Patents by Inventor Chester S. McVay

Chester S. McVay 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).

  • Patent number: 11767780
    Abstract: An engine cooling system comprising an exhaust enclosure formed in an engine compartment of a work machine. An exhaust processing system is situated within the exhaust enclosure. The exhaust enclosure is bounded in part by spaced upper and lower panels that are exposed to the ambient environment. At least one opening is formed in each panel. When an engine and fan also contained within the engine compartment are shut down, ambient air flows into the exhaust enclosure through the opening in the lower panel. The air flows around the exhaust processing system and back into the ambient environment through the opening formed in the upper panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: The Charles Machine Works, Inc.
    Inventor: Chester S. McVay
  • Publication number: 20210254528
    Abstract: An engine cooling system comprising an exhaust enclosure formed in an engine compartment of a work machine. An exhaust processing system is situated within the exhaust enclosure. The exhaust enclosure is bounded in part by spaced upper and lower panels that are exposed to the ambient environment. At least one opening is formed in each panel. When an engine and fan also contained within the engine compartment are shut down, ambient air flows into the exhaust enclosure through the opening in the lower panel. The air flows around the exhaust processing system and back into the ambient environment through the opening formed in the upper panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2021
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Inventor: Chester S. McVay
  • Patent number: 10100579
    Abstract: A system for cooling an exhaust system of a construction machine. The system has a compartment within which the exhaust system is contained. A first compartment wall forms an external boundary of the compartment and has a plurality of air inlets proximate the exhaust system. A fan assembly is also within the compartment and separated from the exhaust system by a barrier. A conduit crosses the barrier and has an inlet near the exhaust system and an outlet positioned between the barrier and the fan assembly. Air flows within the compartment along an air flow path that extends from the air inlets, around the exhaust system, through the conduit and into the fan assembly. The air flow path extends from the fan assembly through a plurality of air outlets formed in an external compartment wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: The Charles Machine Works, Inc.
    Inventors: Philip David Campbell, Chester S. McVay, Tyler J. Stanley
  • Publication number: 20160356191
    Abstract: A system for cooling an exhaust system of a construction machine. The system has a compartment within which the exhaust system is contained. A first compartment wall forms an external boundary of the compartment and has a plurality of air inlets proximate the exhaust system. A fan assembly is also within the compartment and separated from the exhaust system by a barrier. A conduit crosses the barrier and has an inlet near the exhaust system and an outlet positioned between the barrier and the fan assembly. Air flows within the compartment along an air flow path that extends from the air inlets, around the exhaust system, through the conduit and into the fan assembly. The air flow path extends from the fan assembly through a plurality of air outlets formed in an external compartment wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2016
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Inventors: Philip David Campbell, Chester S. McVay, Tyler J. Stanley
  • Patent number: 7594763
    Abstract: A fiber optic delivery system and side pocket mandrel removal system. In one example, a system for making optical connections in a well includes an optical connector positioned in the well, and another optical connector displaceable into operative connection with the first optical connector after the first optical connector is positioned in the well. In another example, a method of making optical connections in a well includes the steps of: positioning a tubular string in the well; then installing an assembly in the tubular string, the assembly including an optical connector; and then displacing the optical connector into operative engagement with another optical connector in the tubular string.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2009
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: William M. Richards, Paul D. Ringgenberg, Cynthia S. Tuckness, Chester S. McVay
  • Patent number: 7191830
    Abstract: The present invention is an apparatus for relieving annular fluid pressure between nested casing strings. The invention includes a pressure relief collar formed of a cylindrical housing and a set of end connections disposed on opposite sides of the cylindrical housing. The end connections join adjacent sections of casing string of the same diameter. A plurality of equally spaced centralizer blades are secured to the outer surface of the cylindrical housing. Each centralizer blade is equipped with a pressure relief mechanism, which opens the passage of fluid from an outer annulus between adjacent casing strings to an inner annulus between different adjacent casing strings and also prevents backflow of fluid. One or more inlet and outlet filters may also be employed to remove solids and other contaminants from the fluid entering the pressure relief mechanism. The invention also has application as a pressure relief collar for eccentric casing strings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2007
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Chester S. McVay, Ronald E. Sweatman