Patents by Inventor Jianhui Xu

Jianhui Xu 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: 20230170521
    Abstract: A system and a method for forming a composite electrolyte structure are provided. An exemplary composite electrolyte structure includes, at least in part, polymer electrolyte preforms that are bonded into the composite electrolyte structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2023
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Inventors: Guodong Zhan, Timothy E. Moellendick, Abdulwahab S Aljohar, Chinthaka Pasan Gooneratne, Jianhui Xu
  • Patent number: 11643899
    Abstract: A downhole device that drills a wellbore includes a stabilizer which has a body and blades. The blades are disposed on a surface of the body and each blade has a hollow space. The blades each include a dissolvable window that is disposed on a surface of each of the blades and a light source that emits light to the wellbore. The dissolvable window blocks light emitted from the light source thereby reducing or eliminating light from being transmitted to the wellbore. The dissolvable window dissolves upon exposure to a fluid containing a dissolving medium, thereby allowing the light source to transmit light to the wellbore. Methods of using the downhole device to activate downhole chemicals are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Jothibasu Ramasamy, Chinthaka Gooneratne, Jianhui Xu
  • Patent number: 11631884
    Abstract: A system and a method for forming a composite electrolyte structure are provided. An exemplary composite electrolyte structure includes, at least in part, polymer electrolyte preforms that are bonded into the composite electrolyte structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Guodong Zhan, Timothy E. Moellendick, Abdulwahab S Aljohar, Chinthaka Pasan Gooneratne, Jianhui Xu
  • Patent number: 11624240
    Abstract: A fluidic agitator includes a seamless insert body having an outer enclosure wall defining an enclosed cavity and a plurality of inner channel walls arranged to define an inlet chamber, a vortex chamber, and a feedback chamber within the enclosed cavity. The inlet chamber, the vortex chamber, and the feedback chamber create a hydraulic pulse in a fluid stream received in the enclosed cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Jianhui Xu, Guodong Zhan, Abdulwahab S. Aljohar
  • Patent number: 11619094
    Abstract: A downhole drilling motor assembly includes a first motor, a second motor aligned coaxially with the first motor, and a clutch assembly aligned coaxially with the first and second motors. The clutch assembly independently and selectively actuates each of the first and second motors to rotationally drive a drill bit. A related method includes: mounting a drill bit at a distal end of a drill string at a well site; and providing a downhole drilling motor assembly which rotationally drives the drill bit. The clutch assembly is controlled to independently and selectively actuate the first and second motors, and the drill bit is rotationally driven via the independent and selective actuation of the first and second motors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Amjad Alshaarawi, Abdulwahab Aljohar, Jianhui Xu, Guodong Zhan
  • Patent number: 11603734
    Abstract: A support ring prevents an elastomer seal from extruding. The support ring is expanded and supports the expanded seal, preventing the elastomer seal failing due to extrusion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: CNPC USA Corporation
    Inventors: Jianpeng Yue, Matthew Patsy, Anthony Tran, Jianhui Xu, Peng Cheng
  • Patent number: 11566988
    Abstract: A testing device that includes a wear testing device, a sensor array, and a controller. The wear testing device includes a sample rotation element configured to hold and to rotate a sample; and a cutting element holder configured to hold a cutting element and to engage the cutting element with the sample as the sample rotates. The sensor array includes an acoustic emissions (AE) sensor configured to measure an acoustic signal generated during engagement between the cutting element and the sample; and a load sensor. The controller is communicably connected to the sensor array and configured to determine a toughness and a wear resistance of the cutting element using the acoustic signal, the applied load, and a wear state of the cutting element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Jianhui Xu, Guodong Zhan, Bodong Li, Chinthaka P. Gooneratne, Arturo Magana Mora
  • Patent number: 11536113
    Abstract: A system includes a sliding sleeve, a ball landing seat, a plurality of microchips, a hydraulic piston, and a ball catcher. The sliding sleeve is made of a body with a plurality of holes and is installed within a tubular body having an exit groove. The ball landing seat is formed by the sliding sleeve. The plurality of microchips are housed in a microchip ring installed within the sliding sleeve. The hydraulic piston is installed within the microchip ring and is triggered by reception of a ball in the ball landing seat. The ball reduces a cross sectional area of a flow path when in the ball landing seat. The hydraulic piston releases the plurality of microchips through the exit groove and into the well to gather data. The ball catcher is configured to receive and hold the ball after the plurality of microchips are released into the well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Abrar Alshaikh, Bodong Li, Jianhui Xu, Guodong Zhan
  • Patent number: 11486202
    Abstract: A drilling tool for drilling a wellbore in a formation, where the drilling tool includes: a drill bit comprising a cutting element, a sensor array, and a controller. The sensor array includes: an acoustic emissions (AE) sensor configured to measure an acoustic signal generated during drilling of the formation by the cutting element and a load sensor configured to measure an applied load by the cutting element on the formation. The controller is communicably connected to the sensor array and configured to determine a toughness of the cutting element using the acoustic signal, the applied load, and a wear state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Jianhui Xu, Guodong Zhan, Bodong Li, Chinthaka P. Gooneratne, Arturo Magana Mora, Timothy Eric Moellendick
  • Patent number: 11454082
    Abstract: An exemplary dissolvable assembly is provided. The dissolvable assembly includes a skeleton made from a first material, and a body made from a second material, wherein the first material and the second material dissolve at different rates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Sakethraman Mahalingam, Graham Hitchcock, Daniele Colombo, Jianhui Xu
  • Publication number: 20220290518
    Abstract: A repairing assembly includes a housing, a packer, and a thermal spray assembly. The housing is attached to a wellbore string disposed within a wellbore with casing. The packer is coupled to the housing. The packer is set on a wall of the wellbore to bound a repair zone defined between the packer and an end of the housing opposite the packer. The housing or the packer includes a fluid channel in fluid communication with the wellbore string or an annulus of the wellbore. The thermal spray assembly is coupled to the housing and sprays a damaged section of the casing with a thermal spray to repair the damaged section. The housing flows an inert gas received from the wellbore string or the annulus of the wellbore and through the fluid channel into the repair zone until an oxygen in the repair zone is substantially removed from the repair zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: Guodong Zhan, Jianhui Xu, Abdulwahab Al-Johar, Bodong Li, Timothy E. Moellendick
  • Publication number: 20220276142
    Abstract: A testing device that includes a wear testing device, a sensor array, and a controller. The wear testing device includes a sample rotation element configured to hold and to rotate a sample; and a cutting element holder configured to hold a cutting element and to engage the cutting element with the sample as the sample rotates. The sensor array includes an acoustic emissions (AE) sensor array comprising a plurality of AE sensors, the plurality of AE sensors configured to measure a plurality of acoustic signals generated during engagement between the cutting element and the sample; and a load sensor. The controller is communicably connected to the sensor array and configured to determine a toughness and a wear resistance of the cutting element using the plurality of acoustic signals, the applied load, and a wear state of the cutting element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Applicant: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Chinthaka P. Gooneratne, Jianhui Xu, Guodong Zhan, Bodong Li, Arturo Magana Mora
  • Publication number: 20220275687
    Abstract: A drilling tool for drilling a wellbore in a formation, where the drilling tool includes: a drill bit comprising a cutting element, a sensor array, and a controller. The sensor array includes: an acoustic emissions (AE) sensor configured to measure an acoustic signal generated during drilling of the formation by the cutting element and a load sensor configured to measure an applied load by the cutting element on the formation. The controller is communicably connected to the sensor array and configured to determine a toughness of the cutting element using the acoustic signal, the applied load, and a wear state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Applicant: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Jianhui Xu, Guodong Zhan, Bodong Li, Chinthaka P. Gooneratne, Arturo Magana Mora, Timothy Eric Moellendick
  • Publication number: 20220276143
    Abstract: A system including one or more hardware processors for automatic evaluation of a cutting element in a wear testing device. The system includes an access module to access cutting element event analysis results from a sensor array. The system further includes a first model trained to classify a cutting element event of the cutting element according to a supervised machine learning algorithm, and output a predicted event type of the cutting element event. The system further includes a second model trained to classify a cutting element event of the cutting element according to an unsupervised machine learning algorithm, and output a predicted behavior of the cutting element event. The system further includes a controller to determine a toughness and a wear resistance of the cutting element. The system also includes an output module to generate and display a work order on a user interface of a client device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Applicant: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Arturo Magana Mora, Bodong Li, Jianhui Xu, Guodong Zhan, Chinthaka P. Gooneratne
  • Publication number: 20220276141
    Abstract: A testing device that includes a wear testing device, a sensor array, and a controller. The wear testing device includes a sample rotation element configured to hold and to rotate a sample; and a cutting element holder configured to hold a cutting element and to engage the cutting element with the sample as the sample rotates. The sensor array includes an acoustic emissions (AE) sensor configured to measure an acoustic signal generated during engagement between the cutting element and the sample; and a load sensor. The controller is communicably connected to the sensor array and configured to determine a toughness and a wear resistance of the cutting element using the acoustic signal, the applied load, and a wear state of the cutting element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Applicant: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Jianhui Xu, Guodong Zhan, Bodong Li, Chinthaka P. Gooneratne, Arturo Magana Mora
  • Publication number: 20220268146
    Abstract: An instrumented cutter including a polycrystalline diamond table bonded to a substrate with a sensor, for monitoring the condition of the polycrystalline compact diamond table, embedded in the substrate. Further the instrumented cutter includes a wireless transmitter equipped with a power supply to power to the wireless transmitter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Applicant: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Guodong Zhan, Timothy Eric Moellendick, Chinthaka P. Gooneratne, Jianhui Xu, Arturo Magana Mora
  • Publication number: 20220250989
    Abstract: A method of forming a composite cutter for a downhole drilling tool is described. The method includes: mixing a polycrystalline diamond powder and a cubic boron nitride powder with a molar ratio between 0.1 and 0.9 to form a catalyst-free composite mixture; placing the catalyst-free composite mixture into a mold configured in a shape of a cutter; exposing the catalyst-free composite mixture to an ultra-high-pressure, high-temperature treatment including a pressure between 11 Gigapascals (GPa) and 20 GPa, and a temperature between 1300 Kelvins (K) and 2600 K to form a solid composite body; and cooling the solid composite body to form the composite cutter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2021
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Inventors: Guodong Zhan, Jianhui Xu, Duanwei He, Abrar Alshaikh
  • Publication number: 20220213753
    Abstract: A method for on demand release of a downhole chemical comprising the steps of extending a drillstring into a wellbore of a subterranean well from a terranean surface comprising an actuator assembly and a modified stabilizer; identifying a downhole issue in the wellbore; activating the actuator assembly to transmit a signal to turn on the electromagnet of the modified stabilizer; creating a magnetic field when the electromagnet is turned on by the actuator assembly; opening the magnetically-actuated door due to the magnetically-actuated door being physically attracted to the magnetic field of the electromagnet; releasing downhole chemicals from the chemical storage compartment through the magnetically-actuated door; activating the actuator assembly to transmit a signal to turn off the electromagnet of the modified stabilizer; removing the magnetic field when the electromagnet is turned off by the actuator assembly; and closing the magnetically-actuated door when the magnetic field is removed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2021
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Jothibasu Ramasamy, Chinthaka Pasan Gooneratne, Jianhui Xu
  • Patent number: 11333796
    Abstract: A spatial autocorrelation machine learning-based downscaling method of satellite precipitation data includes obtaining the TRMM precipitation data and the land surface parameters; preprocessing the land surface parameters to obtain DEM, day land surface temperature, night surface land temperature, day-and-night land surface temperature difference and NDVI with spatial resolutions of 1 km and 25 km; performing a spatial autocorrelation analysis of the TRMM precipitation data to obtain an estimated spatial autocorrelation value of the precipitation data with a spatial resolution of 25 km; downscaling the spatial resolution of the spatial autocorrelation value of the precipitation data from 25 km to 1 km; establishing a nonlinear regression model; obtaining a precipitation downscaling data with a spatial resolution of 1 km based on the nonlinear regression model. A system and a terminal are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignees: GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY, GUANGDONG ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, GUANGDONG METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATION DATA CENTER
    Inventors: Jianhui Xu, Huihua Ruan, Ji Yang, Hongda Hu, Kaiwen Zhong, Chenghu Zhou
  • Publication number: 20220134410
    Abstract: An expansion cone useful for expanding an expandable tubular, the expansion cone includes: a base material selected from a group consisting of alloyed steel, tungsten carbide coated alloyed steel, and cemented tungsten carbide; an intermediate buffering layer; and a coating deposited on an outer surface of the intermediate buffering layer; wherein the intermediate buffering layer is deposited between an outer surface of the steel alloy base material and the coating, wherein the intermediate buffering layer is one or more selected from a group consisting of Silicon (Si), Titanium (Ti), and silicon carbide (SiC), and wherein the coating is a diamond containing coating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2020
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Applicant: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Jianhui Xu, Guodong (David) Zhan