Patents by Inventor Byron Kurt Deshotels

Byron Kurt Deshotels 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).

  • Subterranean coring assemblies
    Patent number: 11242719
    Abstract: A subterranean coring assembly can include a body having at least one wall that forms a cavity, wherein the cavity has a top end and a bottom end. The subterranean coring assembly can also include a first flow regulating device movably disposed within the cavity, where the first flow regulating device is configured to move from a first default position to a first position within the cavity based on first flow characteristics of fluid that flows into the top end of the cavity toward the bottom end of the cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: CHEVRON U.S.A. INC.
    Inventors: James Daniel Montoya, Byron Kurt Deshotels
  • SUBTERRANEAN CORING ASSEMBLIES
    Publication number: 20210222516
    Abstract: A subterranean coring assembly can include a body having at least one wall that forms a cavity, wherein the cavity has a top end and a bottom end. The subterranean coring assembly can also include a first flow regulating device movably disposed within the cavity, where the first flow regulating device is configured to move from a first default position to a first position within the cavity based on first flow characteristics of fluid that flows into the top end of the cavity toward the bottom end of the cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2018
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Applicant: CHEVRON U.S.A. INC.
    Inventors: James Daniel Montoya, Byron Kurt Deshotels
  • Subterranean coring assemblies
    Patent number: 10577879
    Abstract: A subterranean coring assembly can include a body having at least one wall that forms a cavity, wherein the cavity has a top end and a bottom end. The subterranean coring assembly can also include a first flow regulating device movably disposed within the cavity toward the top end, where the first flow regulating device is configured to move from a first default position to a first position within the cavity based on first flow characteristics of fluid that flows into the top end of the cavity toward the bottom end of the cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: CHEVRON U.S.A. INC.
    Inventor: Byron Kurt Deshotels
  • Subterranean Coring Assemblies
    Publication number: 20190162047
    Abstract: A subterranean coring assembly can include a body having at least one wall that forms a cavity, wherein the cavity has a top end and a bottom end. The subterranean coring assembly can also include a first flow regulating device movably disposed within the cavity toward the top end, where the first flow regulating device is configured to move from a first default position to a first position within the cavity based on first flow characteristics of fluid that flows into the top end of the cavity toward the bottom end of the cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2017
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Inventor: Byron Kurt Deshotels