Patents by Inventor Dean Butler
Dean Butler 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).
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Patent number: 11053171Abstract: Biochars and methods for treating biochars are provided that are useful in various applications, including, but not limited to, applications related to the raising, care, maintenance, disease prevention, disease treatment and odor control of animals.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2019Date of Patent: July 6, 2021Assignee: Carbon Technology Holdings, LLCInventors: Richard Wilson Belcher, Ranko Panayotov Bontchev, Han Suk Kim, Gregory Dean Butler, Brian Buege, Juliette MacKay
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Patent number: 10683868Abstract: A bushing anti-rotation system and apparatus. A bushing anti-rotation system includes an impeller and diffuser stage including a rotatable shaft extending longitudinally through the stage, the diffuser having an inner diameter defining a bore, a bearing set including a bushing pressed into the inner diameter, and a rotatable sleeve inward of the bushing, and means for wedging the bushing against the inner diameter of the diffuser, wherein the means for wedging provides a mechanical lock against rotation of the bushing. The means for wedging the bushing against the diffuser includes one of a key wedged between an eccentric cavity in the diffuser and a notch in the bushing, a pin protruding from the diffuser against a flattened portion of the bushing, a square-shaped bushing secured into a square-shaped bore, a bent retaining ring having a bent end that wedges against a diffuser groove wall, or a combination thereof.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2017Date of Patent: June 16, 2020Assignee: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.Inventors: Wesley John Nowitzki, Joshua Wayne Webster, Randy S. Roberts, Joseph Dean Butler, John Vanderstaay Kenner, Thomas John Gottschalk
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Patent number: 10543173Abstract: Biochars and methods for treating biochars are provided that are useful in various applications, including, but not limited to, applications related to the raising, care, maintenance, disease prevention, disease treatment and odor control of animals.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2018Date of Patent: January 28, 2020Assignee: Cool Planet Energy System, Inc.Inventors: Richard Wilson Belcher, Ranko Panayotov Bontchev, Han Suk Kim, Gregory Dean Butler, Brian Buege, Juliette MacKay
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Publication number: 20190375690Abstract: Biochars and methods for treating biochars are provided that are useful in various applications, including, but not limited to, applications related to the raising, care, maintenance, disease prevention, disease treatment and odor control of animals.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2019Publication date: December 12, 2019Applicant: Cool Planet Energy Systems, Inc.Inventors: Richard Wilson Belcher, Ranko Panayotov Bontchev, Han Suk Kim, Gregory Dean Butler, Brian Buege, Juliette MacKay
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Publication number: 20190133018Abstract: Land cultivating systems and methods utilizing high-pressure fluid jet cutting techniques are disclosed. An example system includes a mobile unit, a traveler arrangement operably coupled to the mobile unit to ride on the surface of stubble residues as the mobile unit moves across land to be cultivated, and a fluid jet cutting head supported by the traveler arrangement. The cutting head is configured to selectively discharge a high-pressure fluid jet to make a cut through the stubble residues and underlying soil as the mobile unit moves across the land. A soil opening device is provided to form a furrow in the ground in line with the cut made by the high-pressure fluid jet, and a liquid injector nozzle is provided to discharge fertilizer or other chemical(s) into the soil.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2018Publication date: May 9, 2019Inventors: Gregory Dean Butler, Jeffrey Evan Martel, Mohamed A. Hashish, Jean-Christophe Vidil
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Patent number: 10136571Abstract: Land cultivating systems and methods utilizing high-pressure fluid jet cutting techniques are disclosed. An example system includes a mobile unit, a traveler arrangement operably coupled to the mobile unit to ride on the surface of stubble residues as the mobile unit moves across land to be cultivated, and a fluid jet cutting head supported by the traveler arrangement. The cutting head is configured to selectively discharge a high-pressure fluid jet to make a cut through the stubble residues and underlying soil as the mobile unit moves across the land. A soil opening device is provided to form a furrow in the ground in line with the cut made by the high-pressure fluid jet, and a liquid injector nozzle is provided to discharge fertilizer or other chemical(s) into the soil.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2016Date of Patent: November 27, 2018Assignee: Flow International CorporationInventors: Gregory Dean Butler, Jeffrey Evan Martel, Mohamed A. Hashish, Jean-Christophe Vidil
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Publication number: 20180325822Abstract: Biochars and methods for treating biochars are provided that are useful in various applications, including, but not limited to, applications related to the raising, care, maintenance, disease prevention, disease treatment and odor control of animals.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 7, 2018Publication date: November 15, 2018Inventors: Richard Wilson Belcher, Ranko Panayotov Bontchev, Han Suk Kim, Gregory Dean Butler, Brian Buege, Juliette MacKay
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Patent number: 9980912Abstract: Biochars and methods for treating biochars are provided that are useful in various applications, including, but not limited to, applications related to the raising, care, maintenance, disease prevention, disease treatment and odor control of animals.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2017Date of Patent: May 29, 2018Assignee: Cool Planet Energy Systems, Inc.Inventors: Richard Wilson Belcher, Ranko Panayotov Bontchev, Han Suk Kim, Gregory Dean Butler, Brian Buege, Juliette MacKay
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Publication number: 20180017066Abstract: A bushing anti-rotation system and apparatus. A bushing anti-rotation system includes an impeller and diffuser stage including a rotatable shaft extending longitudinally through the stage, the diffuser having an inner diameter defining a bore, a bearing set including a bushing pressed into the inner diameter, and a rotatable sleeve inward of the bushing, and means for wedging the bushing against the inner diameter of the diffuser, wherein the means for wedging provides a mechanical lock against rotation of the bushing. The means for wedging the bushing against the diffuser includes one of a key wedged between an eccentric cavity in the diffuser and a notch in the bushing, a pin protruding from the diffuser against a flattened portion of the bushing, a square-shaped bushing secured into a square-shaped bore, a bent retaining ring having a bent end that wedges against a diffuser groove wall, or a combination thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2017Publication date: January 18, 2018Inventors: Wesley John Nowitzki, Joshua Wayne Webster, Randy S. Roberts, Joseph Dean Butler, John Vanderstaay Kenner, Thomas John Gottschalk
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Publication number: 20170303460Abstract: Land cultivating systems and methods utilizing high-pressure fluid jet cutting techniques are disclosed. An example system includes a mobile unit, a traveler arrangement operably coupled to the mobile unit to ride on the surface of stubble residues as the mobile unit moves across land to be cultivated, and a fluid jet cutting head supported by the traveler arrangement. The cutting head is configured to selectively discharge a high-pressure fluid jet to make a cut through the stubble residues and underlying soil as the mobile unit moves across the land. A soil opening device is provided to form a furrow in the ground in line with the cut made by the high-pressure fluid jet, and a liquid injector nozzle is provided to discharge fertilizer or other chemical(s) into the soil.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2016Publication date: October 26, 2017Inventors: Gregory Dean Butler, Jeffrey Evan Martel, Mohamed A. Hashish, Jean-Christophe Vidil
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Publication number: 20170196812Abstract: Biochars and methods for treating biochars are provided that are useful in various applications, including, but not limited to, applications related to the raising, care, maintenance, disease prevention, disease treatment and odor control of animals.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2017Publication date: July 13, 2017Inventors: Richard Wilson Belcher, Ranko Panayotov Bontchev, Han Suk Kim, Gregory Dean Butler, Brian Buege, Juliette MacKay
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Publication number: 20090152123Abstract: Contemplated devices and methods include an electrolytic cell having a cathode and a carbon felt anode, wherein the carbon felt anode is configured as a flow-through anode for an aqueous solution in which a contaminant is dissolved or dispersed. The cell is operated at a current density that promotes formation of oxidizing species in neutral pH to thus destroy the contaminant and at a flow rate sufficient to prevent oxidative damage of the carbon felt.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2006Publication date: June 18, 2009Applicant: APPLIED INTELLECTUAL CAPITALInventors: Dean Butler, Robert Lewis Clarke
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Patent number: 7393466Abstract: A metal hydroxide complex has a formula Me(OH)4*A?*nH2O or MeO2*A?*nH2O. Preferred complexes are formed in an alkaline medium, and particularly especially preferred anions include cyanide and cyanide gold complexes. Contemplated complexes are formed on a metal hydroxide (e.g., hydrated zirconium, hafnium, and titanium hydroxide), which may be disposed in a porous container. Consequently, contemplated compounds may be used in methods of reducing the concentration of an anion in an alkaline medium.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2002Date of Patent: July 1, 2008Assignee: Applied Intellecutal Capital, Inc.Inventors: Robert Lewis Clarke, Dean Butler
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Publication number: 20040141904Abstract: A metal hydroxide complex has a formula Me(OH)4*A−*nH2O or MeO2*A−*nH2O. Preferred complexes are formed in an alkaline medium, and particularly especially preferred anions include cyanide and cyanide gold complexes. Contemplated complexes are formed on a metal hydroxide (e.g., hydrated zirconium, hafnium, and titanium hydroxide), which may be disposed in a porous container. Consequently, contemplated compounds may be used in methods of reducing the concentration of an anion in an alkaline medium.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2004Publication date: July 22, 2004Inventors: Robert Lewis Clarke, Dean Butler
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Patent number: 5916534Abstract: Gold and other noble metal recovery from an ore slurry is improved by operating at low pulp densities, below 35%, and solubilizing base metal present in the slurry by adding to the slurry, either prior to or during the leaching step, one or more solubilizing agents for the base metal.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 1997Date of Patent: June 29, 1999Inventor: Dean Butler
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Patent number: 5499063Abstract: A multifocal trial frame system includes a trial frame shaped to engage the head of a wearer and which includes an adjustable nose bridge and a pair of downwardly-depending studs which are laterally adjustable relative to the nose bridge, a pair of lens brackets adjustably attachable to the studs, each including first and second lens rims; a pair of distance prescription lenses shaped to be retained by the first pair of rims; and a pair of multifocal lenses shaped to be received by the second pair of rims. The multifocal lenses each include a neutral portion and an insert portion having a close-viewing prescription. The insert portion is incorporated into the neutral portion to form a continuous, unitary lens with the neutral portion, so that the distance and the multifocal lenses cooperate to simulate multifocal eyeglasses of a predetermined prescription and configuration.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 1994Date of Patent: March 12, 1996Assignee: Vision Express Group LimitedInventors: E. Dean Butler, Craig H. Risk
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Patent number: 4980134Abstract: Noble metals, particularly gold, are recovered from ores by a leaching process in which a slurry of ground ore containing an oxidant and a lixiviant for dissolving the noble metal is subjected to an alternating electric field which accelerates and promotes the dissolution of the noble metal.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 1986Date of Patent: December 25, 1990Assignees: Action Gold Development Ltd., Accel Industrial and Mineral Processes Ltd.Inventor: Dean Butler