Patents by Inventor Derrell Wade Bird

Derrell Wade Bird 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: 20180283162
    Abstract: A system includes a wellhead monitoring system. The wellhead monitoring system includes a processor configured to receive from a sensor a detection of one or more operating parameters associated with a wellhead disposed within a subsea environment. The sensor is coupled to the wellhead, and is configured to detect the one or more operating parameters within the subsea environment. The processor is configured to store the detection of the one or more operating parameters, and to generate an output based at least in part on the detection of the one or more operating parameters. The output includes an indication of an operational fatigue or an operational health of the wellhead.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Applicant: Vetco Gray Inc.
    Inventors: Derrell Wade Bird, Chad Eric Yates
  • Publication number: 20160305232
    Abstract: A system for monitoring equipment in an oil well, the system including a first sensor attached to a first well component, a second sensor attached to a second well component, a transducer attached to one of the first or the second sensors, for generating a pulse, a transceiver for measuring parameters of the pulse generated by the transducer, and a processor in communication with the transceiver that receives information about parameters of the pulse as measured by the transceiver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Derrell Wade Bird, Chad Eric Yates