Patents by Inventor Christopher Taylor Herman
Christopher Taylor Herman 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: 11655908Abstract: A CO2 low-pressure shut-off system is described. The low-pressure shut-off system may include a low-pressure shut-off valve including a first valve inlet, a second valve inlet and at least one valve outlet, a solenoid valve including a valve inlet, a first valve outlet, and a second valve outlet. The solenoid may be configured to direct a flow of a pressurized gas from the valve inlet into at least one of the first valve outlet and the second valve outlet. The CO2 low-pressure shut-off system further includes a gas monitor electrically coupled to the solenoid valve. The gas monitor may be configured to transmit one of a first signal and a second signal to the solenoid valve to control the flow of the pressurized gas through the solenoid valve.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2020Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: Engineered Controls International, LLCInventors: Mark Kendrick Hamm, Christopher Taylor Herman, Elijah M. Combs
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Patent number: 11578816Abstract: A method for monitoring health of a valve is presented. The method includes receiving an acoustic emission signal from a sensing device operatively coupled to the valve, selecting a region of interest signal in the acoustic emission signal, determining a plurality of current parameters based on the region of interest signal, and monitoring the health of the valve based on at least the plurality of current parameters, wherein the region of interest signal comprises acoustic emission data generated from initiation of an opening of the valve until the valve is partially opened.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2018Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: VETCO GRAY SCANDINAVIA ASInventors: Bhasker Rao Keely, Aninda Bhattacharya, Ajay Kumar Behera, Shivanand Bhavikatti, Christopher Taylor Herman, Sudipta Mal
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Publication number: 20220260167Abstract: A pressure relief valve assembly is disclosed. The pressure relief valve assembly comprises an inlet manifold, a first pressure relief valve, a second pressure relief valve, and an outlet manifold. The first pressure relief valve is connected to and in fluid communication with the inlet manifold. The second pressure relief valve is connected to and in fluid communication with the inlet manifold and parallel to the first pressure relief valve. The outlet manifold is connected to and in fluid communication with the first pressure relief valve and the second pressure relief valve.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2022Publication date: August 18, 2022Inventors: Mark Kendrick Hamm, Christopher Taylor Herman
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Publication number: 20220213969Abstract: A CO2 low-pressure shut-off system is described. The low-pressure shut-off system may include a low-pressure shut-off valve including a first valve inlet, a second valve inlet and at least one valve outlet, a solenoid valve including a valve inlet, a first valve outlet, and a second valve outlet. The solenoid may be configured to direct a flow of a pressurized gas from the valve inlet into at least one of the first valve outlet and the second valve outlet. The CO2 low-pressure shut-off system further includes a gas monitor electrically coupled to the solenoid valve. The gas monitor may be configured to transmit one of a first signal and a second signal to the solenoid valve to control the flow of the pressurized gas through the solenoid valve.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2020Publication date: July 7, 2022Inventors: Mark Kendrick Hamm, Christopher Taylor Herman, Elijah M. Combs
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Patent number: 11346454Abstract: A pressure relief valve assembly is disclosed. The pressure relief valve assembly comprises an inlet manifold, a first pressure relief valve, a second pressure relief valve, and an outlet manifold. The first pressure relief valve is connected to and in fluid communication with the inlet manifold. The second pressure relief valve is connected to and in fluid communication with the inlet manifold and parallel to the first pressure relief valve. The outlet manifold is connected to and in fluid communication with the first pressure relief valve and the second pressure relief valve.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2019Date of Patent: May 31, 2022Assignee: Engineered Controls International, LLCInventors: Mark Kendrick Hamm, Christopher Taylor Herman
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Patent number: 10816137Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure include a remote well servicing system including a control unit and a remote servicing manifold. The control unit further includes a service fluid source and a control system. The remote servicing manifold further includes a fluid input line coupled to the service fluid source, a fluid output line couplable to a well component, and a valve coupled to the fluid input line and the fluid output line, wherein the valve, when actuated, places the fluid input line in fluid communication with the fluid output line and permits delivery of a service fluid from the service fluid source to the well component. The remote servicing manifold also includes a control line coupling the valve and the control system wherein the control system controls actuation of the valve via the control line.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2017Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignee: GE OIL & GAS PRESSURE CONTROL LPInventors: Christopher Taylor Herman, Saurabh Kajaria, Justin Kristopher Lin, Timothy Fuller
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Publication number: 20200149655Abstract: A method for monitoring health of a valve is presented. The method includes receiving an acoustic emission signal from a sensing device operatively coupled to the valve, selecting a region of interest signal in the acoustic emission signal, determining a plurality of current parameters based on the region of interest signal, and monitoring the health of the valve based on at least the plurality of current parameters, wherein the region of interest signal comprises acoustic emission data generated from initiation of an opening of the valve until the valve is partially opened.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 6, 2018Publication date: May 14, 2020Applicant: General Electric CompanyInventors: Bhasker Rao Keely, Aninda Bhattacharya, Ajay Kumar Behera, Shivanand Bhavikatti, Christopher Taylor Herman, Sudipta Mal
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Publication number: 20190242485Abstract: A pressure relief valve assembly is disclosed. The pressure relief valve assembly comprises an inlet manifold, a first pressure relief valve, a second pressure relief valve, and an outlet manifold. The first pressure relief valve is connected to and in fluid communication with the inlet manifold. The second pressure relief valve is connected to and in fluid communication with the inlet manifold and parallel to the first pressure relief valve. The outlet manifold is connected to and in fluid communication with the first pressure relief valve and the second pressure relief valve.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2019Publication date: August 8, 2019Inventors: Mark Kendrick Hamm, Christopher Taylor Herman
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Patent number: 10371281Abstract: An apparatus for overriding a valve actuator to move a valve stem to a second position includes an override body with a central axis. A piston is located within the override body. A bushing is non-rotatably carried within the override body. An override shaft is in threaded engagement with the bushing and extends through a sealed orifice in the override body. Fluid pressure applied to the piston causes the bushing to engage the valve actuator and push the valve stem, and alternatively, rotation applied to the override shaft causes the bushing to move linearly to engage the valve actuator and push the valve stem.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2016Date of Patent: August 6, 2019Assignee: GE Oil & Gas Pressure Control LPInventors: Christopher Taylor Herman, Mark Anthony Viator, Keith Adams, Fauad Saleem, Travis Kyle McEvoy
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Publication number: 20170146189Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure include a remote well servicing system including a control unit and a remote servicing manifold. The control unit further includes a service fluid source and a control system. The remote servicing manifold further includes a fluid input line coupled to the service fluid source, a fluid output line couplable to a well component, and a valve coupled to the fluid input line and the fluid output line, wherein the valve, when actuated, places the fluid input line in fluid communication with the fluid output line and permits delivery of a service fluid from the service fluid source to the well component. The remote servicing manifold also includes a control line coupling the valve and the control system wherein the control system controls actuation of the valve via the control line.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2017Publication date: May 25, 2017Applicant: GE OIL & GAS PRESSURE CONTROL LPInventors: Christopher Taylor Herman, Saurabh Kajaria, Justin Kristopher Lin, Timothy Fuller
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Patent number: 9617820Abstract: A hanger assembly for supporting a tubular member within an outer well member includes a slip bowl that is moveable between an expanded condition with an enlarged diameter and a contracted condition with a reduced diameter, and has a downward facing slip bowl shoulder on an outer diameter of the slip bowl. Slips with teeth on an inner diameter surface are carried by the slip bowl. The slips are moveable between a retracted position, and an extended position where the teeth protrude radially inward from the inner diameter of the slip bowl. A false bowl has a lower upward facing false bowl shoulder located on an inner diameter and is sized to selectively engage the downward facing slip bowl shoulder. The false bowl also has a downward facing landing shoulder located on an outer diameter that is sized to selectively engage a support shoulder of the outer well member.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2015Date of Patent: April 11, 2017Assignee: GE Oil & Gas Pressure Control LPInventors: Andrew Browne Helvenston, Eugene Allen Borak, Christopher Taylor Herman
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Publication number: 20170067573Abstract: An apparatus for overriding a valve actuator to move a valve stem to a second position includes an override body with a central axis. A piston is located within the override body. A bushing is non-rotatably carried within the override body. An override shaft is in threaded engagement with the bushing and extends through a sealed orifice in the override body. Fluid pressure applied to the piston causes the bushing to engage the valve actuator and push the valve stem, and alternatively, rotation applied to the override shaft causes the bushing to move linearly to engage the valve actuator and push the valve stem.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2016Publication date: March 9, 2017Applicant: GE Oil & Gas Pressure Control LPInventors: Christopher Taylor Herman, Mark Anthony Viator, Keith Adams, Fauad Saleem, Travis Kyle McEvoy
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Patent number: 9500294Abstract: An apparatus for overriding a valve actuator to move a valve stem to a second position includes an override body with a central axis. A piston is located within the override body. A bushing is non-rotatably carried within the override body. An override shaft is in threaded engagement with the bushing and extends through a sealed orifice in the override body. Fluid pressure applied to the piston causes the bushing to engage the valve actuator and push the valve stem, and alternatively, rotation applied to the override shaft causes the bushing to move linearly to engage the valve actuator and push the valve stem.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2014Date of Patent: November 22, 2016Assignee: GE Oil & Gas Pressure Control LPInventors: Christopher Taylor Herman, Mark Anthony Viator, Keith Adams, Fauad Saleem
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Publication number: 20150069275Abstract: An apparatus for overriding a valve actuator to move a valve stem to a second position includes an override body with a central axis. A piston is located within the override body. A bushing is non-rotatably carried within the override body. An override shaft is in threaded engagement with the bushing and extends through a sealed orifice in the override body. Fluid pressure applied to the piston causes the bushing to engage the valve actuator and push the valve stem, and alternatively, rotation applied to the override shaft causes the bushing to move linearly to engage the valve actuator and push the valve stem.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2014Publication date: March 12, 2015Applicant: GE OIL & GAS PRESSURE CONTROL LPInventors: Christopher Taylor Herman, Mark Anthony Viator, Keith Adams, Fauad Saleem