Patents by Inventor James Rounding

James Rounding 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).

  • Publication number: 20240368959
    Abstract: A technique facilitates deploying and setting a liner hanger assembly while securely retaining liner hanger slips during running-in-hole. The liner hanger assembly may comprise a variety of components such as a mandrel, a cone, a plurality of slips, a retention ring, and an actuator. The slips may each be configured with an upper retention end and a lower retention end having a plurality of angles which interlock with corresponding angles of the cone and the retention ring. Additionally, a portion of the actuator may be sized to slide over an axial end of the retention ring to prevent inadvertent decoupling of the slips after installing the slips along the exterior of the cone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2024
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Inventors: Carlos Moreno, Michael Underbrink, Kameron Lee Klauber, Martin Hernandez, James Rounding
  • Patent number: 12104467
    Abstract: A system for use in a well includes a liner hanger including a mandrel, a cone mounted about the mandrel, the cone having tapered slips, a plurality of tapered slips slidably received in the tapered slots, each tapered slip of the plurality of tapered slips comprising a plurality of teeth, wherein each tapered slip of the plurality of tapered slips and the corresponding tapered slot includes a setting ramp, and a loading ramp separate from the setting ramp, and an actuator mounted about the mandrel to selectively shift the plurality of tapered slips between a radially contracted position and a radially expanded, set position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Carlos Moreno, Kameron Lee Klauber, James Rounding, Martin Hernandez, Zachary Gortowski, Amanda Halbert, Michael Underbrink
  • Patent number: 12091930
    Abstract: A technique facilitates deploying and setting a liner hanger assembly while securely retaining liner hanger slips during running-in-hole. The liner hanger assembly may comprise a variety of components such as a mandrel, a cone, a plurality of slips, a retention ring, and an actuator. The slips may each be configured with an upper retention end and a lower retention end having a plurality of angles which interlock with corresponding angles of the cone and the retention ring. Additionally, a portion of the actuator may be sized to slide over an axial end of the retention ring to prevent inadvertent decoupling of the slips after installing the slips along the exterior of the cone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Carlos Moreno, Michael Underbrink, Kameron Lee Klauber, Martin Hernandez, James Rounding
  • Publication number: 20230407729
    Abstract: A system for use in a well includes a liner hanger including a mandrel, a cone mounted about the mandrel, the cone having tapered slips, a plurality of tapered slips slidably received in the tapered slots, each tapered slip of the plurality of tapered slips comprising a plurality of teeth, wherein each tapered slip of the plurality of tapered slips and the corresponding tapered slot includes a setting ramp, and a loading ramp separate from the setting ramp, and an actuator mounted about the mandrel to selectively shift the plurality of tapered slips between a radially contracted position and a radially expanded, set position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2021
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Carlos Moreno, Kameron Lee Klauber, James Rounding, Martin Hernandez, Zachary Gortowski, Amanda Halbert, Michael Underbrink
  • Publication number: 20230072517
    Abstract: A technique facilitates deploying and setting a liner hanger assembly while securely retaining liner hanger slips during running-in-hole. The liner hanger assembly may comprise a variety of components such as a mandrel, a cone, a plurality of slips, a retention ring, and an actuator. The slips may each be configured with an upper retention end and a lower retention end having a plurality of angles which interlock with corresponding angles of the cone and the retention ring. Additionally, a portion of the actuator may be sized to slide over an axial end of the retention ring to prevent inadvertent decoupling of the slips after installing the slips along the exterior of the cone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Inventors: Carlos Moreno, Michael Underbrink, Kameron Lee Klauber, Martin Hernandez, James Rounding
  • Patent number: 8892506
    Abstract: An interactive system enables users to generate and submit lists of items (e.g., products selected from an electronic catalog) for viewing by other users. The user-generated lists are selectively suggested to users of the system based (or based in part) on ratings of the user-generated lists. These ratings may, for example, be based on explicit ratings of the lists by users, and/or measures of how effective the respective lists are at driving purchases of items. In some contexts, the system may select one or more user-generated lists to present to a user based on a set of items purchased, viewed, or otherwise selected by the user, or based on the results of a search query submitted by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew James Round, Jeffrey P. Bezos, Ryan Justin Snodgrass, Jeremy Charles York, Russell A. Dicker, Joanna L. Power