Patents by Inventor Dan Knapper

Dan Knapper 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).

  • Publication number: 20220235870
    Abstract: A multi-valve port has a housing with first and second inlet ports which selectively feed first, second, third and fourth outlet ports. Flow from the inlet ports is fluidly separated from each other through the valve. The housing has a cavil which receives a stemshell which rotates to provide a plurality of positions. A first position has the first inlet port providing fluid flow to the first outlet port and the second inlet port providing fluid flow to the third outlet port. A second position has fluid from the first inlet port to both the first and second outlet ports. Some outlet ports may be blocked off, secured, or otherwise receive no flow from either of the inlet ports in certain positions. Some pairs of outlet ports may receive flow from a single inlet port in certain positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2021
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Inventor: Dan Knapper
  • Patent number: 8607894
    Abstract: A system for offshore disposal of drill cuttings including a cleaning system for treating contaminated drill cuttings into drill cuttings and contaminants; a transport system for moving the drill cuttings; a slurrification system for making a slurry of the treated drill cuttings; and a cuttings re-injection system for injecting the slurry into a well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: M-I LLC
    Inventors: Nick McDonald, Andrew John Murray, Gordon M. Logan, Dan Knapper
  • Publication number: 20110005832
    Abstract: A system for offshore disposal of drill cuttings including a cleaning system for treating contaminated drill cuttings into drill cuttings and contaminants; a transport system for moving the drill cuttings; a slurrification system for making a slurry of the treated drill cuttings; and a cuttings re-injection system for injecting the slurry into a well.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2010
    Publication date: January 13, 2011
    Applicant: M-I L.L.C.
    Inventors: Nick McDonald, Andrew John Murray, Gordon Logan, Dan Knapper