Patents by Inventor Curtis J. Goulet

Curtis J. Goulet 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).

  • Gas restrictor for a horizontally oriented submersible well pump
    Patent number: 9494022
    Abstract: A submersible pump assembly has a tubular intake housing containing intake housing ports. A gas restrictor is carried around the intake housing. The gas restrictor is an eccentric sleeve with a semi-cylindrical portion with a centerline coincident with the axis of the pump and extending around an upper portion of the intake housing. A counterweight portion connected with the semi-cylindrical portion has an outboard area farther from the centerline than the semi-cylindrical portion. A weight bar may be mounted to the counterweight portion. The gas restrictor is free to self orient relative to the intake housing due to gravity while the pump assembly is in the horizontal section of the well, with the semi-cylindrical portion overlying and blocking at least some of the intake housing ports on an upper portion of the intake housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: Baker Hughes Incorporated
    Inventors: Bryan C. Coates, Curtis J. Goulet
  • Gas Restrictor for a Horizontally Oriented Submersible Well Pump
    Publication number: 20150204169
    Abstract: A submersible pump assembly has a tubular intake housing containing intake housing ports. A gas restrictor is carried around the intake housing. The gas restrictor is an eccentric sleeve with a semi-cylindrical portion with a centerline coincident with the axis of the pump and extending around an upper portion of the intake housing. A counterweight portion connected with the semi-cylindrical portion has an outboard area farther from the centerline than the semi-cylindrical portion. A weight bar may be mounted to the counterweight portion. The gas restrictor is free to self orient relative to the intake housing due to gravity while the pump assembly is in the horizontal section of the well, with the semi-cylindrical portion overlying and blocking at least some of the intake housing ports on an upper portion of the intake housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2014
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Applicant: Baker Hughes Incorporated
    Inventors: Bryan C. Coates, Curtis J. Goulet