Patents by Inventor Eric Yates
Eric Yates 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: 11840453Abstract: A coating that is configured for use on parts of a control valve. The configurations may incorporate various material layers, preferably that form a layered structure on a base or substrate (for example, an Inconel body). In one implementation, the layered structure can be arranged as “stacked” individual layers that exhibit different concentrations or ratios of materials, including by example tungsten carbide and nickel alloy. The concentration of tungsten carbide may increase from an innermost layer to an outer most layer. This feature can extend service life of the parts, particularly when in use with highly-erosive process fluids, like particle-entrained fluids commonly found in hydrocracking or refining operations. Manufacture of the layered structure on the parts may require use of additive manufacturing technology in order to deposit layers of material of varying composition and thickness on the unique fluted design contemplated herein.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2021Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: Dresser, LLCInventors: Cyril Nicolas Vlassoff, Chad Eric Yates, Gheorghe Dodan, Mikhail Anisimov, Wei Chen, Alexandre Serra Cachinhasky
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Patent number: 11796083Abstract: A valve trim that is configured to abate noise in a control valve. These configurations may include a cage with a flow path that has a spiral design or layout. This flow path can direct flow around a central bore. A plug may reside in this bore. This plug can travel longitudinally to change parameters of flow through the control valve. In one implementation, the spiral design can split flow inside of the cage. This feature can elongate travel of flow without any increase in dimensions of the cage (or the valve trim itself).Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2022Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: Dresser, LLCInventors: Chad Eric Yates, Rohan N. Buntval, Stephen Randall Farmer, Donald Stroman Sanders, Jeremy Asher Glaun, Mikhail Anisimov
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Patent number: 11505938Abstract: A system of cross-shaped units and nodes used to construct strong, lightweight, inexpensive space frames with alternately rigid and flexible components, in which each cross-shaped unit which fits together with five like units to form a spherical node which can be connected to other nodes to form frames for the production of structures including toys, playground structures, lattices, pergolas, statues, roofs, furniture, fixtures, mattresses, kites, lamps, artistic structures and fixtures, floating platforms, flexible joints for machines or robots, buildings, bridges and space stations.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2019Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Inventor: Eric Yates
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Publication number: 20220239650Abstract: A system of cross-shaped units and nodes used to construct strong, lightweight, inexpensive space frames with alternately rigid and flexible components, in which each cross-shaped unit which fits together with five like units to form a spherical node which can be connected to other nodes to form frames for the production of structures including toys, playground structures, lattices, pergolas, statues, roofs, furniture, fixtures, mattresses, kites, lamps, artistic structures and fixtures, floating platforms, flexible joints for machines or robots, buildings, bridges and space stations.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2019Publication date: July 28, 2022Inventor: Eric Yates
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Publication number: 20220185678Abstract: A coating that is configured for use on parts of a control valve. The configurations may incorporate various material layers, preferably that form a layered structure on a base or substrate (for example, an Inconel body). In one implementation, the layered structure can be arranged as “stacked” individual layers that exhibit different concentrations or ratios of materials, including by example tungsten carbide and nickel alloy. The concentration of tungsten carbide may increase from an innermost layer to an outer most layer. This feature can extend service life of the parts, particularly when in use with highly-erosive process fluids, like particle-entrained fluids commonly found in hydrocracking or refining operations. Manufacture of the layered structure on the parts may require use of additive manufacturing technology in order to deposit layers of material of varying composition and thickness on the unique fluted design contemplated herein.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2021Publication date: June 16, 2022Inventors: Cyril Nicolas Vlassoff, Chad Eric Yates, Gheorge Dodan, Mikhail Anisimov, Wei Chen, Alexandre Serra Cachinhasky
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Patent number: 10731762Abstract: An elastomeric sealing device operable at an operating temperature above an installation temperature. The sealing device includes a body fabricated from an elastomeric material. A channel is formed within the body. A mesh is disposed within the channel. The mesh includes a plurality of interwoven fibers forming an inner volume. A filler is disposed within the inner volume. At least a portion of the filler is a liquid at the installation temperature. The at least a portion of the filler is a gas at the operating temperature.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2015Date of Patent: August 4, 2020Assignee: Baker Hughes, a GE Company, LLCInventors: Deepak Trivedi, Chad Eric Yates, Binoy Milan Shah
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Publication number: 20200018403Abstract: A valve assembly for managing a flow of fluids in hydrocarbon development and production operations includes a valve body having an internal body cavity and a body bore intersecting the body cavity. A valve plug is located within the body cavity and is rotatable between an open position and a closed position. A sleeve is located between the valve plug and the valve body and is rotationally fixed to the valve body and remains rotationally static relative to the valve body as the valve plug rotates. A seal groove is located on a sidewall surface of the sleeve and circumscribes one of the sleeve openings. A seal assembly has a seal ring that is U shaped in cross section with an inner leg that engages the seal groove and an outer leg that extends out of the seal groove and engages one of the valve body and the valve plug.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2019Publication date: January 16, 2020Applicant: GE Oil & Gas Pressure Control LPInventors: Rick C. Hunter, Robert S. Mckee, Manuel Garibay, Chad Eric Yates
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Publication number: 20190379665Abstract: A system of cross-shaped units and nodes used to construct strong, lightweight, inexpensive space frames with alternately rigid and flexible components, in which each cross-shaped unit which fits together with five like units to form a spherical node which can be connected to other nodes to form frames for the production of structures including toys, playground structures, lattices, pergolas, statues, roofs, furniture, fixtures, mattresses, kites, lamps, artistic structures and fixtures, floating platforms, flexible joints for machines or robots, buildings, bridges and space stations.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2019Publication date: December 12, 2019Inventor: Eric Yates
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Patent number: 10494806Abstract: A system of cross-shaped units and nodes used to construct strong, lightweight, inexpensive space frames with alternately rigid and flexible components, in which each cross-shaped unit which fits together with five like units to form a spherical node which can be connected to other nodes to form frames for the production of structures including toys, playground structures, lattices, pergolas, statues, roofs, furniture, fixtures, mattresses, kites, lamps, artistic structures and fixtures, floating platforms, flexible joints for machines or robots, buildings, bridges and space stations.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2018Date of Patent: December 3, 2019Inventor: Eric Yates
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Publication number: 20190292768Abstract: A system of cross-shaped units and nodes used to construct strong, lightweight, inexpensive space frames with alternately rigid and flexible components, in which each cross-shaped unit which fits together with five like units to form a spherical node which can be connected to other nodes to form frames for the production of structures including toys, playground structures, lattices, pergolas, statues, roofs, furniture, fixtures, mattresses, kites, lamps, artistic structures and fixtures, floating platforms, flexible joints for machines or robots, buildings, bridges and space stations.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2018Publication date: September 26, 2019Inventor: Eric Yates
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Patent number: 10203037Abstract: A valve assembly for managing a flow of fluids in hydrocarbon development and production operations includes a valve body having an internal body cavity and a body bore intersecting the body cavity. A valve plug is located within the body cavity and is rotatable between an open position and a closed position. A sleeve is located between the valve plug and the valve body and is rotationally fixed to the valve body and remains rotationally static relative to the valve body as the valve plug rotates. A seal groove is located on a sidewall surface of the sleeve and circumscribes one of the sleeve openings. A seal assembly has a seal ring that is U shaped in cross section with an inner leg that engages the seal groove and an outer leg that extends out of the seal groove and engages one of the valve body and the valve plug.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2016Date of Patent: February 12, 2019Assignee: GE Oil & Gas Pressure Control LPInventors: Rick C. Hunter, Robert S. McKee, Manuel Garibay, Chad Eric Yates
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Publication number: 20180283162Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2017Publication date: October 4, 2018Applicant: Vetco Gray Inc.Inventors: Derrell Wade Bird, Chad Eric Yates
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Patent number: 9903525Abstract: The present invention provides an insulated fluid conduit useful in facilities in which a hot fluid susceptible to one or more deleterious phase changes in response to heat loss to a cold environment is transported. Such conduits may be particularly well suited to improve thermal control in subsea hydrocarbon production operations. The fluid conduit includes an inner first insulating layer containing a first polymer matrix, and a first phase change material undergoing a phase change at T1. The fluid conduit includes an outer second insulating layer containing a second polymer matrix, and a second phase change material undergoing a phase change at T2, wherein T1 is greater than T2. One or more barrier layers inhibit migration of the phase change material from the insulation layers and into the environment. In one or more embodiments, the phase change material is present as a microencapsulated phase change material.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2016Date of Patent: February 27, 2018Assignee: General Electronic CompanyInventors: Huabing Zheng, Donald Joseph Buckley, Jr., Scott Michael Miller, Chad Eric Yates, Juan Alberto Rivas Cardona
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Patent number: 9872573Abstract: Furniture with an extensible counter-top is described. The extensible counter-top has a primary surface and a pair of leaves hingeably attached to the cabinet housing for pivoting relative to the primary surface. In a folded position, the pair of leaves rest upon the primary surface. In an unfolded position, the pair of leaves pivot in opposite directions to expand a width of the counter-top. When in the unfolded position, a first leaf of the pair of leaves forms a first support surface substantially coplanar with the primary surface, and a second leaf of the pair of leaves forms a second support surface offset below the primary surface.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2016Date of Patent: January 23, 2018Assignee: A.R.T. Furniture, Inc.Inventors: Daniel Eric Yates, Adam Tilley
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Patent number: 9869174Abstract: A system for monitoring the orientation and position of components in an oil well. The system includes a first well component, a second well component, and a transducer attached to the first well component, for generating a pulse. The system also includes a transceiver attached to the second well component for measuring the parameters of the pulse generated by the transducer, and a processor in communication with the transceiver that receives information about the parameters of the pulse as measured by the transceiver, and that calculates the position of the transceiver relative to the transducer.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2015Date of Patent: January 16, 2018Assignee: VETCO GRAY INC.Inventors: Stephen Jude Szpunar, Daniel W. Sexton, Chad Eric Yates, Oladapo Akinyede, Samved Bhatnagar
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Publication number: 20170138147Abstract: An elastomeric sealing device operable at an operating temperature above an installation temperature. The sealing device includes a body fabricated from an elastomeric material. A channel is formed within the body. A mesh is disposed within the channel. The mesh includes a plurality of interwoven fibers forming an inner volume. A filler is disposed within the inner volume. At least a portion of the filler is a liquid at the installation temperature. The at least a portion of the filler is a gas at the operating temperature.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2015Publication date: May 18, 2017Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Deepak TRIVEDI, Chad Eric YATES, Binoy Milan SHAH
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Patent number: D795627Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2016Date of Patent: August 29, 2017Assignee: A.R.T. Furniture, Inc.Inventor: Daniel Eric Yates
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Patent number: D801743Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2016Date of Patent: November 7, 2017Assignee: A.R.T. Furniture, Inc.Inventor: Daniel Eric Yates
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Patent number: D806510Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2016Date of Patent: January 2, 2018Assignee: A.R.T. Furniture, Inc.Inventor: Daniel Eric Yates
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Patent number: D851976Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2017Date of Patent: June 25, 2019Assignee: A.R.T. Furniture, Inc.Inventor: Daniel Eric Yates