Patents by Inventor Dewayne May

Dewayne May 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).

  • Compliant abrasion resistant bearings for a submersible well pump
    Patent number: 9353752
    Abstract: An electrical submersible pump assembly includes a centrifugal pump having impellers and diffusers. A thrust runner is coupled to a motor shaft for rotation along with the impellers. The runner receives thrust from at least one of the impellers and transfers the thrust to a bushing non rotatably mounted in one of the diffusers. The bushing has a thrust transferring end adjacent a thrust receiving shoulder in the diffuser. The bushing is axially movable in the receptacle. An annular spring located between the thrust receiving shoulder in the receptacle and the thrust transferring end of the bushing urges the bushing away from the thrust receiving shoulder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: Baker Hughes Incorporated
    Inventors: Steven K. Tetzlaff, Dan L. Adams, Dewayne May
  • Live Well Staged Installation of Wet Connected ESP and Related Method
    Publication number: 20150027728
    Abstract: An ESP assembly is broken into subassemblies to fit through a lubricator for live well deployment. A lifting device has a shaft transmission feature and associated housing rotational lock for use at the top of the first subassembly and to be left in position for engagement of the next assembly. The subassemblies can be delivered on wireline or slickline. A wet connect can be at the lower end of the initial subassembly to connect to a cable run alongside the production tubing. The ESP subassemblies all are interconnected in the live well and function as they would if assembled at the surface. The ability to break down the assembly and run it in segments lets the components fit through a length limited lubricator for live well deployment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2013
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Applicant: Baker Hughes Incorporated
    Inventors: Steven K. Tetzlaff, Dan L. Adams, Dewayne May, Walter R. Dinkins, Steven W. Pyron
  • Compliant Abrasion Resistant Bearings for a Submersible Well Pump
    Publication number: 20150023815
    Abstract: An electrical submersible pump assembly includes a centrifugal pump having impellers and diffusers. A thrust runner is coupled to a motor shaft for rotation along with the impellers. The runner receives thrust from at least one of the impellers and transfers the thrust to a bushing non rotatably mounted in one of the diffusers. The bushing has a thrust transferring end adjacent a thrust receiving shoulder in the diffuser. The bushing is axially movable in the receptacle. An annular spring located between the thrust receiving shoulder in the receptacle and the thrust transferring end of the bushing urges the bushing away from the thrust receiving shoulder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2013
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Inventors: Steven K. Tetzlaff, Dan L. Adams, Dewayne May