Patents by Inventor Dan Todd

Dan Todd 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: 20230109922
    Abstract: A floating drift apparatus for verifying the inner diameter of tubulars as the tubulars are made up into a tubular string being run into a wellbore. A float section provides buoyancy to float the apparatus in fluid within the bore of a tubular, and a drift section has a drift element with a diameter substantially equal to the tubular inner diameter being verified, which may be the drift diameter. When running a tubular string, the apparatus is inserted into the bore of the tubular string, floating in the fluid. As joints of tubular are made up and run into the wellbore, the tubulars move downhole around the apparatus. Preferably, the floating drift apparatus can be visually detected. If an undersize ID is encountered, the floating drift apparatus will be pushed downhole and no longer visible; the operator can remove the undersize ID tubular from the string.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Inventors: Dan Todd Bomersbach, Danny Joe Richardson
  • Patent number: 11549363
    Abstract: A floating drift apparatus for verifying the inner diameter of tubulars as the tubulars are made up into a tubular string being run into a wellbore. A float section provides buoyancy to float the apparatus in fluid within the bore of a tubular, and a drift section has a drift element with a diameter substantially equal to the tubular inner diameter being verified, which may be the drift diameter. When running a tubular string, the apparatus is inserted into the bore of the tubular string, floating in the fluid. As joints of tubular are made up and run into the wellbore, the tubulars move downhole around the apparatus. Preferably, the floating drift apparatus can be visually detected. If an undersize ID is encountered, the floating drift apparatus will be pushed downhole and no longer visible; the operator can remove the undersize ID tubular from the string.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Inventors: Dan Todd Bomersbach, Danny Joe Richardson
  • Publication number: 20210215469
    Abstract: A floating drift apparatus for verifying the inner diameter of tubulars as the tubulars are made up into a tubular string being run into a wellbore. A float section provides buoyancy to float the apparatus in fluid within the bore of a tubular, and a drift section has a drift element with a diameter substantially equal to the tubular inner diameter being verified, which may be the drift diameter. When running a tubular string, the apparatus is inserted into the bore of the tubular string, floating in the fluid. As joints of tubular are made up and run into the wellbore, the tubulars move downhole around the apparatus. Preferably, the floating drift apparatus can be visually detected. If an undersize ID is encountered, the floating drift apparatus will be pushed downhole and no longer visible; the operator can remove the undersize ID tubular from the string.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2019
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Inventors: Dan Todd Bomersbach, Danny Joe Richardson
  • Patent number: 8461364
    Abstract: This invention provides, among other things, polymorphs of the hydrochloride salt of (S)-3-aminomethyl-7-(3-hydroxy-propoxy)-3H-benzo[c][1,2]oxaborol-1-ol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignees: GlaxoSmithKline LLC, Anacor Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Conrad Wheeler, Dan Todd, Pingyun Chen, Beth A. Norton
  • Publication number: 20110152217
    Abstract: This invention provides, among other things, polymorphs of the hydrochloride salt of (S)-3-aminomethyl-7-(3-hydroxy-propoxy)-3H-benzo[c][1,2]oxaborol-1-ol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2009
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Applicants: Anacor Pharmaceuticals, Inc., GlaxoSmithKline LLC
    Inventors: Conrad Wheeler, Dan Todd, Pingyun Chen, Beth A. Norton
  • Patent number: 5795270
    Abstract: An exercise apparatus which supports a user in a semi-recumbent position and provides an arm pull/arm press assembly and a leg press assembly whereby the arm pull/arm press and leg press assemblies may be used simultaneously or independently of one another. The arm and leg press assemblies are each operable against variable air resistance means, and preferably against independent variable air resistance means such that the amount of resistance to the leg press exercise may be different or varied from that of the arm pull/arm press exercise.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 18, 1998
    Assignee: Jim Woods
    Inventors: Jim Woods, Dan Todd