Patents by Inventor Gary Benjamin LAKE

Gary Benjamin LAKE 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).

  • Patent number: 10641063
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a safety valve chamber housing can include depositing a chamber housing material, and thereby gradually building up the chamber housing and forming a chamber in the chamber housing enclosed by the chamber housing material, the chamber being bounded by only a single solid structure of the chamber housing. A safety valve can include a piston, and a chamber housing having a piston bore and a chamber formed therein, the piston bore being in communication with the chamber, the chamber being enclosed by only a single chamber housing material. A well system can include a safety valve connected in a tubular string, the safety valve including a chamber housing with a chamber in communication with a control line, inner and outer walls of the chamber housing being made of a continuous chamber housing material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: Weatherford Technology Holdings, LLC
    Inventor: Gary Benjamin Lake
  • Publication number: 20190353008
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a safety valve chamber housing can include depositing a chamber housing material, and thereby gradually building up the chamber housing and forming a chamber in the chamber housing enclosed by the chamber housing material, the chamber being bounded by only a single solid structure of the chamber housing. A safety valve can include a piston, and a chamber housing having a piston bore and a chamber formed therein, the piston bore being in communication with the chamber, the chamber being enclosed by only a single chamber housing material. A well system can include a safety valve connected in a tubular string, the safety valve including a chamber housing with a chamber in communication with a control line, inner and outer walls of the chamber housing being made of a continuous chamber housing material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2019
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Inventor: Gary Benjamin LAKE
  • Publication number: 20180340397
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a safety valve chamber housing can include depositing a chamber housing material, and thereby gradually building up the chamber housing and forming a chamber in the chamber housing enclosed by the chamber housing material, the chamber being bounded by only a single solid structure of the chamber housing. A safety valve can include a piston, and a chamber housing having a piston bore and a chamber formed therein, the piston bore being in communication with the chamber, the chamber being enclosed by only a single chamber housing material. A well system can include a safety valve connected in a tubular string, the safety valve including a chamber housing with a chamber in communication with a control line, inner and outer walls of the chamber housing being made of a continuous chamber housing material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2017
    Publication date: November 29, 2018
    Inventor: Gary Benjamin LAKE
  • Patent number: 9745830
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention generally relate to a failsafe subsurface controlled safety valve. In one embodiment, a failsafe subsurface controlled safety valve assembly includes: a tubular housing; a closure member disposed in the tubular housing, wherein the closure member is movable between a closed position and an open position; an operating piston operable to move the closure member between the closed position and the open position; and a trigger piston operable to move the closure member from the open position to the closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: WEATHERFORD TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS, LLC
    Inventor: Gary Benjamin Lake
  • Publication number: 20160108701
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention generally relate to a failsafe subsurface controlled safety valve. In one embodiment, a failsafe subsurface controlled safety valve assembly includes: a tubular housing; a closure member disposed in the tubular housing, wherein the closure member is movable between a closed position and an open position; an operating piston operable to move the closure member between the closed position and the open position; and a trigger piston operable to move the closure member from the open position to the closed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2015
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Inventor: Gary Benjamin LAKE