Patents by Inventor James A. Sinnott

James A. Sinnott 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: 9103182
    Abstract: A well completion system includes a wellhead, a control line assembly for use in completions that is mounted to the wellhead, and a tubing hanger. The control line assembly includes a cylinder, a main housing assembly, a passage and a metal-to-metal seal. A split lockout ring provides a positive lock to the passage. Control lines enter the tubing hanger and exit via the wellhead. This arrangement on the wellhead provides sufficient height and clearance to allow for the installation of a plurality of control lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: Vetco Gray Inc.
    Inventors: James A. Sinnott, Arlane Christie, Laura Campbell
  • Publication number: 20130168104
    Abstract: A well completion system includes a wellhead, a control line assembly for use in completions that is mounted to the wellhead, and a tubing hanger. The control line assembly includes a cylinder, a main housing assembly, a passage and a metal-to-metal seal. A split lockout ring provides a positive lock to the passage. Control lines enter the tubing hanger and exit via the wellhead. This arrangement on the wellhead provides sufficient height and clearance to allow for the installation of a plurality of control lines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2011
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Applicant: VETCO GRAY INC.
    Inventors: James A. Sinnott, Arlane Christie, Laura Campbell
  • Patent number: 8387708
    Abstract: A packoff is located within a wellhead housing and a casing hanger. The packoff has an internal ratchet ring that engages a threaded profile on the exterior of the casing hanger thereby allowing installation of the packoff to be achieved by simply stabbing the packoff over the protruding neck of the casing hanger. This ratchet ring significantly reduces the rotation required during installation, decreasing potential for damage to seals. The casing hanger has an external lock ring that is inwardly biased. During installation of the packoff, the packoff acts to activate the lock ring to thereby force it outward. The lock ring is forced outward and into a recess formed in the interior of the wellhead housing. The lock ring and the ratchet ring locks the packoff and casing hanger into place with the wellhead housing without the need of external lockdown screws, thereby minimizing leak paths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Vetco Gray Inc.
    Inventors: David A. Anderson, James Sinnott
  • Patent number: 8127857
    Abstract: A system, apparatus, and method to apply tension to completion tubing in a wellbore. The system, apparatus, and method comprises an inner and outer tubing hanger, with the string of tubing attached to the inner tubing hanger. A running tool lands the outer tubing hanger on a landing shoulder and continues to lower the inner tubing hanger into the wellbore until the lower end of the inner tubing hanger latches into a retaining device. The running tool then sets a seal which holds the outer tubing hanger in position and causes a ratcheting mechanism to move to an engaged position. The running tool then withdraws the inner tubing hanger a predetermined distance until the inner tubing hanger engages the ratcheting mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignee: Vetco Gray Inc.
    Inventors: James A. Sinnott, Arlane P. Christie, David A. Anderson
  • Publication number: 20120043094
    Abstract: A packoff is located within a wellhead housing and a casing hanger. The packoff has an internal ratchet ring that engages a threaded profile on the exterior of the casing hanger thereby allowing installation of the packoff to be achieved by simply stabbing the packoff over the protruding neck of the casing hanger. This ratchet ring significantly reduces the rotation required during installation, decreasing potential for damage to seals. The casing hanger has an external lock ring that is inwardly biased. During installation of the packoff, the packoff acts to activate the lock ring to thereby force it outward. The lock ring is forced outward and into a recess formed in the interior of the wellhead housing. The lock ring and the ratchet ring locks the packoff and casing hanger into place with the wellhead housing without the need of external lockdown screws, thereby minimizing leak paths.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2010
    Publication date: February 23, 2012
    Applicant: Vetco Gray Inc.
    Inventors: David A. Anderson, James Sinnott
  • Publication number: 20110005774
    Abstract: A system, apparatus, and method to apply tension to completion tubing in a wellbore. The system, apparatus, and method comprises an inner and outer tubing hanger, with the string of tubing attached to the inner tubing hanger. A running tool lands the outer tubing hanger on a landing shoulder and continues to lower the inner tubing hanger into the wellbore until the lower end of the inner tubing hanger latches into a retaining device. The running tool then sets a seal which holds the outer tubing hanger in position and causes a ratcheting mechanism to move to an engaged position. The running tool then withdraws the inner tubing hanger a predetermined distance until the inner tubing hanger engages the ratcheting mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2009
    Publication date: January 13, 2011
    Applicant: Vetco Gray Inc.
    Inventors: James A. Sinnott, Arlane P. Christie, David A. Anderson
  • Patent number: 5351607
    Abstract: A shower cooker apparatus includes a lower vessel and an upper shower fan for a heated fluid cooking medium such as water. The bottom portion of the bagel or other dough product is bathed in the vessel, while the top portion is showered, for simultaneous cooking of the top and bottom portions. The dough products are carried on a conveyor which is submerged in the cooking vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 1993
    Date of Patent: October 4, 1994
    Assignee: Kraft General Foods, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew J. Rini, Vincent Apicella, Frederick Fulton, Bennet Black, James Sinnott
  • Patent number: 5131835
    Abstract: A shower cooker apparatus includes a lower vessel and an upper shower fan for a heated fluid cooking medium such as water. The bottom portion of the bagel or other dough product is bathed in the vessel, while the top portion is showered, for simultaneous cooking of the top and bottom portions. The dough products are carried on a conveyor which is submerged in the cooking vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 1990
    Date of Patent: July 21, 1992
    Assignee: Kraft General Foods, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew J. Rini, Vincent Apicella, Frederick Fulton, Bennet Black, James Sinnott
  • Patent number: D813459
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Inventors: Thomas James Sinnott, Joseph Gerard Sinnott, Mark Anthony Sinnott
  • Patent number: D961161
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Inventors: Thomas James Sinnott, Joseph Gerard Sinnott, Mark Anthony Sinnott