Patents by Inventor Craig Allen Sneed

Craig Allen Sneed 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).

  • PREDICTIVE PUMP MAINTENANCE BASED UPON UTILIZATION AND OPERATING CONDITIONS
    Publication number: 20230151727
    Abstract: A computer implemented method of predicting a future maintenance event of a pumping equipment on a wellbore pumping unit comprising loading a pump usage log and a pump maintenance log into a predictive maintenance model. The predictive maintenance model is trained by a machine learning process with a historical database of completed pumping jobs. The predictive maintenance model determines a probability of a future maintenance event in response to the current pump usage. The unit controller displays an alert of the remaining pump life in comparison to a threshold value for a recommended pump maintenance period or a required pump maintenance period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2021
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventors: Charles E. NEAL, III, Derek R. WILLIAMS, Craig Allen SNEED, Sunny L. OLIVER, Keith Edward BLASCHKE
  • Method and apparatus for improving mixing of cement slurry
    Patent number: 11027457
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are disclosed for a mixing system with a recirculation pump and a sensor configured to measure a property of a fluid discharged from the recirculation pump, wherein the sensor may transmit the property to a control system to allow an operator to adjust the mixing system in response to changes in the measurement signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Alan Brown, Paul Orman Padgett, Craig Allen Sneed
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPROVING MIXING OF CEMENT SLURRY
    Publication number: 20160288369
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are disclosed for a mixing system with a recirculation pump and a sensor configured to measure a property of a fluid discharged from the recirculation pump, wherein the sensor may transmit the property to a control system to allow an operator to adjust the mixing system in response to changes in the measurement signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventors: Paul Alan Brown, Paul Orman Padgett, Craig Allen Sneed