Patents by Inventor Kenneth A. Travis

Kenneth A. Travis 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).

  • Patent number: 10683936
    Abstract: There is provided a sealing assembly for a bearing assembly that supports a rotating tubing string that extends through the riser. The sealing assembly has a plurality of sealing elements. Each sealing element has a seal body having an inner sealing surface designed to seal against a tubular body. The sealing assembly also has one or more sleeves that removably attach between adjacent sealing elements. Adjacent sealing elements are attached to the one or more sleeves in axial alignment. A chamber is formed by the adjacent sealing elements and the corresponding sleeve. The sealing assembly further has a bearing attachment for attaching the plurality of modular sealing elements to a rotating portion of the bearing assembly such that the sealing elements extend downward in series from the bearing assembly and rotate with the rotating tubing string.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: Reform Energy Services Corp.
    Inventors: Kenneth Travis, Lyle Filliol, Stewart Wilson
  • Publication number: 20160334018
    Abstract: There is provided a sealing assembly for a bearing assembly that supports a rotating tubing string that extends through the riser. The sealing assembly has a plurality of sealing elements. Each sealing element has a seal body having an inner sealing surface designed to seal against a tubular body. The sealing assembly also has one or more sleeves that removably attach between adjacent sealing elements. Adjacent sealing elements are attached to the one or more sleeves in axial alignment. A chamber is formed by the adjacent sealing elements and the corresponding sleeve. The sealing assembly further has a bearing attachment for attaching the plurality of modular sealing elements to a rotating portion of the bearing assembly such that the sealing elements extend downward in series from the bearing assembly and rotate with the rotating tubing string.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2015
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Inventors: Kenneth Travis, Lyle Filliol, Stewart Wilson
  • Publication number: 20110081628
    Abstract: Oral care treatments are provided, including multi-component oral care compositions and methods for delivering such compositions to the oral cavity. Oral care devices and systems for implementing such oral care treatments are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2010
    Publication date: April 7, 2011
    Inventors: Wayne Stewart Alden, IV, David Vivian Tyndall, Kenneth Travis Dodd, Marianne Zsiska, William Ralph Brown, JR., Alexander Timothy Chenvainu, Thomas Aurele Christman, Jeremy Wayne Ducharme, Mark Edward Farrell, Paul Albert Sagel, David Andrew Jakubovic
  • Publication number: 20080169617
    Abstract: A method of forming a sealing element for a blowout preventer, and a sealing element. A first step involves providing a conical mould having more than one part consisting of an inner mandrel adapted to shape an interior sidewall of a sealing element and an outer mould adapted to shape an exterior sidewall of the sealing element. A second step involves saturating wear resistance fabric with liquid polymer, the liquid polymer being suitable for use as a resilient sealing element when set. A third step involves covering the inner mandrel with the saturated fabric. A fourth step involves assembling the conical mould. A fifth step involves pouring liquid polymer into the mould and allowing the liquid polymer to set, thereby forming the sealing element with the wear resistant fabric embedded in the interior sidewall. A sixth step involves removing the sealing element from the conical mould.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2008
    Publication date: July 17, 2008
    Applicant: STRATA ENERGY SERVICES
    Inventors: Lyle E. Filliol, Kenneth A. Travis