Patents by Inventor Brad F. Lyles
Brad F. Lyles 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: 9587448Abstract: In one embodiment, the present disclosure provides an apparatus and method for supporting a tubing bundle during installation or removal. The apparatus includes a clamp for securing the tubing bundle to an external wireline. In various examples, the clamp is external to the tubing bundle or integral with the tubing bundle. According to one method, a tubing bundle and wireline are deployed together and the tubing bundle periodically secured to the wireline using a clamp. In another embodiment, the present disclosure provides an apparatus and method for coupling conduit segments together. A first pump obtains a sample and transmits it through a first conduit to a reservoir accessible by a second pump. The second pump further conducts the sample from the reservoir through a second conduit. In a specific example, one or more clamps are used to connect the first and/or second conduits to an external wireline.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2014Date of Patent: March 7, 2017Assignee: Board of Regents of the Nevada System of Higher Education, on behalf of the Desert Research InstituteInventors: David L. Decker, Brad F. Lyles, Richard G. Purcell, Ronald Lee Hershey
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Publication number: 20140209763Abstract: In one embodiment, the present disclosure provides an apparatus and method for supporting a tubing bundle during installation or removal. The apparatus includes a clamp for securing the tubing bundle to an external wireline. In various examples, the clamp is external to the tubing bundle or integral with the tubing bundle. According to one method, a tubing bundle and wireline are deployed together and the tubing bundle periodically secured to the wireline using a clamp. In another embodiment, the present disclosure provides an apparatus and method for coupling conduit segments together. A first pump obtains a sample and transmits it through a first conduit to a reservoir accessible by a second pump. The second pump further conducts the sample from the reservoir through a second conduit. In a specific example, one or more clamps are used to connect the first and/or second conduits to an external wireline.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2014Publication date: July 31, 2014Applicant: Board of Regents of the Nevada System of Higher Education, on behalf of the Desert Research InstitInventors: David L. Decker, Brad F. Lyles, Richard G. Purcell, Ronald Lee Hershey
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Patent number: 8727024Abstract: An apparatus and method for supporting a tubing bundle during installation or removal. The apparatus includes a clamp for securing the tubing bundle to an external wireline. The method includes deploying the tubing bundle and wireline together, The tubing bundle is periodically secured to the wireline using a clamp.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2010Date of Patent: May 20, 2014Assignee: Board of Regents of the Nevada System of Higher Education, on behalf of the Desert Research InstituteInventors: David L. Decker, Brad F. Lyles, Richard G. Purcell, Ronald Lee Hershey
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Patent number: 8418760Abstract: The present disclosure provides an apparatus and method for coupling conduit segments together. A first pump obtains a sample and transmits it through a first conduit to a reservoir accessible by a second pump. The second pump further conducts the sample from the reservoir through a second conduit.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2010Date of Patent: April 16, 2013Assignee: Board of Regents of the Nevada System of Higher Education, on behalf of the Desert Research InstituteInventors: David L. Decker, Brad F. Lyles, Richard G. Purcell, Ronald Lee Hershey
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Publication number: 20100206586Abstract: In one embodiment, the present disclosure provides an apparatus and method for supporting a tubing bundle during installation or removal. The apparatus includes a clamp for securing the tubing bundle to an external wireline. In various examples, the clamp is external to the tubing bundle or integral with the tubing bundle. According to one method, a tubing bundle and wireline are deployed together and the tubing bundle periodically secured to the wireline using a clamp. In another embodiment, the present disclosure provides an apparatus and method for coupling conduit segments together. A first pump obtains a sample and transmits it through a first conduit to a reservoir accessible by a second pump. The second pump further conducts the sample from the reservoir through a second conduit. In a specific example, one or more clamps are used to connect the first and/or second conduits to an external wireline.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2010Publication date: August 19, 2010Inventors: David L. Decker, Brad F. Lyles, Richard G. Purcell, Ronald Lee Hershey
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Publication number: 20100206564Abstract: In one embodiment, the present disclosure provides an apparatus and method for supporting a tubing bundle during installation or removal. The apparatus includes a clamp for securing the tubing bundle to an external wireline. In various examples, the clamp is external to the tubing bundle or integral with the tubing bundle. According to one method, a tubing bundle and wireline are deployed together and the tubing bundle periodically secured to the wireline using a clamp. In another embodiment, the present disclosure provides an apparatus and method for coupling conduit segments together. A first pump obtains a sample and transmits it through a first conduit to a reservoir accessible by a second pump. The second pump further conducts the sample from the reservoir through a second conduit. In a specific example, one or more clamps are used to connect the first and/or second conduits to an external wireline.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2010Publication date: August 19, 2010Inventors: David L. Decker, Brad F. Lyles, Richard G. Purcell, Ronald Lee Hershey
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Publication number: 20090114828Abstract: In some embodiments, the present disclosure provides a monitoring device that is capable of autonomously measuring in situ radiation activity in the subsurface, such as tritium activity. In particular embodiments, the device includes a water decomposition reactor which decomposes an aqueous sample, such as a reactor which includes a reactive metal alloy, such as NaK. In further embodiments, the device includes a detector and a hydrogen getter. The hydrogen getter removes hydrogen and tritium gas from the detector, allowing multiple measurements to be made without removal or servicing of the device. The present disclosure also provides instruments having detector and reactor portions separated by an isolation valve. Particular embodiments of the device include a high pressure valve, such as a rotary valve, for selectively placing the device in communication with a sample source, such as liquid in a well.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2007Publication date: May 7, 2009Inventors: David L. Decker, Thomas G. Carnahan, James E. Murphy, Brad F. Lyles