Patents by Inventor John B. Hankins

John B. Hankins 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).

  • Fluid stabbing dog
    Patent number: 9422789
    Abstract: A diverter system having stabbing dogs is provided. In one embodiment, such a system includes a diverter, a housing, and a plurality of stabbing dogs coupled to the housing. The stabbing dogs are positioned to enable locking elements of the stabbing dogs to be extended into recesses in the diverter to secure the diverter within the housing. At least one of the recesses in the diverter is connected to a fluid conduit within the diverter, and at least one stabbing dog includes a fluid passage that enables fluid to be routed into the fluid conduit within the diverter through the at least one stabbing dog. Additional systems, devices, and methods are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: Cameron International Corporation
    Inventors: Jerod C. Bushman, John B. Hankins, John A. Hoefler, Harold A. Tenorio
  • DIVERTER STABBING DOG
    Publication number: 20160024879
    Abstract: A diverter system having stabbing dogs is provided. In one embodiment, such a system includes a diverter, a housing, and a plurality of stabbing dogs coupled to the housing. The stabbing dogs are positioned to enable locking elements of the stabbing dogs to be extended into recesses in the diverter to secure the diverter within the housing. At least one of the recesses in the diverter is connected to a fluid conduit within the diverter, and at least one stabbing dog includes a fluid passage that enables fluid to be routed into the fluid conduit within the diverter through the at least one stabbing dog. Additional systems, devices, and methods are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2015
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Applicant: Cameron International Corporation
    Inventors: Jerod C. Bushman, John B. Hankins, John A. Hoefler, Harold A. Tenorio
  • Diverter stabbing dog
    Patent number: 9068433
    Abstract: A diverter system having stabbing dogs is provided. In one embodiment, such a system includes a diverter, a housing, and a plurality of stabbing dogs coupled to the housing. The stabbing dogs are positioned to enable locking elements of the stabbing dogs to be extended into recesses in the diverter to secure the diverter within the housing. At least one of the recesses in the diverter is connected to a fluid conduit within the diverter, and at least one stabbing dog includes a fluid passage that enables fluid to be routed into the fluid conduit within the diverter through the at least one stabbing dog. Additional systems, devices, and methods are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: Cameron International Corporation
    Inventors: Jerod C. Bushman, John B. Hankins, John A. Hoefler, Harold A. Tenorio
  • Diverter Stabbing Dog
    Publication number: 20140262304
    Abstract: A diverter system having stabbing dogs is provided. In one embodiment, such a system includes a diverter, a housing, and a plurality of stabbing dogs coupled to the housing. The stabbing dogs are positioned to enable locking elements of the stabbing dogs to be extended into recesses in the diverter to secure the diverter within the housing. At least one of the recesses in the diverter is connected to a fluid conduit within the diverter, and at least one stabbing dog includes a fluid passage that enables fluid to be routed into the fluid conduit within the diverter through the at least one stabbing dog. Additional systems, devices, and methods are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: CAMERON INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jerod C. Bushman, John B. Hankins, John A. Hoefler, Harold A. Tenorio
  • High efficiency commercial water heater
    Patent number: 5687678
    Abstract: A commercial water heater apparatus, including a housing, a radial-fired burner within the housing, a single continuous, multiple loop, finned coil tubing heat exchanger for circulating water around the burner, having at least a first set of inner coils forming a coil trough therebetween and a second set of outer coils nested within the coil trough formed by the inner set of coils, the outer set of coils forming a second coil trough around the exterior thereof, and a coil baffle interposed in the second exterior trough for deflecting heat adjacent to the second set of coils.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 18, 1997
    Assignee: Weben-Jarco, Inc.
    Inventors: Frank H. Suchomel, John B. Hankins