Patents by Inventor Mark Christopher Cunliffe

Mark Christopher Cunliffe 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: 10472895
    Abstract: Disclosed is a vibratory apparatus for a drilling apparatus comprising: a housing, a rotor operable to rotate relative to the housing, the rotor comprising one or more sets of magnets, a shuttle engaged to enable movement longitudinally, the shuttle comprising one or more follower magnets, each arranged relative to a corresponding set of magnets in the rotor, wherein each set of magnets comprises magnets arranged around the rotor with a lateral spread such that on rotation the corresponding follower magnet on the shuttle will move longitudinally to follow one or more rotating magnets of the set, thus oscillating the shuttle longitudinally.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: FLEXIDRILL LIMITED
    Inventors: Peter Evan Powell, Mark Christopher Cunliffe
  • Publication number: 20180010391
    Abstract: Disclosed is a vibratory apparatus for a drilling apparatus comprising: a housing, a rotor operable to rotate relative to the housing, the rotor comprising one or more sets of magnets, a shuttle engaged to enable movement longitudinally, the shuttle comprising one or more follower magnets, each arranged relative to a corresponding set of magnets in the rotor, wherein each set of magnets comprises magnets arranged around the rotor with a lateral spread such that on rotation the corresponding follower magnet on the shuttle will move longitudinally to follow one or more rotating magnets of the set, thus oscillating the shuttle longitudinally.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2017
    Publication date: January 11, 2018
    Applicant: FLEXIDRILL LIMITED
    Inventors: Peter Evan POWELL, Mark Christopher CUNLIFFE
  • Patent number: 9322237
    Abstract: An excitation apparatus suitable for use downhole having interengaged masses at least in part confined or guided so as to be movable as an interengaged assembly on an axis, one mass (“rotatable mass”) being rotatable relative to the other mass about the axis to cyclically vary the axial length of the assembly of the interengaged masses, a rotary drive, and an interposed spring (of any kind) between the rotary drive and the rotatable mass able to transmit torque from the rotary drive to the rotatable mass yet vary in its extent responsive to the interengaged masses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: FLEXIDRILL LIMITED
    Inventors: Owen Schicker, Mark Christopher Cunliffe
  • Publication number: 20140332278
    Abstract: Apparatus, methods and uses that allow extended reach drilling by virtue of the provision in the drillstring and to downhole tools collective vibrations, not tuned specifically to a single resonant frequency, from a hammer assembly that provides vibrations of different frequency ranges.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2012
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Inventors: Gregory Donald West, Mark Christopher Cunliffe
  • Publication number: 20140054090
    Abstract: An excitation apparatus suitable for use downhole having interengaged masses at least in part confined or guided so as to be movable as an interengaged assembly on an axis, one mass (“rotatable mass”) being rotatable relative to the other mass about the axis to cyclically vary the axial length of the assembly of the interengaged masses, a rotary drive, and an interposed spring (of any kind) between the rotary drive and the rotatable mass able to transmit torque from the rotary drive to the rotatable mass yet vary in its extent responsive to the interengaged masses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2012
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Inventors: Owen Schicker, Mark Christopher Cunliffe