Patents by Inventor Fernando Kirnbauer

Fernando Kirnbauer 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: 20240035362
    Abstract: An example method includes implementing a flow control device at an injection point downhole in a borehole of a wellbore operation to collect flow rate data of a fluid injected into the borehole. The method further includes collecting the flow rate data using a flow sensor disposed in the flow control device. The method further includes controlling a chemical injection system based at least in part on the flow rate data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2022
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Applicant: Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLC
    Inventors: Zhi Yong He, Yuh Loh, Fernando Kirnbauer
  • Publication number: 20200408327
    Abstract: A subsurface valve including a valve body having an inlet, and outlet, and a valve portion. A plunger is shiftably mounted in the valve body to selectively fluidically connect the inlet and the outlet. A valve system is arranged in the valve portion. The valve system includes a fixed member comprising a magnet and a moveable member shiftably mounted in the valve body and mechanically connected to the plunger. A control system is operatively connected to the fixed member. The control system is operable to selectively adjust a magnetic flux of the magnet to shift the moveable member and the plunger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Applicant: Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLC
    Inventors: Zhi Yong He, Carlos Felipe Rivero, Marc Samuelson, Fernando Kirnbauer