Patents by Inventor Arden Albert
Arden Albert 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: 12664487Abstract: A hydraulic fracturing system with damage accumulation monitoring includes a plurality of hydraulic fracturing equipment positioned at a wellsite, including one or more pumps configured to pressurize a fracturing fluid and a distribution system fluidly coupled to receive and consolidate fracturing fluid from the plurality of pumps for injection into a wellhead. The hydraulic fracturing system also includes a damage accumulation monitoring system, including a plurality of sensing devices integrated into respective components of the plurality of hydraulic fracturing equipment, the plurality of sensing devices configured to measure a plurality of usage parameters of the respective components, and a processing device configured to receive the plurality of usage parameters and determine respective damage accumulation measurements of the respective components based at least in part on the usage parameters.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2020Date of Patent: June 23, 2026Assignee: U.S. WELL SERVICES, LLCInventors: Alexander Christinzio, Arden Albert, Jared Oehring
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Patent number: 12509974Abstract: A method of hydraulic fracturing includes providing a fracturing fluid to a pump. The pump includes a pressure sensor for measuring pressure at a fluid end. The method further include injecting the fracturing fluid from the pump into a wellhead via the fluid end, obtaining a first pressure measurement at a discharge side of the fluid end via the pressure sensor, obtaining a second pressure measurement at the discharge side of the fluid end via the pressure sensor, determining a pressure differential between the first pressure measurement and the second pressure measurement, and determining an operational condition of the fluid end based at least in part on the pressure differential and a known or estimated correlation between the pressure differential and the operational condition.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2020Date of Patent: December 30, 2025Assignee: U.S. WELL SERVICES, LLCInventors: Alexander Christinzio, Arden Albert, Lon Robinson, Jared Oehring
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Patent number: 12012952Abstract: A hydraulic fracturing valve control system includes an electric powered, multi-plunger hydraulic fracturing pump. The system also includes a manifold coupled to the hydraulic fracturing pump. The system further includes a valve associated with the manifold, the valve being operable to move between an open position, a closed position, and a plurality of intermediate positions. The system includes a valve actuator, coupled to the valve, the valve actuator being an electric actuator that is remotely controllable in response to one or more operational aspects of the hydraulic fracturing pump. The system also includes a control interface, the control interface forming at least a portion of a control system, the control interface being accessible from a location remote from the hydraulic fracturing pump and outside of a zone of pressure formed by the hydraulic fracturing pump during operation.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2020Date of Patent: June 18, 2024Assignee: U.S. Well Services, LLCInventors: Jeremy Brunty, Jeremiah Luke Wright, Alexander Christinzio, Brandon Hinderliter, Lon Robinson, Jared Oehring, Arden Albert, Joshua Watson
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Publication number: 20210198992Abstract: A method of hydraulic fracturing includes providing a fracturing fluid to a pump. The pump includes a pressure sensor for measuring pressure at a fluid end. The method further include injecting the fracturing fluid from the pump into a wellhead via the fluid end, obtaining a first pressure measurement at a discharge side of the fluid end via the pressure sensor, obtaining a second pressure measurement at the discharge side of the fluid end via the pressure sensor, determining a pressure differential between the first pressure measurement and the second pressure measurement, and determining an operational condition of the fluid end based at least in part on the pressure differential and a known or estimated correlation between the pressure differential and the operational condition.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2020Publication date: July 1, 2021Applicant: U.S. Well Services, LLCInventors: Alexander Christinzio, Arden Albert, Lon Robinson, Jared Oehring
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Publication number: 20210199110Abstract: A method of monitoring hydraulic fracturing equipment includes training a machine learning model on training data obtained from a plurality of hydraulic fracturing operations. The training data includes a corpus of operational data associated with the hydraulic fracturing operations and corresponding health conditions associated with one or more hydraulic pump fluid ends. The method further includes receiving a set of operational data associated with an active hydraulic fracturing operation, processing the set of operational data using the trained machine learning model, and determining, based on the trained machine learning model and the input set of operational data, one or more estimated health conditions of a hydraulic pump fluid end used in the active hydraulic fracturing operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2020Publication date: July 1, 2021Applicant: U.S. Well Services, LLCInventors: Arden Albert, Alexander Christinzio
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Publication number: 20210148385Abstract: A hydraulic fracturing valve control system includes an electric powered, multi-plunger hydraulic fracturing pump. The system also includes a manifold coupled to the hydraulic fracturing pump. The system further includes a valve associated with the manifold, the valve being operable to move between an open position, a closed position, and a plurality of intermediate positions. The system includes a valve actuator, coupled to the valve, the valve actuator being an electric actuator that is remotely controllable in response to one or more operational aspects of the hydraulic fracturing pump. The system also includes a control interface, the control interface forming at least a portion of a control system, the control interface being accessible from a location remote from the hydraulic fracturing pump and outside of a zone of pressure formed by the hydraulic fracturing pump during operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2020Publication date: May 20, 2021Applicant: U.S. Well Services, LLCInventors: Jeremy Brunty, Jeremiah Luke Wright, Alexander Christinzio, Brandon Hinderliter, Lon Robinson, Jared Oehring, Arden Albert, Joshua Watson
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Publication number: 20200300065Abstract: A hydraulic fracturing system with damage accumulation monitoring includes a plurality of hydraulic fracturing equipment positioned at a wellsite, including one or more pumps configured to pressurize a fracturing fluid and a distribution system fluidly coupled to receive and consolidate fracturing fluid from the plurality of pumps for injection into a wellhead. The hydraulic fracturing system also includes a damage accumulation monitoring system, including a plurality of sensing devices integrated into respective components of the plurality of hydraulic fracturing equipment, the plurality of sensing devices configured to measure a plurality of usage parameters of the respective components, and a processing device configured to receive the plurality of usage parameters and determine respective damage accumulation measurements of the respective components based at least in part on the usage parameters.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2020Publication date: September 24, 2020Applicant: U.S. Well Services, LLCInventors: Alexander Christinzio, Arden Albert, Jared Oehring
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Patent number: 9542040Abstract: A method comprising obtaining a first location of a first pointer contact on an input surface; calculating a restricted area proximate the first location; processing the first pointer contact; and inhibit processing of a second location of a second pointer contact within the restricted area.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2014Date of Patent: January 10, 2017Assignee: SMART TECHNOLOGIES ULCInventors: Sean Thompson, Arden Albert, James Rempel, Grant McGibney
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Publication number: 20140267106Abstract: A method comprising obtaining a first location of a first pointer contact on an input surface; calculating a restricted area proximate the first location; processing the first pointer contact; and inhibit processing of a second location of a second pointer contact within the restricted area.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2014Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: SMART TECHNOLOGIES ULCInventors: Sean Thompson, Arden Albert, James Rempel, Grant McGibney