Patents by Inventor Joe Lynn Yates

Joe Lynn Yates 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).

  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COUPLING PIPES
    Publication number: 20120119484
    Abstract: A system and method for coupling pipes. The system includes at least one tubular sleeve positionable in at least one of the pair of pipes and a compression ring. Each of the tubular sleeves has a ring end. The compression ring is positionable in the coupling and has having a ring shoulder positionable adjacent a ring end of the at least one tubular sleeve for selective engagement therewith such that, as fluid passes through the compression ring and the at least one tubular sleeve, fluid is selectively releaseable therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2012
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Applicant: NATIONAL OILWELL VARCO, L.P.
    Inventors: Thomas Kilpatrick McLaughlin, Joe Lynn Yates, Jon Knowlton Peterson