed space traverses a first section of the seal, a middle section of the seal, and an opening at a second section of the seal. A port is provided as accessible from the housing. A tool positions the seal within the hanger and the housing so that the port is able to access the enclosed space from the housing to the hanger. A pressure applicator applies fluid into the port at a pressure, which is monitored to determine integrity of the seal. In a monitoring mode, a pressure is monitored at the port. A change in the pressure from an ambient pressure at the port may indicate an on-going issue with the seal. Methods applied to the system are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2019Date of Patent: December 15, 2020Assignee: Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLCInventors: Andrew Ingram, Gregory Dunn, Alejandro C. Martinez
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Patent number: 10844687Abstract: An annulus seal for sealing an interface between a wellhead housing and a casing hanger. The annulus seal includes a central body portion, a first seal leg extending from the central body portion in a first direction and a second seal leg extending from the central body portion in the first direction across from the first seal leg. The first seal leg sealingly engages the casing hanger, and the second seal leg sealingly engages the wellhead housing. At least one of the first seal leg or the second seal leg includes at least one of a first cavity at least partially extending into the respective seal leg from the first direction or a second cavity at least partially extending into the respective seal leg from the second direction.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2019Date of Patent: November 24, 2020Assignee: GE Oil & Gas Pressure Control LPInventors: Alejandro Rodela, Joseph Pallini, Andrew Ingram, Greg Dunn
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Patent number: 10823169Abstract: A pump fluid driving apparatus includes a housing having a chamber, with two gears mounted within the chamber. The housing includes a first rounded wall section and a second rounded wall section, the first and second rounded wall sections defining at least a portion of the chamber. The gears have teeth located about their respective peripheries and operatively positioned with the teeth of the first gear and the teeth of the second gear intermeshed. The teeth include slotted teeth and solid teeth arranged with uniform spacing in a repeating pattern about the periphery of each of the gears, with each of the slotted teeth having a vane slot and a radially extending vane extending from the vane slot, and each radially extending vane being movable within the respective vane slot and being configured to contact the respective first or second rounded wall sections.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2017Date of Patent: November 3, 2020Assignee: Roper Pump CompanyInventors: William D. Flavelle, Michael Andrew Ingram
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Publication number: 20200173247Abstract: Embodiments include an energizing ring for setting a downhole seal includes a body having a varied cross-section along at least a portion of an axial length. The energizing ring also includes a plurality of peaks forming at least a portion of the varied cross-section having a first diameter. The energizing ring also includes a plurality of valleys forming at least a portion of the varied cross-section having a second diameter, the first diameter being larger than the second diameter, and respective valleys of the plurality of valleys being arranged proximate respective peaks of the plurality of peaks.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2018Publication date: June 4, 2020Applicant: Vetco Gray, LLCInventors: Samuel Heung Yeung Cheng, Wei He, Andrew Ingram, Kevin O'Dell, Gregory Dunn
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Publication number: 20190309594Abstract: An annulus seal for sealing an interface between a wellhead housing and a casing hanger. The annulus seal includes a central body portion, a first seal leg extending from the central body portion in a first direction and a second seal leg extending from the central body portion in the first direction across from the first seal leg. The first seal leg sealingly engages the casing hanger, and the second seal leg sealingly engages the wellhead housing. At least one of the first seal leg or the second seal leg includes at least one of a first cavity at least partially extending into the respective seal leg from the first direction or a second cavity at least partially extending into the respective seal leg from the second direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 8, 2019Publication date: October 10, 2019Applicant: GE Oil & Gas Pressure Control LPInventors: Alejandro Rodela, Joseph Pallini, Andrew Ingram, Greg Dunn
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Publication number: 20190309593Abstract: A system is disclosed as including a seal for sealing an area between a hanger and a housing of a wellhead. The seal is provided with at least a notch that defines at least a movable portion such as a wing or a lip. An e-ring is provided for a first energizing of the seal. The movable portion enables pressurized fluid from beneath the seal to cause the movable portion to protrude further against a mating side in the wellhead and the hanger for a second energizing of the seal. This type of seal maintains or improves the sealing of the wellhead in high pressure applications. Methods applied to the above seal are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2019Publication date: October 10, 2019Applicant: Vetco Gray, LLCInventors: Andrew Ingram, Greg Dunn, Alejandro Martinez, Ronnie Hampton, Joseph Pallini
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Publication number: 20190309596Abstract: A shear ram system includes an upper block positioned to transition from a first location outside a bore to a second location within the bore, the upper block including a blade control arm having a first contact surface. The shear ram system includes a lower block positioned to transition from the first location outside the bore to the second location within the bore, the lower block including a second contact surface proximate the first contact surface. The shear ram system includes a progressive gap between the first contact surface and the second contact surface larger at a first end than at a second end such that a first gap distance at the first end is greater than a second gap distance the second end.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2019Publication date: October 10, 2019Applicant: Hydril USA Distribution LLCInventors: Brian Scott Baker, Kevin Sweeney, Andrew Ingram, Jamie Gamble
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Publication number: 20190257171Abstract: A system is disclosed as including an enclosed space within a seal for sealing an area between a hanger and a housing of a wellhead. The enclosed space traverses a first section of the seal, a middle section of the seal, and an opening at a second section of the seal. A port is provided as accessible from the housing. A tool positions the seal within the hanger and the housing so that the port is able to access the enclosed space from the housing to the hanger. A pressure applicator applies fluid into the port at a pressure, which is monitored to determine integrity of the seal. In a monitoring mode, a pressure is monitored at the port. A change in the pressure from an ambient pressure at the port may indicate an on-going issue with the seal. Methods applied to the system are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2019Publication date: August 22, 2019Applicant: Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLCInventors: Andrew Ingram, Gregory Dunn, Alejandro C. Martinez
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Publication number: 20180283376Abstract: A progressive cavity pump includes at least one of a jacketed stator casing and a jacketed inlet body. The jacketed stator casing includes a stator heating chamber, a stator assembly, and a rotor rotatably disposed within the stator assembly. The stator heating chamber forms a first space around the stator assembly and receives heating fluid therein. The stator assembly includes a cylindrical wall and a stator segment that forms a helically-convoluted chamber within the cylindrical wall. The jacketed inlet body includes an inlet heating chamber and a working fluid chamber in fluid communication with the helically-convoluted chamber. The inlet heating chamber forms a second space around the working fluid chamber and receives heating fluid therein. The stator heating chamber and the inlet heating chamber are isolated from each other, the helically-convoluted chamber, and the working fluid chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2018Publication date: October 4, 2018Inventors: Edmond Tate Coghlan, Michael Andrew Ingram, Zachariah Paul Rivard
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Publication number: 20180202437Abstract: A pump fluid driving apparatus includes a housing having a chamber, with two gears mounted within the chamber. The housing includes a first rounded wall section and a second rounded wall section, the first and second rounded wall sections defining at least a portion of the chamber. The gears have teeth located about their respective peripheries and operatively positioned with the teeth of the first gear and the teeth of the second gear intermeshed. The teeth include slotted teeth and solid teeth arranged with uniform spacing in a repeating pattern about the periphery of each of the gears, with each of the slotted teeth having a vane slot and a radially extending vane extending from the vane slot, and each radially extending vane being movable within the respective vane slot and being configured to contact the respective first or second rounded wall sections.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2017Publication date: July 19, 2018Inventors: William D. Flavelle, Michael Andrew Ingram