Patents by Inventor Kyle Brett Cantlon

Kyle Brett Cantlon 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).

  • Compound blowout preventer seal and method of using same
    Patent number: 9441443
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a seal assembly for a ram of a blowout preventer for sealing a wellbore penetrating a subterranean formation. The wellbore has a tubular to pass fluid therefrom. The rams are positionable about the tubular. The seal assembly includes a compound seal carried by the ram. The compound seal includes a face seal having a sealing surface sealingly engageable about the tubular and a support seal positionable adjacent to the face seal a distance from the sealing surface. The sealing surface extends along a front face thereof engageable with at least one of the tubular and the face seal of another ram. The support seal is non-engageable with the tubular during sealing and is more deformable than the face seal whereby the compound seal is supported during sealing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: National Oilwell Varco, L.P.
    Inventors: Kyle Brett Cantlon, Joseph James Liotta
  • COMPOUND BLOWOUT PREVENTER SEAL AND METHOD OF USING SAME
    Publication number: 20160215583
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a seal assembly for a ram of a blowout preventer for sealing a wellbore penetrating a subterranean formation. The wellbore has a tubular to pass fluid therefrom. The rams are positionable about the tubular. The seal assembly includes a compound seal carried by the ram. The compound seal includes a face seal having a sealing surface sealingly engageable about the tubular and a support seal positionable adjacent to the face seal a distance from the sealing surface. The sealing surface extends along a front face thereof engageable with at least one of the tubular and the face seal of another ram. The support seal is non-engageable with the tubular during sealing and is more deformable than the face seal whereby the compound seal is supported during sealing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2015
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Inventors: Kyle Brett Cantlon, Joseph James Liotta