Patents by Inventor Christian Meade
Christian Meade 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: 12241561Abstract: The disclosure provides for a valve including a surface movably engaged with another surface. A coating is on the surface and is characterized by: a CoF of less than 0.1; a hardness in excess of 1,200 HVN; impermeability to liquids at pressures ranging from 15 and 20,000 psi; a surface finish of 63 or less; and a thickness ranging from 0.5 to 20 mils. The disclosure provides for material constructions including a continuous phase, including a transition metal, and a discontinuous phase, including a solid dry lubricant. The disclosure also provides for a method of depositing a coating that includes depositing a first layer of a coating onto a surface using electroplating, electroless plating, thermal spraying, or cladding, and then depositing a second layer of the coating onto a surface of the first layer using sputtering, ion beam, plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition, cathodic arc, or chemical vapor deposition.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2024Date of Patent: March 4, 2025Assignee: CAMERON INTERNATIONAL CORPORATIONInventors: Manuel Marya, Ronald Manson, Christian Meade
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Publication number: 20250060530Abstract: A hybrid photonics device package is described. The hybrid photonics device package includes an electro-optic integrated circuit and a photonics integrated circuit. The electro-optic integrated circuit includes an optical structure and an electrode on a first substrate. The optical structure has a thin film electro-optic layer including lithium. The photonics integrated circuit includes a second substrate and a photonics component on the second substrate. The photonics component and the optical structure are optically coupled. One of the electro-optic integrated circuit and the photonics integrated circuit is mounted on an other of the electro-optic integrated circuit and the photonics integrated circuit.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2024Publication date: February 20, 2025Inventors: Mian Zhang, Roy Meade, Christian Reimer
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Publication number: 20240247729Abstract: The disclosure provides for a valve including a surface movably engaged with another surface. A coating is on the surface and is characterized by: a CoF of less than 0.1; a hardness in excess of 1,200 HVN; impermeability to liquids at pressures ranging from 15 and 20,000 psi; a surface finish of 63 or less; and a thickness ranging from 0.5 to 20 mils. The disclosure provides for material constructions including a continuous phase, including a transition metal, and a discontinuous phase, including a solid dry lubricant. The disclosure also provides for a method of depositing a coating that includes depositing a first layer of a coating onto a surface using electroplating, electroless plating, thermal spraying, or cladding, and then depositing a second layer of the coating onto a surface of the first layer using sputtering, ion beam, plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition, cathodic arc, or chemical vapor deposition.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2024Publication date: July 25, 2024Inventors: Manuel Marya, Ronald Manson, Christian Meade
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Patent number: 11898651Abstract: The disclosure provides for a valve including a surface movably engaged with another surface. A coating is on the surface and is characterized by: a CoF of less than 0.1; a hardness in excess of 1,200 HVN; impermeability to liquids at pressures ranging from 15 and 20,000 psi; a surface finish of 63 or less; and a thickness ranging from 0.5 to 20 mils. The disclosure provides for material constructions including a continuous phase, including a transition metal, and a discontinuous phase, including a solid dry lubricant. The disclosure also provides for a method of depositing a coating that includes depositing a first layer of a coating onto a surface using electroplating, electroless plating, thermal spraying, or cladding, and then depositing a second layer of the coating onto a surface of the first layer using sputtering, ion beam, plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition, cathodic arc, or chemical vapor deposition.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2021Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: CAMERON INTERNATIONAL CORPORATIONInventors: Manuel Marya, Ronald Manson, Christian Meade
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Publication number: 20230091259Abstract: The disclosure provides for sealing systems including a composite material that includes a thermoplastic lattice structure having interstitial space that is filled with fusible metal. The composite material is formed by additively manufacturing the lattice structure, and then filling the interstitial space with the metal. The composite material may be used to form portions of valves and seals.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2021Publication date: March 23, 2023Inventors: Manuel Marya, Alireza Zolfaghari, Christian Meade
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Publication number: 20210255157Abstract: A method is provided for mitigating fugitive methane emission, which includes scanning a plurality of facilities for fugitive methane emission using an airborne sensor, and classifying the plurality of facilities based on results of the scanning. Optionally, further inspection of at least one facility of the plurality of facilities can be performed to detect and locate fugitive methane emission based on the classifying. Optionally, at least one facility can be selectively repaired based on the further inspection in order to mitigate fugitive methane emission. In another aspect, a planning workflow is provided that employs a clustering method to define cluster data representing a set of facility clusters in a geographical region that are associated with a particular base.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2019Publication date: August 19, 2021Inventors: Kashif RASHID, Andrew J. SPECK, Dominic PERRONI, Timothy Paul OSEDACH, Christian MEADE, Ronald MANSON, Andrew E. POMERANTZ
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Publication number: 20210222787Abstract: The disclosure provides for a valve including a surface movably engaged with another surface. A coating is on the surface and is characterized by: a CoF of less than 0.1; a hardness in excess of 1,200 HVN; impermeability to liquids at pressures ranging from 15 and 20,000 psi; a surface finish of 63 or less; and a thickness ranging from 0.5 to 20 mils. The disclosure provides for material constructions including a continuous phase, including a transition metal, and a discontinuous phase, including a solid dry lubricant. The disclosure also provides for a method of depositing a coating that includes depositing a first layer of a coating onto a surface using electroplating, electroless plating, thermal spraying, or cladding, and then depositing a second layer of the coating onto a surface of the first layer using sputtering, ion beam, plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition, cathodic arc, or chemical vapor deposition.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 8, 2021Publication date: July 22, 2021Inventors: Manuel Marya, Ronald Manson, Christian Meade
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Patent number: 11067179Abstract: The disclosed embodiments relate to a valve assembly that includes a valve body that has a cavity having one or more seating surfaces, a ball body disposed within the valve body and configured to engage the one or more seating surfaces to form a seal, and an actuator configured to drive the ball body in a first axial direction along a central axis of the cavity to wedge the ball body against the one or more seating surfaces to form the seal, and where the actuator is configured to move the ball body in a second axial direction along the central axis to unseat the ball body and to rotate the ball body about the central axis between an open position and a closed position.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2017Date of Patent: July 20, 2021Assignee: CAMERON INTERNATIONAL CORPORATIONInventors: William S. Shelton, Christian Meade
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Patent number: 11002701Abstract: The disclosure provides for apparatus, including coated parts, where a base material of the part is coated with a multilayer coating. The multilayer coating includes at least three layers, including at least two electrically conductive layers. Also provided is a method for making apparatus, which includes providing a part and applying a multilayer coating to the base material of the part. Further provided is a method of monitoring and diagnosing a condition of a coated part. The method includes providing a coated part having a multilayer coating on a base material, measuring an electrical response of the multilayer coating, and correlating the electrical response with a condition of the multilayer coating.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2018Date of Patent: May 11, 2021Assignee: CAMERON INTERNATIONAL CORPORATIONInventors: Manuel Marya, Ronald Manson, Christian Meade
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Patent number: 10995871Abstract: A valve including a surface movably engaged with another surface. A coating is on the surface. The surface can have a CoF of less than 0.1; a hardness in excess of 1,200 HVN; impermeability to liquids at pressures ranging from 15 and 20,000 psi; a surface finish of 63 or less; and a thickness ranging from 0.5 to 20 mils.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2018Date of Patent: May 4, 2021Assignee: CAMERON INTERNATIONAL CORPORATIONInventors: Manuel Marya, Ronald Manson, Christian Meade
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Publication number: 20200141890Abstract: The disclosure provides for apparatus, including coated parts, where a base material of the part is coated with a multilayer coating. The multilayer coating includes at least three layers, including at least two electrically conductive layers. Also provided is a method for making apparatus, which includes providing a part and applying a multilayer coating to the base material of the part. Further provided is a method of monitoring and diagnosing a condition of a coated part. The method includes providing a coated part having a multilayer coating on a base material, measuring an electrical response of the multilayer coating, and correlating the electrical response with a condition of the multilayer coating.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2018Publication date: May 7, 2020Inventors: Manuel Marya, Ronald Manson, Christian Meade
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Publication number: 20200141509Abstract: The disclosure provides for a valve including a surface movably engaged with another surface. A coating is on the surface and is characterized by: a CoF of less than 0.1; a hardness in excess of 1,200 HVN; impermeability to liquids at pressures ranging from 15 and 20,000 psi; a surface finish of 63 or less; and a thickness ranging from 0.5 to 20 mils. The disclosure provides for material constructions including a continuous phase, including a transition metal, and a discontinuous phase, including a solid dry lubricant. The disclosure also provides for a method of depositing a coating that includes depositing a first layer of a coating onto a surface using electroplating, electroless plating, thermal spraying, or cladding, and then depositing a second layer of the coating onto a surface of the first layer using sputtering, ion beam, plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition, cathodic arc, or chemical vapor deposition.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2018Publication date: May 7, 2020Inventors: Manuel Marya, Ronald Manson, Christian Meade
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Publication number: 20180245697Abstract: The disclosed embodiments relate to a valve assembly that includes a valve body that has a cavity having one or more seating surfaces, a ball body disposed within the valve body and configured to engage the one or more seating surfaces to form a seal, and an actuator configured to drive the ball body in a first axial direction along a central axis of the cavity to wedge the ball body against the one or more seating surfaces to form the seal, and where the actuator is configured to move the ball body in a second axial direction along the central axis to unseat the ball body and to rotate the ball body about the central axis between an open position and a closed position.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2017Publication date: August 30, 2018Applicant: Cameron International CorporationInventors: William S. Shelton, Christian Meade