Patents by Inventor Joe P. Parris

Joe P. Parris 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).

  • Composite material tubular member joint
    Patent number: 4865356
    Abstract: The improved tubular joint of the present invention includes the tubular members each having a thickened portion near their adjoining ends which thickened portions have substantially the same stiffness as the thinner portions of the tubular members, an inner band positioned within the thickened ends of the tubular members and an outer band positioned around the thickened ends of the tubular members, said inner band having a plurality of capture plates with each having a threaded openings facing outwardly and registering with the openings of the bolt sleeves which extending through the outer band and the end of each of the tubular members, bolt shafts extending through said bolt sleeves in threaded engagement with said threaded openings in the capture plate and sealed within said bolt sleeves, locking nuts on the outer ends of said bolt shafts, means for sealing between the exterior of the inner band and the interior of each of the tubular members, means for testing the effectiveness of the seal between the in
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 1988
    Date of Patent: September 12, 1989
    Assignee: Cameron Iron Works USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Norman B. Moore, Joe P. Parris, Edmund A. Fisher
  • Ram-type blowout preventer and packer therefor
    Patent number: 4518144
    Abstract: An improved ram-type blowout preventer having a housing with a vertical bore and opposed, aligned ram guideways, a ram in each guideway, means for moving the rams inwardly and outwardly in the guideways, each ram having an improved ram front packer with a packing and means for directing the flow of the packing into a restricted opening at the face of the packer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 1983
    Date of Patent: May 21, 1985
    Assignee: Cameron Iron Works, Inc.
    Inventors: John C. Vicic, Carl A. La Velle, Joe P. Parris, III
  • Valve
    Patent number: 4337920
    Abstract: A valve for high temperature abrasive service having a body with an inlet connected to a valve chamber and an outlet extending through a valve seat from the valve chamber, a valve stem movable toward and away from the valve seat, a valve member mounted on the valve stem to coact with the valve seat to control flow therethrough, said valve member having an outer sleeve of abrasion resistant material which is supported by annular split springs to prevent rattling of the sleeve and to insulate it from the effects of differential expansion between it and its internal support members. The spring is generally annular in shape with its width extending axially of the sleeve and having sinusoidal waves above and below its circular axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 1980
    Date of Patent: July 6, 1982
    Assignee: Cameron Iron Works, Inc.
    Inventor: Joe P. Parris