Patents by Inventor Kenneth J. Sears

Kenneth J. Sears 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: 10774826
    Abstract: An inline monitoring package for a submersible pumping system includes a housing having a first end for connection to a motor, a pump or a seal section of the pumping system, and a second end for connection to the motor, the pump or the seal section. The housing is disposed between any two of the pump, the motor and the seal section. A shaft transmits rotation from the motor to the pump. The housing comprises a chassis having a through bore and an end plug at each longitudinal end. The through bore has a diameter selected to enable free passage of the shaft and fluid associated with the shaft. The end plugs sealingly engage an interior wall of the housing so as to define a sealed chamber inside the housing and external to the chassis between the end plugs. At least one electronic component is disposed in the sealed chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: ZILIFT HOLDINGS, LTD.
    Inventors: Ivor MacIver, Edwin Coutts, Kenneth J. Sears
  • Publication number: 20180223830
    Abstract: An inline monitoring package for a submersible pumping system includes a housing having a first end for connection to a motor, a pump or a seal section of the pumping system, and a second end for connection to the motor, the pump or the seal section. The housing is disposed between any two of the pump, the motor and the seal section. A shaft transmits rotation from the motor to the pump. The housing comprises a chassis having a through bore and an end plug at each longitudinal end. The through bore has a diameter selected to enable free passage of the shaft and fluid associated with the shaft. The end plugs sealingly engage an interior wall of the housing so as to define a sealed chamber inside the housing and external to the chassis between the end plugs. At least one electronic component is disposed in the sealed chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2018
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Inventors: Ivor MacIver, Edwin Coutts, Kenneth J. Sears
  • Patent number: 10036210
    Abstract: A method for deploying a pump system in a wellbore includes coupling the pump system to one end of a tubing encapsulated cable. The cable is extended into a wellbore drilled through a subsurface fluid producing formation. The tubing encapsulated cable has an outer tube extending substantially continuously from the end thereof connected to the pump system to a surface end of the cable. The outer tube is made from material selected to exclude fluid in the wellbore from an interior of the outer tube. The cable includes at least one electrical conductor disposed inside the outer tube, wherein a rated load current of the at least one electrical conductor is selected such that substantially continuous electrical current drawn by the electrical load device exceeds the rated current of the at least one electrical conductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: ZiLift Holdings, Ltd.
    Inventors: Iain Maclean, Kenneth J. Sears, Edwin Coutts
  • Publication number: 20160319607
    Abstract: A method for deploying a pump system in a wellbore includes coupling the pump system to one end of a tubing encapsulated cable. The cable is extended into a wellbore drilled through a subsurface fluid producing formation. The tubing encapsulated cable has an outer tube extending substantially continuously from the end thereof connected to the pump system to a surface end of the cable. The outer tube is made from material selected to exclude fluid in the wellbore from an interior of the outer tube. The cable includes at least one electrical conductor disposed inside the outer tube, wherein a rated load current of the at least one electrical conductor is selected such that substantially continuous electrical current drawn by the electrical load device exceeds the rated current of the at least one electrical conductor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2015
    Publication date: November 3, 2016
    Inventors: Iain Maclean, Kenneth J. Sears, Edwin Coutts
  • Publication number: 20160123123
    Abstract: A downhole pump system includes a magnetically operated rotary to linear motion converter coupled at a rotary input to a drive source. A reciprocating action positive displacement pump having a reciprocating input thereto is coupled to a linear motion output of the magnetically operated rotary to linear motion converter. An intake of the pump is in fluid communication with a wellbore region and a discharge of the pump is in fluid communication with a well conduit extending to Earth's surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2014
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Inventors: Iain Maclean, Kenneth J. Sears
  • Patent number: 4938498
    Abstract: The suspension comprises a member, on which a road wheel of the vehicle is rotatably mounted, and spaced upper and lower pivotal links extending from the member mounting the wheel to the structure of the vehicle. The lower link is L-shaped and has a first limb extending outwardly from the vehicle structure to the wheel-mounting member and a second limb extending generally-longitudinally of the vehicle and is attached to its structure. The suspension also includes a control link which extends between the vehicle structure and the wheel mounting member to control the steer alignment of the wheel-mounting member. The inboard end of the control link lies outboard of the line and can be either higher or lower than that line. The location and geometry of the control link are chosen to produce desired changes in steer alignment of the wheel-carrying member during suspension deflections of the vehicle wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 1988
    Date of Patent: July 3, 1990
    Assignee: Group Lotus plc
    Inventor: Kenneth J. Sears