Patents by Inventor Grant Martin

Grant Martin 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: 12352143
    Abstract: A system includes a pressure exchanger configured to exchange pressure between a first fluid and a second fluid. The system further includes a shaft at least partially disposed within the pressure exchanger. The system further includes an electric motor coupled to the shaft. The electric motor is configured to control fluid flow in the pressure exchanger. A controller is configured to receive sensor data from one or more sensors associated with the pressure exchanger and vary proportions of the first fluid and the second fluid entering the pressure exchanger to reduce mixing of the first fluid and the second fluid in the pressure exchanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignee: Energy Recovery, Inc.
    Inventors: Farshad Ghasripoor, Jeremy Grant Martin, Prem Krish, Baji Gobburi
  • Patent number: 12296102
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to medical tubes and methods of manufacturing medical tubes. The tube may be a composite structure made of two or more distinct components that are spirally wound to form an elongate tube. For example, one of the components may be a spirally wound elongate hollow body, and the other component may be an elongate structural component also spirally wound between turns of the spirally wound hollow body. The tube need not be made from distinct components, however. For instance, an elongate hollow body formed (e.g., extruded) from a single material may be spirally wound to form an elongate tube. The elongate hollow body itself may in transverse cross-section have a thin wall portion and a relatively thicker or more rigid reinforcement portion. The tubes can be incorporated into a variety of medical circuits or may be employed for other medical uses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2025
    Assignee: Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Limited
    Inventors: Christopher Jaye Norman Amadio, Elmo Benson Stoks, Charles Christopher North, Mahran Maumoon Sujau, Joshua Daniel Stroobant, Gavin Walsh Millar, Matthew Liam Buswell, Ibrahim AL-Tiay, David Leon McCauley, Andre Van Schalkwyk, Katja Munkelt, Matthew Robert Wilson, Helgard Oosthuysen, Sanjay Parag Patel, Dominique Richard D'Andrea, Grant Martin Dover, Dean Antony Barker, Jonathan David Harwood
  • Patent number: 12296421
    Abstract: A method includes removing a worn portion from a component of a rotary isobaric pressure exchanger (IPX). The rotary IPX is configured to exchange pressures between a first fluid and a second fluid. The method further includes repairing the component after the worn portion is removed from the component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2025
    Assignee: Energy Recovery, Inc.
    Inventors: Farshad Ghasripoor, Jeremy Grant Martin
  • Publication number: 20230366299
    Abstract: In a perforating gun, shaped charges can be configured to be rotatable with respect to each other and can be secured in a predetermined phasing by an alignment rod that can be helical with a pitch that defines the phasing. The shaped charges can be supported by holders, which can be directly connected to each other to be infinitely rotatable and can also be attached to and/or retained by the alignment rod via alignment connectors. The alignment connectors can also be configured to hold detonation and signal cords. This shaped charge alignment approach can facilitate manufacturing and assembly, for instance since a single design of holders and other components of the assembly can be used with various different alignment rods to provide the desired phasing based on well design criteria.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventors: Cameron Scott BADII, Ryan Wayne ROWELL, William Grant MARTIN
  • Patent number: 11788367
    Abstract: A setting tool for setting frac plugs and the like can include a mandrel having a chamber for housing expandable gas and a gas port in fluid communication with the chamber; a firing head secured to the mandrel for igniting a power charge to generate pressurized gas within the chamber; a barrel piston housing the mandrel and connected to a sleeve for setting the frac plug; and an expansion region defined between the mandrel and the barrel piston and receiving the pressurized gas which exerts force to cause a stroke of the barrel piston over the mandrel as the expansion region expands axially. The setting tool can include various features, such as certain gas bleed systems, an enhanced shear screw assembly, a bleed port and plug assembly, a scribe line, a particular gas port configuration, a liquid escape conduit, no-shoulder barrel configuration, and/or a low-force design for frac plugs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Repeat Precision, LLC
    Inventors: Clint Mickey, Gary Howard Martin, William Grant Martin
  • Publication number: 20230201496
    Abstract: A respiratory assistance apparatus is configured to provide a heated and humidified glow of gases and has a control system that is configured to detect a fault in the flow path. A flow path is provided for a gases stream through the apparatus from a gas inlet through a blower unit and humidification unit to a gases outlet. A flow rate sensor is provided in the flow path and is configured to sense the flow rate and generate an flow rate signal and/or a motor speed sensor is provided that is configured to sense the motor speed of the blower unit and generate an indicative motor speed signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2023
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: Kevin Peter O'Donnell, John Han, Jack Che-Wei Hsu, Samuel Robertson Frame, Grant Martin Dover
  • Patent number: 11617844
    Abstract: A respiratory assistance apparatus is configured to provide a heated and humidified glow of gases and has a control system that is configured to detect a fault in the flow path. A flow path is provided for a gases stream through the apparatus from a gas inlet through a blower unit and humidification unit to a gases outlet. A flow rate sensor is provided in the flow path and is configured to sense the flow rate and generate an flow rate signal and/or a motor speed sensor is provided that is configured to sense the motor speed of the blower unit and generate an indicative motor speed signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Limited
    Inventors: Kevin Peter O'Donnell, John Han, Jack Che-Wei Hsu, Samuel Robertson Frame, Grant Martin Dover
  • Publication number: 20230003108
    Abstract: A system includes a pressure exchanger configured to exchange pressure between a first fluid and a second fluid. The system further includes a shaft at least partially disposed within the pressure exchanger. The system further includes an electric motor coupled to the shaft. The electric motor is configured to control fluid flow in the pressure exchanger. A controller is configured to receive sensor data from one or more sensors associated with the pressure exchanger and vary proportions of the first fluid and the second fluid entering the pressure exchanger to reduce mixing of the first fluid and the second fluid in the pressure exchanger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Inventors: Farshad Ghasripoor, Jeremy Grant Martin, Prem Krish, Baji Gobburi
  • Patent number: 11512567
    Abstract: A hydraulic energy transfer system including an isobaric pressure exchanger (IPX) configured to exchange pressure between a first fluid and a second fluid. The IPX includes a channel formed by the IPX. The IPX is designed to direct the first fluid to a first opening of the channel and the second fluid to a second opening of the channel. The IPX further includes a barrier disposed within the channel. The barrier is designed to reduce mixing of the first fluid and the second fluid while exchanging pressure between the first fluid and the second fluid within the channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Energy Recovery, Inc.
    Inventors: Farshad Ghasripoor, Jeremy Grant Martin, Prem Krish, Baji Gobburi
  • Publication number: 20220298878
    Abstract: A setting tool for setting frac plugs and the like can include a mandrel having a chamber for housing expandable gas and a gas port in fluid communication with the chamber; a firing head secured to the mandrel for igniting a power charge to generate pressurized gas within the chamber; a barrel piston housing the mandrel and connected to a sleeve for setting the frac plug; and an expansion region defined between the mandrel and the barrel piston and receiving the pressurized gas which exerts force to cause a stroke of the barrel piston over the mandrel as the expansion region expands axially. The setting tool can include various features, such as certain gas bleed systems, an enhanced shear screw assembly, a bleed port and plug assembly, a scribe line, a particular gas port configuration, a liquid escape conduit, no-shoulder barrel configuration, and/or a low-force design for frac plugs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2022
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Applicant: Repeat Precision, LLC
    Inventors: Clint Mickey, Gary Howard Martin, William Grant Martin
  • Patent number: 11326430
    Abstract: A pumping system that includes a reciprocating isobaric pressure exchanger (reciprocating IPX) designed to exchange pressures between a first fluid and a second fluid. The first fluid includes a substantially particulate free fluid and the second fluid includes a particulate laden fluid. The reciprocating IPX includes a valve having a first and second piston. The value further includes a shaft coupling the first piston to the second piston and a drive coupled to the shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Energy Recovery, Inc.
    Inventors: Farshad Ghasripoor, Jeremy Grant Martin, Prem Krish, Baji Gobburi
  • Publication number: 20210353895
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to medical tubes and methods of manufacturing medical tubes. The tube may be a composite structure made of two or more distinct components that are spirally wound to form an elongate tube. For example, one of the components may be a spirally wound elongate hollow body, and the other component may be an elongate structural component also spirally wound between turns of the spirally wound hollow body The tube need not be made from distinct components, however. For instance, an elongate hollow body formed (e.g., extruded) from a single material may be spirally wound to form an elongate tube. The elongate hollow body itself may in transverse cross-section have a thin wall portion and a relatively thicker or more rigid reinforcement portion. The tubes can be incorporated into a variety of medical circuits or may be employed for other medical uses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2021
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Inventors: Christopher Jaye Norman AMADIO, Elmo Benson STOKS, Charles Christopher NORTH, Mahran Maumoon SUJAU, Joshua Daniel STROOBANT, Gavin Walsh MILLAR, Matthew Liam BUSWELL, Ibrahim AL-TIAY, David Leon MCCAULEY, Andre VAN SCHALKWYK, Katja MUNKELT, Matthew Robert WILSON, Helgard OOSTHUYSEN, Sanjay Parag PATEL, Dominique Richard D'ANDREA, Grant Martin DOVER, Dean Antony BARKER, Jonathan David HARWOOD
  • Publication number: 20210277917
    Abstract: A method includes removing a worn portion from a component of a rotary isobaric pressure exchanger (IPX). The rotary IPX is configured to exchange pressures between a first fluid and a second fluid. The method further includes repairing the component after the worn portion is removed from the component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2021
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Inventors: Farshad Ghasripoor, Jeremy Grant Martin
  • Patent number: 11092169
    Abstract: A system includes a hydraulic energy transfer system configured to exchange pressures between a first fluid and a second fluid, wherein pressure of the first fluid is greater than pressure of the second fluid. The system also includes a lubrication system coupled to the hydraulic energy transfer system and configured to pump or direct a lubrication fluid into the hydraulic energy transfer system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Energy Recovery, Inc.
    Inventors: Adam Rothschild Hoffman, Farshad Ghasripoor, Jeremy Grant Martin, David Deloyd Anderson
  • Patent number: 11058844
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to medical tubes and methods of manufacturing medical tubes. The tube may be a composite structure made of two or more distinct components that are spirally wound to form an elongate tube. For example, one of the components may be a spirally wound elongate hollow body, and the other component may be an elongate structural component also spirally wound between turns of the spirally wound hollow body The tube need not be made from distinct components, however. For instance, an elongate hollow body formed (e.g., extruded) from a single material may be spirally wound to form an elongate tube. The elongate hollow body itself may in transverse cross-section have a thin wall portion and a relatively thicker or more rigid reinforcement portion. The tubes can be incorporated into a variety of medical circuits or may be employed for other medical uses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Limited
    Inventors: Christopher Jaye Norman Amadio, Elmo Benson Stoks, Charles Christopher North, Mahran Maumoon Sujau, Joshua Daniel Stroobant, Gavin Walsh Millar, Matthew Liam Buswell, Ibrahim Al-Tiay, David Leon McCauley, Andre van Schalkwyk, Katja Munkelt, Matthew Robert Wilson, Helgard Oosthuysen, Sanjay Parag Patel, Dominique Richard d'Andrea, Grant Martin Dover, Dean Antony Barker, Jonathan David Harwood
  • Patent number: 11047398
    Abstract: A method includes removing a worn portion from a component of a rotary isobaric pressure exchanger (IPX). The rotary IPX is configured to exchange pressures between a first fluid and a second fluid. The method also includes repairing the component after the worn portion is removed from the component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: Energy Recovery, Inc.
    Inventors: Farshad Ghasripoor, Jeremy Grant Martin
  • Publication number: 20210140292
    Abstract: A hydraulic energy transfer system including an isobaric pressure exchanger (IPX) configured to exchange pressure between a first fluid and a second fluid. The IPX includes a channel formed by the IPX. The IPX is designed to direct the first fluid to a first opening of the channel and the second fluid to a second opening of the channel. The IPX further includes a barrier disposed within the channel. The barrier is designed to reduce mixing of the first fluid and the second fluid while exchanging pressure between the first fluid and the second fluid within the channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2021
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Inventors: Farshad Ghasripoor, Jeremy Grant Martin, Prem Krish, Baji Gobburi
  • Patent number: 10995773
    Abstract: A system includes a pump configured to pressurize a first fluid, and a pressure exchanger (PX). The PX is configured to receive a second fluid, to receive the pressurized first fluid, and to utilize the pressurized first fluid to pressurize the drilling mud for transport to a well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Energy Recovery, Inc.
    Inventors: Adam Rothschild Hoffman, Joel Gay, Farshad Ghasripoor, David Deloyd Anderson, Jeremy Grant Martin
  • Publication number: 20200400000
    Abstract: A pumping system that includes a reciprocating isobaric pressure exchanger (reciprocating IPX) designed to exchange pressures between a first fluid and a second fluid. The first fluid includes a substantially particulate free fluid and the second fluid includes a particulate laden fluid. The reciprocating IPX includes a valve having a first and second piston. The value further includes a shaft coupling the first piston to the second piston and a drive coupled to the shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: Farshad Ghasripoor, Jeremy Grant Martin, Prem Krish, Baji Gobburi
  • Patent number: 10844678
    Abstract: A setting tool for setting frac plugs and the like can include a mandrel having a chamber for housing expandable gas and a gas port in fluid communication with the chamber; a firing head secured to the mandrel for igniting a power charge to generate pressurized gas within the chamber; a barrel piston housing the mandrel and connected to a sleeve for setting the frac plug; and an expansion region defined between the mandrel and the barrel piston and receiving the pressurized gas which exerts force to cause a stroke of the barrel piston over the mandrel as the expansion region expands axially. The setting tool can include various features, such as certain gas bleed systems, an enhanced shear screw assembly, a bleed port and plug assembly, a scribe line, a particular gas port configuration, a liquid escape conduit, no-shoulder barrel configuration, and/or a low-force design for frac plugs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Repeat Precision, LLC
    Inventors: Clint Mickey, Gary Howard Martin, William Grant Martin