Patents by Inventor Frank J. Maenza

Frank J. Maenza 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).

  • Expandable gage ring
    Patent number: 8083001
    Abstract: A gage ring assembly to provide support to an anti-extrusion containment ring in a packer device including a compression ring and a plurality of interlocking arcuate segments which form a substantially unbroken support wall when in a set condition. A first set of segments each have a wedge-shaped body that is wider at a proximal axial end than it is at its distal axial end. A second set of segments preferably each have a wedge-shaped body wider at its distal axial end than it is at its proximal axial end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignee: Baker Hughes Incorporated
    Inventors: Nicholas S. Conner, Frank J. Maenza
  • Expandable Gage Ring
    Publication number: 20110048744
    Abstract: A gage ring assembly to provide support to an anti-extrusion containment ring in a packer device including a compression ring and a plurality of interlocking arcuate segments which form a substantially unbroken support wall when in a set condition. A first set of segments each have a wedge-shaped body that is wider at a proximal axial end than it is at its distal axial end. A second set of segments preferably each have a wedge-shaped body wider at its distal axial end than it is at its proximal axial end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2009
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Applicant: Baker Hughes Incorporated
    Inventors: Nicholas S. Conner, Frank J. Maenza