Patents by Inventor Guy Robert Babbitt
Guy Robert Babbitt 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: 11795776Abstract: This disclosure includes manifolds, subsea valve modules, and related methods. Some manifolds and/or subsea valve modules include one or more inlets, each configured to receive hydraulic fluid from a fluid source, one or more outlets, each in selective fluid communication with at least one of the inlets, and one or more subsea valve assemblies, each configured to selectively control hydraulic fluid communication from at least one of the inlets to at least one of the outlets, where at least one of the outlets is configured to be in fluid communication with an actuation port of the hydraulically actuated device.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2021Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: TRANSOCEAN INNOVATION LABS LTDInventors: Guy Robert Babbitt, James Edward Kersey, Nicholas Paul Echter, Kristina Weyer-Geigel
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Publication number: 20230079573Abstract: This disclosure includes subsea pumping apparatuses and related methods. Some apparatuses include one or more subsea pumps, each having an inlet and an outlet, and one or more motors, each configured to actuate at least one pump to communicate a hydraulic fluid from the inlet to the outlet, where the subsea pumping apparatus is configured to be in fluid communication with a hydraulically actuated device of a blowout preventer. Some subsea pumping apparatuses include one or more of: a desalination system configured to produce at least a portion of the hydraulic fluid; one or more valves, each configured to selectively route hydraulic fluid from an outlet of a pump to, for example, a subsea environment, a reservoir, and/or the inlet of the pump; and a reservoir configured to store at least a portion of the hydraulic fluid. Some apparatuses are configured to be directly coupled to the hydraulically actuated device.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2022Publication date: March 16, 2023Inventors: Guy Robert BABBITT, John Matthew DALTON, Luis R. PEREIRA, James Edward KERSEY
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Patent number: 11339788Abstract: This disclosure includes subsea pumping apparatuses and related methods. Some apparatuses include one or more subsea pumps, each having an inlet and an outlet, and one or more motors, each configured to actuate at least one pump to communicate a hydraulic fluid from the inlet to the outlet, where the subsea pumping apparatus is configured to be in fluid communication with a hydraulically actuated device of a blowout preventer. Some subsea pumping apparatuses include one or more of: a desalination system configured to produce at least a portion of the hydraulic fluid; one or more valves, each configured to selectively route hydraulic fluid from an outlet of a pump to, for example, a subsea environment, a reservoir, and/or the inlet of the pump; and a reservoir configured to store at least a portion of the hydraulic fluid. Some apparatuses are configured to be directly coupled to the hydraulically actuated device.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2014Date of Patent: May 24, 2022Assignee: TRANSOCEAN INNOVATION LABS LTDInventors: Guy Robert Babbitt, John Mathew Dalton, Luis R. Pereira, James Edward Kersey
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Publication number: 20220049568Abstract: This disclosure includes manifolds, subsea valve modules, and related methods. Some manifolds and/or subsea valve modules include one or more inlets, each configured to receive hydraulic fluid from a fluid source, one or more outlets, each in selective fluid communication with at least one of the inlets, and one or more subsea valve assemblies, each configured to selectively control hydraulic fluid communication from at least one of the inlets to at least one of the outlets, where at least one of the outlets is configured to be in fluid communication with an actuation port of the hydraulically actuated device.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2021Publication date: February 17, 2022Applicant: Transocean Innovation Labs Ltd.Inventors: Guy Robert BABBITT, James Edward KERSEY, Nicholas Paul ECHTER, Kristina WEYER-GEIGEL
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Patent number: 11181020Abstract: An internal combustion engine may be used to compress natural gas for vehicle fuel. The engine may contain a plurality of gas compression cylinders, at least one standard combustion cylinder to drive the compression cylinders, and a common crankshaft in a crankcase coupling the compression cylinders and the at least one standard combustion cylinder. Some combustible gas being compressed may leak past the piston rings of the compression cylinders into the engine crankcase posing a safety concern. This invention eliminates this concern by actively flushing the crankcase at a higher rate than normal.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2018Date of Patent: November 23, 2021Assignee: ONBOARD DYNAMICS, INC.Inventors: Guy Robert Babbitt, Daniel Scott Pedersen
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Publication number: 20210095614Abstract: An apparatus includes a valve and an actuator. The valve has a portion movably disposed within a valve pocket defined by a cylinder head of an engine. The valve is configured to move relative to the cylinder head a distance between a closed position and an opened position. The portion of the valve defines a flow opening that is in fluid communication with a cylinder of an engine when the valve is in the opened position. The actuator is configured to selectively vary the distance between the closed position and the opened position.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 4, 2020Publication date: April 1, 2021Applicant: JP Scope, Inc.Inventors: Charles PRICE, Jay MCFARLANE, Stephen John CHARLTON, William ANDERSON, David EVANS, Guy Robert BABBITT, Christopher Wayne TURNER, Daniel S. PEDERSEN, Clayton JACOBS, Drew COHEN, Nicholas Paul ECHTER, Kristina WEYER-GEIGEL, Caleb ALVARADO
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Patent number: 10690085Abstract: An apparatus includes a valve and an actuator. The valve has a portion movably disposed within a valve pocket defined by a cylinder head of an engine. The valve is configured to move relative to the cylinder head a distance between a closed position and an opened position. The portion of the valve defines a flow opening that is in fluid communication with a cylinder of an engine when the valve is in the opened position. The actuator is configured to selectively vary the distance between the closed position and the opened position.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2019Date of Patent: June 23, 2020Assignee: JP Scope, Inc.Inventors: Charles Price, Jay McFarlane, Stephen John Charlton, William Anderson, David Evans, Guy Robert Babbitt, Christopher Wayne Turner, Daniel S. Pedersen, Clayton Jacobs, Drew Cohen, Nicholas Paul Echter, Kristina Weyer-Geigel, Caleb Alvarado
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Publication number: 20200032682Abstract: An internal combustion engine may be used to compress natural gas for vehicle fuel. The engine may contain a plurality of gas compression cylinders, at least one standard combustion cylinder to drive the compression cylinders, and a common crankshaft in a crankcase coupling the compression cylinders and the at least one standard combustion cylinder. Some combustible gas being compressed may leak past the piston rings of the compression cylinders into the engine crankcase posing a safety concern. This invention eliminates this concern by actively flushing the crankcase at a higher rate than normal.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2018Publication date: January 30, 2020Inventors: Guy Robert BABBITT, Daniel Scott PEDERSEN
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Publication number: 20200011148Abstract: This disclosure includes manifolds, subsea valve modules, and related methods. Some manifolds and/or subsea valve modules include one or more inlets, each configured to receive hydraulic fluid from a fluid source, one or more outlets, each in selective fluid communication with at least one of the inlets, and one or more subsea valve assemblies, each configured to selectively control hydraulic fluid communication from at least one of the inlets to at least one of the outlets, where at least one of the outlets is configured to be in fluid communication with an actuation port of the hydraulically actuated device.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2019Publication date: January 9, 2020Applicant: Transocean Innovation Labs Ltd.Inventors: Guy Robert BABBITT, James Edward KERSEY, Nicholas Paul ECHTER, Kristina WEYER-GEIGEL
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Publication number: 20190338724Abstract: An apparatus includes a valve and an actuator. The valve has a portion movably disposed within a valve pocket defined by a cylinder head of an engine. The valve is configured to move relative to the cylinder head a distance between a closed position and an opened position. The portion of the valve defines a flow opening that is in fluid communication with a cylinder of an engine when the valve is in the opened position. The actuator is configured to selectively vary the distance between the closed position and the opened position.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2019Publication date: November 7, 2019Inventors: Charles PRICE, Jay MCFARLANE, Stephen John CHARLTON, William ANDERSON, David EVANS, Guy Robert BABBITT, Christopher Wayne TURNER, Daniel S. PEDERSEN, Clayton JACOBS, Drew COHEN, Nicholas Paul ECHTER, Kristina WEYER-GEIGEL, Caleb ALVARADO
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Patent number: 10267116Abstract: This disclosure includes manifolds, subsea valve modules, and related methods. Some manifolds and/or subsea valve modules include one or more inlets, each configured to receive hydraulic fluid from a fluid source, one or more outlets, each in selective fluid communication with at least one of the inlets, and one or more subsea valve assemblies, each configured to selectively control hydraulic fluid communication from at least one of the inlets to at least one of the outlets, where at least one of the outlets is configured to be in fluid communication with an actuation port of the hydraulically actuated device.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2017Date of Patent: April 23, 2019Assignee: Transocean Innovation Labs Ltd.Inventors: Guy Robert Babbitt, James Edward Kersey, Nicholas Paul Echter, Kristina Weyer-Geigel
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Publication number: 20180045012Abstract: This disclosure includes manifolds, subsea valve modules, and related methods. Some manifolds and/or subsea valve modules include one or more inlets, each configured to receive hydraulic fluid from a fluid source, one or more outlets, each in selective fluid communication with at least one of the inlets, and one or more subsea valve assemblies, each configured to selectively control hydraulic fluid communication from at least one of the inlets to at least one of the outlets, where at least one of the outlets is configured to be in fluid communication with an actuation port of the hydraulically actuated device.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2017Publication date: February 15, 2018Inventors: Guy Robert BABBITT, James Edward KERSEY, Nicholas Paul ECHTER, Kristina WEYER-GEIGEL
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Patent number: 9752273Abstract: A densified fluid barrier cleaning system is disclosed in which a pressure vessel encases a movable basket positioned so as to cross a barrier such that one opening of the pressure vessel resides in a first environment and a second opening of the pressure vessel resides in a second environment. A tubular basket within the pressure vessel is positioned such that its central longitudinal axis is aligned with both the first and second opening of the pressure vessel. Responsive to the successful completion of a cleaning cycle, soiled articles that are introduced to the basket via the first opening from the first environment can be removed through the second opening and into the second environment thus bridging the barrier without fear of introducing contaminants from the first environment to second environment.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2015Date of Patent: September 5, 2017Assignee: CO2Nexus, Inc.Inventors: Guy Robert Babbitt, Andrew Timothy Maxey, Ernst Jan Siewers, Stuart Parker, Nicholas Paul Echter
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Patent number: 9664005Abstract: This disclosure includes manifolds, subsea valve modules, and related methods. Some manifolds and/or subsea valve modules include one or more inlets, each configured to receive hydraulic fluid from a fluid source, one or more outlets, each in selective fluid communication with at least one of the inlets, and one or more subsea valve assemblies, each configured to selectively control hydraulic fluid communication from at least one of the inlets to at least one of the outlets, where at least one of the outlets is configured to be in fluid communication with an actuation port of the hydraulically actuated device.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2014Date of Patent: May 30, 2017Assignee: TRANSOCEAN INNOVATION LABS LTDInventors: Guy Robert Babbitt, James Edward Kersey, Nicholas Paul Echter, Kristina Geigel-Weyer
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Patent number: 9453193Abstract: Photobioreactors according to embodiments of the present invention deliver nutrient gas intermittently to the photobioreactor media. In some embodiments, one or more gases are delivered according to a duty cycle or timing pattern. According to some embodiments, algae is grown in a photobioreactor using intermittent introduction of carbon dioxide. In other embodiments, carbon dioxide is supplied to algae grown in a photobioreactor in whole or in part from a head space above the media of the photobioreactor.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2010Date of Patent: September 27, 2016Assignees: COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION, SOLIX ALGREDIENTS, INC.Inventors: Guy Robert Babbitt, Michael Ryan Buehner, David Jacob Rausen, Richard Charles Schoonover, Christopher Wayne Turner, Kristina Weyer-Geigel, Bryan Dennis Willson, Peter Michael Young, David Eli Sherman, Jason Charles Quinn
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Patent number: 9388658Abstract: Some embodiments of the present subsea pipe cutting apparatuses use or include a frame, one or more water jet nozzles coupled to the frame and configured to apply pressurized fluid to a pipe to cut the pipe, and one or more of: a flange configured to secure the subsea pipe cutting apparatus relative to a blowout preventer stack, one or more water jet nozzles coupled to a rotating portion of the frame and configured to rotate about the pipe, one or more water jet nozzles movable between a retracted state and a deployed state in which the one or more water jet nozzles are radially closer to the pipe than when in the retracted state, one or more water jet nozzles pivotally coupled to the frame and configured to pivot while applying pressurized fluid to a surface of the pipe, and two or more water jet nozzles.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2014Date of Patent: July 12, 2016Inventors: Guy Robert Babbitt, John Matthew Dalton
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Publication number: 20150368855Abstract: A densified fluid barrier cleaning system is disclosed in which a pressure vessel encases a movable basket positioned so as to cross a barrier such that one opening of the pressure vessel resides in a first environment and a second opening of the pressure vessel resides in a second environment. A tubular basket within the pressure vessel is positioned such that its central longitudinal axis is aligned with both the first and second opening of the pressure vessel. Responsive to the successful completion of a cleaning cycle, soiled articles that are introduced to the basket via the first opening from the first environment can be removed through the second opening and into the second environment thus bridging the barrier without fear of introducing contaminants from the first environment to second environment.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2015Publication date: December 24, 2015Applicant: CO2NEXUS, INC.Inventors: Guy Robert BABBITT, Andrew Timothy Maxey, Ernst Jan Siewers, Stuart Parker, Nicholas Paul Echter
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Publication number: 20150308212Abstract: This disclosure includes systems and methods for actuation of subsea hydraulically actuated devices. Some systems use or include one or more subsea reservoirs, each having a body defining an interior volume configured to contain a sub-ambient internal pressure, the body defining an outlet in fluid communication with the interior volume, and a hydraulic power delivery system including one or more subsea valves configured to selectively allow fluid communication between the outlet of at least one of the reservoir(s) and a first port of the hydraulically actuated device. In some systems, the hydraulic power delivery system includes a rigid sliding member configured to unseal a selectively sealed outlet of at least one of the reservoir(s). In some systems, the subsea valve(s) are configured to alternatively allow fluid communication between the outlet of the at least one of the reservoir(s) and the first or a second port of the hydraulically actuated device.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2015Publication date: October 29, 2015Inventors: Jeremy MAUNUS, Matthew BLIESKE, Guy Robert BABBITT
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Patent number: 9091017Abstract: A densified fluid barrier cleaning system is disclosed in which a pressure vessel encases a movable basket positioned so as to cross a barrier such that one opening of the pressure vessel resides in a first environment and a second opening of the pressure vessel resides in a second environment. A tubular basket within the pressure vessel is positioned such that its central longitudinal axis is aligned with both the first and second opening of the pressure vessel. Responsive to the successful completion of a cleaning cycle, soiled articles that are introduced to the basket via the first opening from the first environment can be removed through the second opening and into the second environment thus bridging the barrier without fear of introducing contaminants from the first environment to second environment.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2013Date of Patent: July 28, 2015Assignee: CO2Nexus, Inc.Inventors: Guy Robert Babbitt, Andrew Timothy Maxey, Ernst Jan Siewers, Stuart Parker, Nicholas Paul Echter
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Publication number: 20150122501Abstract: Some embodiments of the present subsea pipe cutting apparatuses use or include a frame, one or more water jet nozzles coupled to the frame and configured to apply pressurized fluid to a pipe to cut the pipe, and one or more of: a flange configured to secure the subsea pipe cutting apparatus relative to a blowout preventer stack, one or more water jet nozzles coupled to a rotating portion of the frame and configured to rotate about the pipe, one or more water jet nozzles movable between a retracted state and a deployed state in which the one or more water jet nozzles are radially closer to the pipe than when in the retracted state, one or more water jet nozzles pivotally coupled to the frame and configured to pivot while applying pressurized fluid to a surface of the pipe, and two or more water jet nozzles.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2014Publication date: May 7, 2015Inventors: Guy Robert Babbitt, John Matthew Dalton