Patents by Inventor Kendall C. Young

Kendall C. Young 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).

  • Method and system for monitoring bend and torque forces on a drill pipe
    Patent number: 10060807
    Abstract: A system and method for monitoring bend radius and torque force exerted on a drill string. A sensor system is supported within a pipe section of the drill string and has a light source supported within the pipe section to emit a light beam within the pipe section. An optical sensing device is supported within the pipe section and spaced apart from the light source. The optical sensing device transmits a detection signal indicative of the position of the light beam on a surface of the optical sensing device to a processor that determines the bend radius and torque force exerted on the pipe section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: The Charles Machine Works, Inc.
    Inventors: Dustin L. Blessum, Michael F. Gard, Kendall C. Young
  • Modular compaction boring machine system
    Patent number: 9850715
    Abstract: A modular compaction boring device. The boring device comprises a compaction boring head which creates a borehole through a subsurface by operation of a thruster and a rear and forward anchor. Extension of the thruster while the rear anchors are engaged move the boring head forward. Retraction of the thruster while the forward anchors are engaged brings the rear anchors forward for an addition stroke. A steering geometry in the boring head and rotation of the boring head allow steering of the boring device. Steering, thrust, and anchors may be controlled remotely through an umbilical cable pulled through the borehole by the boring device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: The Charles Machine Works, Inc.
    Inventors: Jerry W. Beckwith, Dustin Blessum, Michael F. Gard, Tony D. Kukuk, Jason N. MacDonald, Monika E. B. Salas, F. Loyd Sands, Wally E. Shaffer, Richard F. Sharp, Brent G. Stephenson, Damon C. Webb, Kendall C. Young
  • Method And System For Monitoring Bend And Torque Forces On A Drill Pipe
    Publication number: 20170023421
    Abstract: A system and method for monitoring bend radius and torque force exerted on a drill string. A sensor system is supported within a pipe section of the drill string and has a light source supported within the pipe section to emit a light beam within the pipe section. An optical sensing device is supported within the pipe section and spaced apart from the light source. The optical sensing device transmits a detection signal indicative of the position of the light beam on a surface of the optical sensing device to a processor that determines the bend radius and torque force exerted on the pipe section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2016
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Inventors: Dustin L. Blessum, Michael F. Gard, Kendall C. Young
  • Modular Compaction Boring Machine System
    Publication number: 20150211302
    Abstract: A modular compaction boring device. The boring device comprises a compaction boring head which creates a borehole through a subsurface by operation of a thruster and a rear and forward anchor. Extension of the thruster while the rear anchors are engaged move the boring head forward. Retraction of the thruster while the forward anchors are engaged brings the rear anchors forward for an addition stroke. A steering geometry in the boring head and rotation of the boring head allow steering of the boring device. Steering, thrust, and anchors may be controlled remotely through an umbilical cable pulled through the borehole by the boring device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2015
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Inventors: Jerry W. Beckwith, Dustin Blessum, Michael F. Gard, Tony D. Kukuk, Jason N. MacDonald, Monika E.B. Salas, F. Loyd Sands, Wally E. Shaffer, Richard F. Sharp, Brent G. Sephenson, Damon C. Webb, Kendall C. Young
  • Method And System For Monitoring Bend And Torque Forces On A Drill Pipe
    Publication number: 20150000424
    Abstract: A system and method for monitoring bend radius and torque force exerted on a drill string. A sensor system is supported within a pipe section of the drill string and has a light source supported within the pipe section to emit a light beam within the pipe section. An optical sensing device is supported within the pipe section and spaced apart from the light source. The optical sensing device transmits a detection signal indicative of the position of the light beam on a surface of the optical sensing device to a processor that determines the bend radius and torque force exerted on the pipe section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2014
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Inventors: Dustin L. Blessum, Michael F. Gard, Kendall C. Young
  • Method and system for monitoring bend and torque forces on a drill pipe
    Patent number: 8833183
    Abstract: A system and method for monitoring bend radius and torque force exerted on a drill string. A sensor system is supported within a pipe section of the drill string and has a light source supported within the pipe section to emit a light beam within the pipe section. An optical sensing device is supported within the pipe section and spaced apart from the light source. The optical sensing device transmits a detection signal indicative of the position of the light beam on a surface of the optical sensing device to a processor that determines the bend radius and torque force exerted on the pipe section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: The Charles Machine Works, Inc.
    Inventors: Dustin L. Blessum, Michael F. Gard, Kendall C. Young
  • Method And System For Monitoring Bend And Torque Forces On A Drill Pipe
    Publication number: 20110308332
    Abstract: A system and method for monitoring bend radius and torque force exerted on a drill string. A sensor system is supported within a pipe section of the drill string and has a light source supported within the pipe section to emit a light beam within the pipe section. An optical sensing device is supported within the pipe section and spaced apart from the light source. The optical sensing device transmits a detection signal indicative of the position of the light beam on a surface of the optical sensing device to a processor that determines the bend radius and torque force exerted on the pipe section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2011
    Publication date: December 22, 2011
    Applicant: The Charles Machine Works, Inc.
    Inventors: Dustin L. Blessum, Michael F. Gard, Kendall C. Young