Patents by Inventor Joe Henry Haws

Joe Henry Haws 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).

  • Systems and methods for reducing vibrations
    Patent number: 7406923
    Abstract: There is disclosed a system comprising a substantially cylindrical element, at least one strake element about a circumference of the cylindrical element, wherein at least one of the strake elements are closed and comprise a thickness measured in a direction along a longitudinal axis of the cylindrical element less than two times an outside diameter of the cylindrical element, and wherein the strake elements operate to reduce the vibration of the cylindrical element when the cylindrical element is subjected to a fluid current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2008
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: Donald Wayne Allen, Dean Leroy Henning, Joe Henry Haws
  • Systems and methods for reducing vibrations
    Publication number: 20060231008
    Abstract: There is disclosed a system comprising a substantially cylindrical element, at least one strake element about a circumference of the cylindrical element, wherein at least one of the strake elements are closed and comprise a thickness measured in a direction along a longitudinal axis of the cylindrical element less than two times an outside diameter of the cylindrical element, and wherein the strake elements operate to reduce the vibration of the cylindrical element when the cylindrical element is subjected to a fluid current.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2006
    Publication date: October 19, 2006
    Inventors: Donald Wayne Allen, Dean Leroy Henning, Joe Henry Haws
  • Partial helical strake for vortex-induced-vibrationsuppression
    Patent number: 6561734
    Abstract: A partial helical strake system and method for suppressing vortex-induced-vibration of a substantially cylindrical marine element, the strake system having a base connected to the cylindrical marine element and an array of helical strakes projecting from the base for about half or less of the circumference of the cylindrical marine element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2003
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: Donald Wayne Allen, Dean Leroy Henning, Joe Henry Haws, David Wayne McMillan, Richard Bruce McDaniel