Patents by Inventor Dan M. Wells

Dan M. Wells 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).

  • Shaped memory devices and method for using same in wellbores
    Patent number: 9382785
    Abstract: In one aspect an apparatus for use in a wellbore is disclosed that in one embodiment includes a device or tool conveyable in the wellbore, wherein the device or tool further includes a shape memory member formed into a compressed state, the shape memory device having a glass transition temperature and a heating device associated with the shape memory member configured to heat in the wellbore the shape memory member to or above the glass transition temperature to expand the shape memory member to a second expanded state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Dan M. Wells, Jason J. Barnard
  • Shaped Memory Devices and Method for Using Same in Wellbores
    Publication number: 20140367106
    Abstract: In one aspect an apparatus for use in a wellbore is disclosed that in one embodiment includes a device or tool conveyable in the wellbore, wherein the device or tool further includes a shape memory member formed into a compressed state, the shape memory device having a glass transition temperature and a heating device associated with the shape memory member configured to heat in the wellbore the shape memory member to or above the glass transition temperature to expand the shape memory member to a second expanded state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2013
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Applicant: BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Dan M. Wells, Jason J. Barnard
  • Vertical situation awareness for rotorcraft
    Patent number: 8798814
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for managing a flight of a rotorcraft. Parameters for the flight of the rotorcraft are identified. A number of regions, above a terrain, to be avoided by the rotorcraft during the flight of the rotorcraft over the terrain are identified using the parameters for the flight of the rotorcraft. Information about the number of regions is displayed on a display device during the flight of the rotorcraft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: William Foulke Spencer, V, Dan M. Wells