Patents by Inventor John H. Stevens

John H. Stevens 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).

  • Publication number: 20240050159
    Abstract: Embodiments include a system for providing blood flow information for a patient. The system may include at least one computer system including a touchscreen. The at least one computer system may be configured to display, on the touchscreen, a three-dimensional model representing at least a portion of an anatomical structure of the patient based on patient-specific data. The at least one computer system may also be configured to receive a first input relating to a first location on the touchscreen indicated by at least one pointing object controlled by a user, and the first location on the touchscreen may indicate a first location on the displayed three-dimensional model. The at least one computer system may be further configured to display first information on the touchscreen, and the first information may indicate a blood flow characteristic at the first location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventors: Gregory R. HART, John H. STEVENS
  • Patent number: 11826106
    Abstract: Embodiments include a system for providing blood flow information for a patient. The system may include at least one computer system including a touchscreen. The at least one computer system may be configured to display, on the touchscreen, a three-dimensional model representing at least a portion of an anatomical structure of the patient based on patient-specific data. The at least one computer system may also be configured to receive a first input relating to a first location on the touchscreen indicated by at least one pointing object controlled by a user, and the first location on the touchscreen may indicate a first location on the displayed three-dimensional model. The at least one computer system may be further configured to display first information on the touchscreen, and the first information may indicate a blood flow characteristic at the first location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: HeartFlow, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory R. Hart, John H. Stevens
  • Patent number: 11370049
    Abstract: Methods for welding a particle-matrix composite body to another body and repairing particle-matrix composite bodies are disclosed. Additionally, earth-boring tools having a joint that includes an overlapping root portion and a weld groove having a face portion with a first bevel portion and a second bevel portion are disclosed. In some embodiments, a particle-matrix bit body of an earth-boring tool may be repaired by removing a damaged portion, heating the particle-matrix composite bit body, and forming a built-up metallic structure thereon. In other embodiments, a particle-matrix composite body may be welded to a metallic body by forming a joint, heating the particle-matrix composite body, melting a metallic filler material forming a weld bead and cooling the welded particle-matrix composite body, metallic filler material and metallic body at a controlled rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Baker Hughes Holdings LLC
    Inventors: John H. Stevens, Redd H. Smith, James Andy Oxford, Jose Ramirez, Nathan David Ames, Shuchi Khurana
  • Publication number: 20210030478
    Abstract: Embodiments include a system for providing blood flow information for a patient. The system may include at least one computer system including a touchscreen. The at least one computer system may be configured to display, on the touchscreen, a three-dimensional model representing at least a portion of an anatomical structure of the patient based on patient-specific data. The at least one computer system may also be configured to receive a first input relating to a first location on the touchscreen indicated by at least one pointing object controlled by a user, and the first location on the touchscreen may indicate a first location on the displayed three-dimensional model. The at least one computer system may be further configured to display first information on the touchscreen, and the first information may indicate a blood flow characteristic at the first location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2020
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Inventors: Gregory R. HART, John H. Stevens
  • Patent number: 10842568
    Abstract: Embodiments include a system for providing blood flow information for a patient. The system may include at least one computer system including a touchscreen. The at least one computer system may be configured to display, on the touchscreen, a three-dimensional model representing at least a portion of an anatomical structure of the patient based on patient-specific data. The at least one computer system may also be configured to receive a first input relating to a first location on the touchscreen indicated by at least one pointing object controlled by a user, and the first location on the touchscreen may indicate a first location on the displayed three-dimensional model. The at least one computer system may be further configured to display first information on the touchscreen, and the first information may indicate a blood flow characteristic at the first location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: HeartFlow, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory R. Hart, John H. Stevens
  • Patent number: 10807201
    Abstract: A method includes disposing a braze material adjacent a first body and a second body; heating the braze material and forming a transient liquid phase; and transforming the transient liquid phase to a solid phase and forming a bond between the first body and the second body. The braze material includes copper, silver, zinc, magnesium, and at least one material selected from the group consisting of nickel, tin, cobalt, iron, phosphorous, indium, lead, antimony, cadmium, and bismuth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: Baker Hughes Holdings LLC
    Inventors: Wei Chen, Marc W. Bird, John H. Stevens
  • Patent number: 10603765
    Abstract: Methods of forming at least a portion of an earth-boring tool include providing particulate matter including a hard material in a mold cavity, melting a metal and the hard material to form a molten composition comprising a eutectic or near-eutectic composition of the metal and the hard material, casting the molten composition to form the at least a portion of an earth-boring tool within the mold cavity, and providing an inoculant within the mold cavity. Methods of forming a roller cone of an earth-boring rotary drill bit include forming a molten composition, casting the molten composition within a mold cavity, solidifying the molten composition to form the roller cone, and controlling grain growth using an inoculant as the molten composition solidifies. Articles including components of earth-boring tools are fabricated using such methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: Baker Hughes, a GE company, LLC.
    Inventor: John H. Stevens
  • Publication number: 20200061732
    Abstract: Methods for welding a particle-matrix composite body to another body and repairing particle-matrix composite bodies are disclosed. Additionally, earth-boring tools having a joint that includes an overlapping root portion and a weld groove having a face portion with a first bevel portion and a second bevel portion are disclosed. In some embodiments, a particle-matrix bit body of an earth-boring tool may be repaired by removing a damaged portion, heating the particle-matrix composite bit body, and forming a built-up metallic structure thereon. In other embodiments, a particle-matrix composite body may be welded to a metallic body by forming a joint, heating the particle-matrix composite body, melting a metallic filler material forming a weld bead and cooling the welded particle-matrix composite body, metallic filler material and metallic body at a controlled rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2019
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventors: John H. Stevens, Redd H. Smith, James Andy Oxford, Jose Ramirez, Nathan David Ames, Shuchi Khurana
  • Patent number: 10508323
    Abstract: A tool for forming or servicing a wellbore includes a first body, a second body, and a retaining member located between a surface of the first body and a surface of the second body. The retaining member at least partially retains the second body with respect to the first body. The retaining member comprises a shape memory material configured to transform, responsive to application of a stimulus, from a first solid phase to a second solid phase. A method of forming a tool for forming or servicing a wellbore includes disposing a retaining member comprising a shape memory material in a space between a first body and a second body and transforming the shape memory material from a first solid phase to a second solid phase by application of a stimulus to cause the retaining member to create a mechanical interference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: Baker Hughes, a GE company, LLC
    Inventors: Steven Craig Russell, Daniel E. Ruff, Juan Miguel Bilen, Bo Yu, Kenneth R. Evans, Xu Huang, John H. Stevens, Eric C. Sullivan
  • Patent number: 10493550
    Abstract: Methods for welding a particle-matrix composite body to another body and repairing particle-matrix composite bodies are disclosed. Additionally, earth-boring tools having a joint that includes an overlapping root portion and a weld groove having a face portion with a first bevel portion and a second bevel portion are disclosed. In some embodiments, a particle-matrix bit body of an earth-boring tool may be repaired by removing a damaged portion, heating the particle-matrix composite bit body, and forming a built-up metallic structure thereon. In other embodiments, a particle-matrix composite body may be welded to a metallic body by forming a joint, heating the particle-matrix composite body, melting a metallic filler material forming a weld bead and cooling the welded particle-matrix composite body, metallic filler material and metallic body at a controlled rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: Baker Hughes, a GE company, LLC
    Inventors: John H. Stevens, Redd H. Smith, James Andy Oxford, Jose Ramirez, Nathan David Ames, Shuchi Khurana
  • Patent number: 10487589
    Abstract: An earth-boring tool includes a bit body and an actuator coupled to the bit body. The actuator includes at least one shape memory material configured to transform from a first shape to a second shape to move a bearing pad or a cutting element with respect to the bit body in response to a stimulus. A transformation from the first shape to the second shape includes a phase change from a first solid phase to a second solid phase. A depth-of-cut limiter includes a bearing element and at least one shape memory material coupled to the bearing element. A method of forming or servicing a wellbore includes rotating an earth-boring tool within a wellbore, applying a stimulus to an actuator to convert at least one shape memory material from a first shape to a second shape, and continuing to rotate the earth-boring tool within the wellbore after applying the stimulus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: Baker Hughes, a GE company, LLC
    Inventors: Bo Yu, Juan Miguel Bilen, John H. Stevens, Wanjun Cao
  • Patent number: 10280479
    Abstract: An earth-boring tool includes a tool body, at least one cutting element, and a retaining member comprising a shape memory material (e.g., alloy, polymer, etc.) located between a surface of the tool body and a surface of the cutting element. The shape memory material is configured to transform, responsive to application of a stimulus, from a first solid phase to a second solid phase. The retaining member comprises the shape memory material in the second solid phase, and at least partially retains the at least one cutting element adjacent the tool body. The shape memory material may be trained in a first phase to a first shape, and trained in a second phase to a second shape. The retaining member may be at least partially within a cavity in the first phase, then transformed to the second phase to apply a force securing the cutting element to the tool body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: Baker Hughes, a GE company, LLC
    Inventors: Bo Yu, Xu Huang, Juan Miguel Bilen, John H. Stevens, Eric C. Sullivan
  • Publication number: 20190061068
    Abstract: A method includes disposing a braze material adjacent a first body and a second body; heating the braze material and forming a transient liquid phase; and transforming the transient liquid phase to a solid phase and forming a bond between the first body and the second body. The braze material includes copper, silver, zinc, magnesium, and at least one material selected from the group consisting of nickel, tin, cobalt, iron, phosphorous, indium, lead, antimony, cadmium, and bismuth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2018
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Inventors: Wei Chen, Marc W. Bird, John H. Stevens
  • Patent number: 10160063
    Abstract: A method includes disposing a braze material adjacent a first body and a second body; heating the braze material and forming a transient liquid phase; and transforming the transient liquid phase to a solid phase and forming a bond between the first body and the second body. The braze material includes copper, silver, zinc, magnesium, and at least one material selected from the group consisting of nickel, tin, cobalt, iron, phosphorous, indium, lead, antimony, cadmium, and bismuth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: Baker Hughes Incorporated
    Inventors: Wei Chen, Marc W. Bird, John H. Stevens
  • Patent number: 10053916
    Abstract: An earth-boring tool includes a tool body having an aperture therein defining a nozzle port, a nozzle or nozzle assembly disposed in the nozzle port, and a shape memory material disposed adjacent a surface of at least one component of the nozzle or nozzle assembly. The shape memory material retains at least one component of the nozzle or nozzle assembly by a threadless connection. The threadless connection includes mechanical interference between the shape memory material, the at least one component of the nozzle or nozzle assembly, and the tool body or another component of the nozzle or nozzle assembly. The shape memory material is formulated and configured to transform from a first phase and a first shape upon heating and to transform from a second phase and a second shape upon cooling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: Baker Hughes Incorporated
    Inventors: Bo Yu, James Andy Oxford, Juan Miguel Bilen, Eric C. Sullivan, Wanjun Cao, Xu Huang, John H. Stevens, Chris Perez
  • Patent number: 10047882
    Abstract: Coupling members for coupling an earth-boring drill tool to a drill string, drilling tools including a coupling member attached to a body of an earth-boring drill tool, methods for forming drilling tools including a coupling member, and methods for forming coupling members are disclosed. A coupling member may include a distal region comprising a first material composition and a proximal region comprising a second, different material composition. A drilling tool may include a body that is attached to a coupling member with a varied material composition for coupling the body to a drill string.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Baker Hughes Incorporated
    Inventors: John H. Stevens, Jimmy W. Eason, Ian D. Harris
  • Publication number: 20180010394
    Abstract: Articles comprising at least a portion of an earth-boring tool include at least one insert and a solidified eutectic or near-eutectic composition including a metal phase and a hard material phase. Other articles include a solidified eutectic or near-eutectic composition including a metal phase, a hard material phase and a coating material in contact with the solidified eutectic or near-eutectic composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2017
    Publication date: January 11, 2018
    Inventors: John H. Stevens, Jimmy W. Eason
  • Publication number: 20170304959
    Abstract: A method includes disposing a braze material adjacent a first body and a second body; heating the braze material and forming a transient liquid phase; and transforming the transient liquid phase to a solid phase and forming a bond between the first body and the second body. The braze material includes copper, silver, zinc, magnesium, and at least one material selected from the group consisting of nickel, tin, cobalt, iron, phosphorous, indium, lead, antimony, cadmium, and bismuth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2017
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventors: Wei Chen, Marc W. Bird, John H. Stevens
  • Patent number: 9790745
    Abstract: Articles comprising at least a portion of an earth-boring tool include at least one insert and a solidified eutectic or near-eutectic composition including a metal phase and a hard material phase. Other articles include a solidified eutectic or near-eutectic composition including a metal phase, a hard material phase and a coating material in contact with the solidified eutectic or near-eutectic composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: Baker Hughes Incorporated
    Inventors: John H. Stevens, Jimmy W. Eason
  • Patent number: 9790608
    Abstract: A method of forming a down-hole tool comprises contacting at least a portion of at least one down-hole structure comprising at least one ceramic-metal composite material with a molten electrolyte comprising sodium tetraborate. Electrical current is applied to at least a portion of the at least one down-hole structure to form at least one borided down-hole structure comprising at least one metal boride material. Other methods of forming a down-hole tool, and a down-hole tool are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: Baker Hughes Incorporated
    Inventors: Vivekanand Sista, John H. Stevens, James L. Overstreet