Patents by Inventor Harris Reynolds
Harris Reynolds 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: 9714547Abstract: A riser joint connection includes a box connector having a box preload fixture, a pin connector having a pin preload fixture, at least one shear element configured to fit into at least one shear element cavity defined by a box connector shear groove in alignment with a pin connector shear groove, wherein the at least one shear element contacts load surfaces of the pin connector and the box connector.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2009Date of Patent: July 25, 2017Assignee: Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc.Inventors: Jason Post Curtiss, III, Harris A. Reynolds, Jr.
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Patent number: 9322221Abstract: A substantially cylindrical buoyancy module for a marine riser includes a plurality of buoyancy elements separated along at least one helical separation plane.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2012Date of Patent: April 26, 2016Assignee: Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc.Inventors: Donald Paul Howard, Alan Hugh Summers, Harris A. Reynolds, Jr., Kati Rachelle Andrus
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Patent number: 8668233Abstract: A threaded connection including a pin member and a box member, and methods for manufacturing and forming said threaded connection. The pin member has a pin thread with a pin thread crest, a pin thread root, a pin load flank, and a pin stab flank. The box member has a box thread with a box thread crest, a box thread root, a box load flank, and a box stab flank. At least one of the pin thread crest, the pin load flank, the pin stab flank, the box thread crest, the box load flank, and the box stab flank has at least one perturbation formed thereon. Upon a selected make-up of the pin member with the box member, a reduced clearance gap exists between the pin thread and the box thread at the at least one perturbation.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2006Date of Patent: March 11, 2014Assignee: Hydril CompanyInventors: David Llewellyn Mallis, Harris A. Reynolds, Jr.
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Patent number: 8443896Abstract: A substantially cylindrical buoyancy module for a marine riser includes a plurality of buoyancy elements separated along at least one helical separation plane.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2010Date of Patent: May 21, 2013Assignee: Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc.Inventors: Donald Paul Howard, Alan Hugh Summers, Harris A. Reynolds, Kati Rachelle Andrus
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Publication number: 20130095712Abstract: A substantially cylindrical buoyancy module for a marine riser includes a plurality of buoyancy elements separated along at least one helical separation plane.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2012Publication date: April 18, 2013Inventors: Donald Paul Howard, Alan Hugh Summers, Harris A. Reynolds, JR., Kati Rachelle Andrus
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Patent number: 8177262Abstract: An expandable tubular connection includes a pin member and a box member. The pin member includes a pin thread formed on a small step and a large step and a first seal surface formed between the small step and the large step. The box member includes a box thread formed on a small step and a large step and a second seal surface formed between the small step and the large step. The pin thread and the box thread are wedge threads. Upon a selected make-up of the pin member with the box member a selected gap exists between the first seal surface and the second seal surface. The gap is selected such that, when plastically radially expanded by a selected amount, a seal is formed between at least a portion of the first seal surface and the second seal surface.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2005Date of Patent: May 15, 2012Assignee: Hydril Company LPInventors: Robert S. Sivley, IV, Gary W. Ward, Harris A. Reynolds, Jr.
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Patent number: 8171613Abstract: An electrically-insulative threaded connection includes a pin member having a pin thread and a box member having a box thread. An insulating composite layer is disposed between the pin thread and the box thread. The insulating composite layer includes an insulating fiber and insulating resin. The pin thread and the box thread are wedge threads. A method of making an electrically-insulative threaded connection includes forming a pin wedge thread on a pin member and winding a filament over the pin wedge thread. The filament is wetted with a resin, thereby forming a composite layer. The composite layer is cured and machined to mate with a box wedge thread.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2007Date of Patent: May 8, 2012Assignee: Hydril CompanyInventor: Harris A. Reynolds, Jr.
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Patent number: 7988205Abstract: A threaded pipe connection includes a pin member having an external thread increasing in width in one direction, a box member having an internal thread increasing in width in an opposite direction so that complementary internal and external threads move into engagement upon make-up of the connection, and at least one contact zone in which the pin member and box member are in sealed contact.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2010Date of Patent: August 2, 2011Assignee: Hydril CompanyInventors: David Llewellyn Mallis, Harris A. Reynolds, Jr.
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Patent number: 7967959Abstract: A cathodic protection system for use in an electrolyte includes a protected structure to be at least partially immersed in the electrolyte, at least one sacrificial anode to be at least partially immersed in the electrolyte and electrically connected to the protected structure, and a substantially impermeable barrier disposed between the at least one sacrificial anode and the electrolyte.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2009Date of Patent: June 28, 2011Assignee: Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc.Inventors: Donald Paul Howard, Harris A. Reynolds, Jr.
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Patent number: 7942454Abstract: A threaded connection includes a pin member including a pin thread having a pin thread crest, a pin thread root, a pin load flank, and a pin stab flank, and a box member including a box thread having a box thread crest, a box thread root, a box load flank, and a box stab flank, wherein at least one of the pin thread crest, the pin thread root, the box thread crest, and the box thread root has at least one perturbation formed thereon. Upon a selected make-up of the pin member with the box member, a localized clearance or a localized interference exists between the pin thread and the box thread at the at least one perturbation, wherein the localized clearance between the pin thread and the box thread exists across substantially the entire pin thread crest or substantially the entire box thread crest, and wherein the localized interference between the pin thread and the box thread exists across substantially the entire pin thread crest or substantially the entire box thread crest.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2010Date of Patent: May 17, 2011Assignee: Hydril CompanyInventor: Harris A. Reynolds, Jr.
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Patent number: 7850211Abstract: A wedge-threaded tubular connection includes a pin member and a box member, wherein each of the pin and box members include an engaged thread area, and a clearance gap volume formed between corresponding roots and crests of the pin and box members and arranged along an axial length of the engaged thread area according to a distribution profile. The clearance gap volume distribution profile is configured having a greater clearance gap volume proximate a central portion of the engaged thread area and progressively less clearance gap volume towards each of the distal ends of the engaged thread area.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2007Date of Patent: December 14, 2010Assignee: Hydril CompanyInventors: Harris A. Reynolds, Jr., Andrew H. Tate
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Publication number: 20100307762Abstract: A substantially cylindrical buoyancy module for a marine riser includes a plurality of buoyancy elements separated along at least one helical separation plane.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2010Publication date: December 9, 2010Applicant: Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc.Inventors: Donald Paul Howard, Alan Hugh Summers, Harris A. Reynolds, Kati Rachelle Andrus
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Patent number: 7828337Abstract: A threaded connection includes a pin member having a pin thread having a pin load flank and a pin stab flank. The threaded connection includes a box member having a box thread having a box load flank and a box stab flank. The pin thread includes a first wedge segment on the pin stab flank and the box thread includes a second wedge segment on the box stab flank. Upon make-up of the pin member with the box member, a contact stress results from engagement of the first wedge segment with the second wedge segment.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2007Date of Patent: November 9, 2010Assignee: Hydril Company LPInventor: Harris A. Reynolds, Jr.
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Publication number: 20100270169Abstract: A cathodic protection system for use in an electrolyte includes a protected structure to be at least partially immersed in the electrolyte, at least one sacrificial anode to be at least partially immersed in the electrolyte and electrically connected to the protected structure, and a substantially impermeable barrier disposed between the at least one sacrificial anode and the electrolyte.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2009Publication date: October 28, 2010Applicant: DIAMOND OFFSHORE DRILLING, INC.Inventors: Donald Paul Howard, Harris A. Reynolds, JR.
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Patent number: 7810849Abstract: A threaded connection includes a pin member having a pin thread having a pin thread crest, a pin thread root, a pin load flank, and a pin stab flank, a box member having a box thread having a box thread crest, a box thread root, a box load flank, and a box stab flank, wherein at least one of the pin thread crest, the pin thread root, the box thread crest, and the box thread root has at least one perturbation formed thereon, and wherein upon a selected make-up of the pin member with the box member, at least one of a localized clearance or a localized interference exists between the pin thread and the box thread at the at least one perturbation.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2007Date of Patent: October 12, 2010Assignee: Hydril Company LPInventor: Harris A. Reynolds, Jr.
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Publication number: 20100164223Abstract: A riser joint connection includes a box connector having a box preload fixture, a pin connector having a pin preload fixture, at least one shear element configured to fit into at least one shear element cavity defined by a box connector shear groove in alignment with a pin connector shear groove, wherein the at least one shear element contacts load surfaces of the pin connector and the box connector.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2009Publication date: July 1, 2010Applicant: DIAMOND OFFSHORE DRILLING, INC.Inventors: Jason Post Curtiss, III, Harris A. Reynolds, JR.
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Publication number: 20100156099Abstract: A threaded connection includes a pin member including a pin thread having a pin thread crest, a pin thread root, a pin load flank, and a pin stab flank, and a box member including a box thread having a box thread crest, a box thread root, a box load flank, and a box stab flank, wherein at least one of the pin thread crest, the pin thread root, the box thread crest, and the box thread root has at least one perturbation formed thereon. Upon a selected make-up of the pin member with the box member, a localized clearance or a localized interference exists between the pin thread and the box thread at the at least one perturbation, wherein the localized clearance between the pin thread and the box thread exists across substantially the entire pin thread crest or substantially the entire box thread crest, and wherein the localized interference between the pin thread and the box thread exists across substantially the entire pin thread crest or substantially the entire box thread crest.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2010Publication date: June 24, 2010Applicant: Hydril CompanyInventor: Harris A. Reynolds, JR.
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Patent number: 7717478Abstract: A threaded connection between adjacent tubular members includes a pin member providing an external wedge thread and a box member providing an internal wedge thread, wherein the internal wedge thread corresponds with the external wedge thread. Further, the threaded connection includes at least one interruption along a helical thread length of one of the external wedge thread and the internal wedge thread and at least two regions along an axial length of the threaded connection where the external wedge thread and the internal wedge thread form a thread seal.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2006Date of Patent: May 18, 2010Assignee: Hydril LLCInventor: Harris A. Reynolds, Jr.
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Publication number: 20100084588Abstract: A hydraulic control system and method utilizing a retrievable control pod for the actuation of subsea blowout preventer stacks are disclosed. In one embodiment, the hydraulic control system comprises a subsea hydraulic umbilical line, a lower marine riser package having a hydraulic receptacle, a hydraulic control pod having a hydraulic connector for hydraulically mating with the hydraulic receptacle, at least one pod umbilical hydraulic connector hydraulically connected through umbilical connector piping to the hydraulic control pod, and at least one lower marine riser package umbilical hydraulic connector for hydraulically mating with the pod umbilical hydraulic connector and the subsea hydraulic umbilical line.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2009Publication date: April 8, 2010Applicant: DIAMOND OFFSHORE DRILLING, INC.Inventors: Jason Post Curtiss, III, John Stephen Hiltpold, Patrick D.M. Rogan, Harris A. Reynolds, JR.
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Patent number: 7686350Abstract: Threaded connections including a pin member and a box member and are mismatched. The pin member and the box member have wedge threads formed thereon with a gap formed between pin and box load flanks and/or pin and box stab flanks of the threaded connection. The mismatch may comprise different flank angles and/or different flank profiles between corresponding flanks.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2006Date of Patent: March 30, 2010Assignee: Hydril LLCInventors: Harris A. Reynolds, Jr., Robert S. Sivley, IV