Patents by Inventor Conor Gray

Conor Gray 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: 12255519
    Abstract: A generator unit of a system for generating electrical power includes a generator coupled to a turbine. A flowline coupled to the generator unit conveys a fluid to an inlet of the turbine. A second flowline couples an outlet of the turbine and a tree of a well at a wellsite. The second flowline conveys the fluid from the outlet to the tree.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: CAMERON INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Burkhard Sommer, Pierre Petit, Edmund Peter McHugh, Michael Mullin, Conor Gray, Martin Fleet, Michael Anthony McKeon, Gustavo Gonzalez, Phillip Theriot
  • Publication number: 20240183268
    Abstract: A monitoring system includes a first transducer component configured to couple to a running tool that is configured to place an insert into a housing and a second transducer component configured to couple to the housing. One of the first transducer component or the second transducer component is configured to emit acoustic waves, and the other one of the first transducer component or the second transducer component is configured to output sensor signals indicative of a received portion of the acoustic waves. The monitoring system also includes one or more processors configured to determine that the insert is in a landed position in the housing based on the sensor signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2024
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Inventor: Conor Gray
  • Patent number: 11905824
    Abstract: A monitoring system includes a first transducer component configured to couple to a running tool that is configured to place an insert into a housing and a second transducer component configured to couple to the housing. One of the first transducer component or the second transducer component is configured to emit acoustic waves, and the other one of the first transducer component or the second transducer component is configured to output sensor signals indicative of a received portion of the acoustic waves. The monitoring system also includes one or more processors configured to determine that the insert is in a landed position in the housing based on the sensor signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: CAMERON INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
    Inventor: Conor Gray
  • Publication number: 20230358108
    Abstract: A monitoring system includes one or more sensors coupled to a hanger running assembly that is configured to be inserted into a housing. The one or more sensors are configured to output sensor signals indicative of a respective distance between opposed ends of a lock ring of the hanger running assembly. The monitoring system also includes one or more processors configured to determine a condition of the lock ring based on the sensor signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2022
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: Edmund Peter McHugh, Conor Gray
  • Publication number: 20230358133
    Abstract: A monitoring system includes a first transducer component configured to couple to a running tool that is configured to place an insert into a housing and a second transducer component configured to couple to the housing. One of the first transducer component or the second transducer component is configured to emit acoustic waves, and the other one of the first transducer component or the second transducer component is configured to output sensor signals indicative of a received portion of the acoustic waves. The monitoring system also includes one or more processors configured to determine that the insert is in a landed position in the housing based on the sensor signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2022
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventor: Conor Gray
  • Patent number: 10392924
    Abstract: A system including a hydrocarbon extraction system configured to receive a pressurized fluid, the hydrocarbon extraction system, including a non-invasive capacitive pressure measurement system configured to measure a pressure of the pressurized fluid, the non-invasive capacitive pressure measurement system, including a housing, a core configured to rest within the housing, and an insulative material between the core and housing wherein the insulative material is configured to provide a gap between the core and the housing to form a capacitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: CAMERON INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
    Inventor: Conor Gray
  • Patent number: 10260304
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to a system including a flange configured to couple to a component of a mineral extraction system, where the flange includes a base, an exterior annular tapered portion extending from the base, and an annular wall extending from the exterior annular tapered portion, wherein the annular wall at least partially defines a central exterior cavity and at least partially defines an interior annular cavity. The system also includes an inductive power and data transmission system mounted within the flange, wherein the inductive power and data transmission system comprises a first component and a second component, wherein the first and second components are separated by the annular wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: Cameron International Corporation
    Inventor: Conor Gray
  • Patent number: 10256676
    Abstract: A method of wireless power transfer includes providing a primary rail voltage to a primary coil via a primary transistor network, driving the primary transistor network with a primary PWM signal, inducing a secondary current on a secondary coil, providing a secondary rail voltage to a load via a secondary transistor network, generating a voltage signal from the secondary current via a current sense amplifier, phase-locking the voltage signal to the secondary current, adjusting a phase shift and amplitude of the voltage signal based on the impedance of the load, thereby generating a driving voltage, converting the driving voltage to a secondary PWM signal, and driving the secondary transistor network with the PWM signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: Cameron International Corporation
    Inventor: Conor Gray
  • Patent number: 10248141
    Abstract: A system includes a safety system having one or more valves configured to block a flow of fluid from a source to a destination, a non-invasive pressure measurement system having a plurality of non-invasive pressure sensors configured to monitor a pressure of the fluid without directly contacting the fluid, and a controller configured to receive feedback from the non-invasive pressure measurement system and to adjust a position of the one or more valves of the safety system based on the feedback.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: Cameron International Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Anthony McKeon, Conor Gray, Declan Elliott
  • Publication number: 20180340391
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to a system including a flange configured to couple to a component of a mineral extraction system, where the flange includes a base, an exterior annular tapered portion extending from the base, and an annular wall extending from the exterior annular tapered portion, wherein the annular wall at least partially defines a central exterior cavity and at least partially defines an interior annular cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Publication date: November 29, 2018
    Inventor: Conor Gray
  • Patent number: 9988870
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to a system including a flange configured to couple to a component of a mineral extraction system, where the flange includes a base, an exterior annular tapered portion extending from the base, and an annular wall extending from the exterior annular tapered portion, wherein the annular wall at least partially defines a central exterior cavity and at least partially defines an interior annular cavity. The system also includes an inductive power and data transmission system mounted within the flange, wherein the inductive power and data transmission system comprises a first component and a second component, wherein the first and second components are separated by the annular wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: Cameron International Corporation
    Inventor: Conor Gray
  • Publication number: 20170329356
    Abstract: A system includes a safety system having one or more valves configured to block a flow of fluid from a source to a destination, a non-invasive pressure measurement system having a plurality of non-invasive pressure sensors configured to monitor a pressure of the fluid without directly contacting the fluid, and a controller configured to receive feedback from the non-invasive pressure measurement system and to adjust a position of the one or more valves of the safety system based on the feedback.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2016
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Inventors: Michael Anthony McKeon, Conor Gray, Declan Elliott
  • Publication number: 20170058661
    Abstract: A system including a hydrocarbon extraction system configured to receive a pressurized fluid, the hydrocarbon extraction system, including a non-invasive capacitive pressure measurement system configured to measure a pressure of the pressurized fluid, the non-invasive capacitive pressure measurement system, including a housing, a core configured to rest within the housing, and an insulative material between the core and housing wherein the insulative material is configured to provide a gap between the core and the housing to form a capacitor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2016
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Inventor: Conor Gray
  • Publication number: 20170030160
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to a system including a flange configured to couple to a component of a mineral extraction system, where the flange includes a base, an exterior annular tapered portion extending from the base, and an annular wall extending from the exterior annular tapered portion, wherein the annular wall at least partially defines a central exterior cavity and at least partially defines an interior annular cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2016
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Inventor: Conor Gray
  • Publication number: 20170033604
    Abstract: A method of wireless power transfer includes providing a primary rail voltage to a primary coil via a primary transistor network, driving the primary transistor network with a primary PWM signal, inducing a secondary current on a secondary coil, providing a secondary rail voltage to a load via a secondary transistor network, generating a voltage signal from the secondary current via a current sense amplifier, phase-locking the voltage signal to the secondary current, adjusting a phase shift and amplitude of the voltage signal based on the impedance of the load, thereby generating a driving voltage, converting the driving voltage to a secondary PWM signal, and driving the secondary transistor network with the PWM signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2016
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Applicant: Cameron International Corporation
    Inventor: Conor Gray