Patents by Inventor Joe DeGeare

Joe DeGeare 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: 12104448
    Abstract: A grease-retaining frac valve insert to mitigate grease loss during operation of a frac valve, a frac valve assembly using one or more of the grease-retaining frac valve insert, and a wellhead including one or more frac valve assemblies using one or more of the grease-retaining frac valve inserts. The frac valve assembly includes a valve gate defining a valve aperture movable from an wellhead operating position to the valve open position. The grease-retaining frac valve insert includes a seal plate defining a cuff receptacle. A valve sealing cuff is removably received in the cuff receptacle. The valve sealing cuff carries a face sealing groove for sealing against the valve aperture as the valve gate is moved between the wellhead operating position to the valve open position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: AWC FRAC VALVES, INC.
    Inventors: Joe DeGear, Aaron Ladwig, Jeremy Perkins, Matthew R. Foertsch, Robert Ventrelli, Garrett Scott Laughlin
  • Patent number: 6866104
    Abstract: A downhole vibration tool consisting of a body assembly installed in a work string, and a drop-in dart valve assembly. An open inner bore through the body assembly allows the performance of operations through the body assembly. To activate the vibration tool, the dart valve assembly is dropped into the work string and pumped downhole into engagement with the body assembly. Once the dart valve assembly is in place in the body assembly, continued pumping of fluid will cause the tool to begin to vibrate longitudinally. When the jarring operation is finished, the dart valve assembly can be released from the body assembly and retrieved, with a wireline or coiled tubing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2005
    Assignee: Baker Hughes Incorporated
    Inventors: Carl W. Stoesz, Joe DeGeare, Gerald D. Lynde, Roy E. Swanson, James A. Sonnier, David B. Haughton
  • Publication number: 20030168227
    Abstract: A downhole vibration tool consisting of a body assembly installed in a work string, and a drop-in dart valve assembly. An open inner bore through the body assembly allows the performance of operations through the body assembly. To activate the vibration tool, the dart valve assembly is dropped into the work string and pumped downhole into engagement with the body assembly. Once the dart valve assembly is in place in the body assembly, continued pumping of fluid will cause the tool to begin to vibrate longitudinally. When the jarring operation is finished, the dart valve assembly can be released from the body assembly and retrieved, with a wireline or coiled tubing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2003
    Publication date: September 11, 2003
    Inventors: Carl W. Stoesz, Joe DeGeare, Gerald D. Lynde, Roy E. Swanson, James A. Sonnier, David B. Haughton