Patents by Inventor Micah A. Curtis

Micah A. Curtis 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: 10281368
    Abstract: Provided herein is a system and method for natural gas liquid sample conditioning including an insulated cabinet having a sample input, a vaporizer, a heated regulator, a gas sample outlet, and a control system for preventing phase separation and or re-liquification of the conditioned sample before entry into an associated analyzer and in a specific embodiment, featuring an automatic shutdown system to prevent sample liquid from further processing and passage to an associated analyzer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: Mustang Sampling, LLC
    Inventors: Kenneth O. Thompson, Micah A. Curtis
  • Patent number: 10234363
    Abstract: Systems and methods for automatically purging by pneumatic ejection with a select pressurized media, gravity-accumulated hydrocarbon liquid dropout from a retrograde vapor waste liquid collection containment reservoir.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: Mustang Sampling LLC
    Inventor: Micah A. Curtis
  • Patent number: 10078035
    Abstract: A post-probe upstream metering pump for insuring phase change completion of a multi-phase fluid such as Natural Gas Liquid (NGL) in a sample conditioning system having a pipeline sample take-off probe for fluid extraction, a sample conditioning unit for conditioning the extracted fluid to a select range of temperature and pressure for analysis of the fluid sample by an associated analyzer without dew point dropout or phase separation, and a metering pump disposed in-line between the sample take-off probe and the sample conditioning unit to pressurize the fluid sample to condense into a substantially fully liquid phase and to reduce lag time between extraction and fluid sample conditioning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: Mustang Sampling, LLC
    Inventor: Micah A. Curtis
  • Publication number: 20180209875
    Abstract: Systems and methods for automatically purging by pneumatic ejection with a select pressurized media, gravity-accumulated hydrocarbon liquid dropout from a retrograde vapor waste liquid collection containment reservoir.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2018
    Publication date: July 26, 2018
    Applicant: Mustang Sampling LLC
    Inventor: Micah A. Curtis
  • Publication number: 20170167954
    Abstract: Provided herein is a system and method for natural gas liquid sample conditioning including an insulated cabinet having a sample input, a vaporizer, a heated regulator, a gas sample outlet, and a control system for preventing phase separation and or re-liquification of the conditioned sample before entry into an associated analyzer and in a specific embodiment, featuring an automatic shutdown system to prevent sample liquid from further processing and passage to an associated analyzer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2015
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Applicant: Mustang Sampling, LLC
    Inventors: Kenneth O. Thompson, Micah A. Curtis
  • Publication number: 20170082524
    Abstract: A post-probe upstream metering pump for insuring phase change completion of a multi-phase fluid such as Natural Gas Liquid (NGL) in a sample conditioning system having a pipeline sample take-off probe for fluid extraction, a sample conditioning unit for conditioning the extracted fluid to a select range of temperature and pressure for analysis of the fluid sample by an associated analyzer without dew point dropout or phase separation, and a metering pump disposed in-line between the sample take-off probe and the sample conditioning unit to pressurize the fluid sample to condense into a substantially fully liquid phase and to reduce lag time between extraction and fluid sample conditioning.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2016
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Applicant: Mustang Sampling LLC
    Inventor: Micah A. Curtis