Patents by Inventor Christopher W. Blake

Christopher W. Blake 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).

  • Hydraulic tools including removable coatings, drilling systems, and methods of making and using hydraulic tools
    Patent number: 9896885
    Abstract: A hydraulic tool includes a stator, a rotor, and a removable coating. At least one of the stator and the rotor comprises a resilient material. The removable coating has a thickness selected to compensate for expected swelling of the resilient material or an expected contraction of a clearance between the rotor and the stator based on thermal expansion. The removable coating is disposed on a surface of at least one of the rotor and the stator, and the removable coating is formulated to be removed during operation of the hydraulic tool. A method of operating a hydraulic tool includes passing a fluid through the hydraulic tool during rotation of the rotor within the stator and removing at least a portion of the removable coating responsive to rotation of the rotor within the stator as a volume of the resilient material increases responsive to contact with the fluid passing through the hydraulic fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: Baker Hughes Incorporated
    Inventors: Christopher W. Blake, Carsten Voss
  • HYDRAULIC TOOLS INCLUDING REMOVABLE COATINGS, DRILLING SYSTEMS, AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING HYDRAULIC TOOLS
    Publication number: 20170167199
    Abstract: A hydraulic tool includes a stator, a rotor, and a removable coating. At least one of the stator and the rotor comprises a resilient material. The removable coating has a thickness compensate for expected swelling of the resilient material or an expected contraction of a clearance between the rotor and the stator based on thermal expansion. The removable coating is disposed on a surface of at least one of the rotor and the stator, and the removable coating is formulated to be removed during operation of the hydraulic tool. A method of operating a hydraulic tool includes passing a fluid through the hydraulic tool during rotation of the rotor within the stator and removing at least a portion of the removable coating responsive to rotation of the rotor within the stator as a volume of the resilient material increases responsive to contact with the fluid passing through the hydraulic fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2015
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Inventors: Christopher W. Blake, Carsten Voss