Patents by Inventor Nathan Fuller

Nathan Fuller 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).

  • Publication number: 20220048478
    Abstract: The method can include: sampling measurements of a vehicle in-situ, generating a model based on the measurements, and determining a wash path based on the model. The method can optionally include washing the vehicle according to the wash path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2021
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventors: Michael McGovern, Victor Wang, Nathan Fuller, Max Tag
  • Patent number: 9915101
    Abstract: An underreamer for increasing the diameter of a bore. The underreamer includes a substantially cylindrical body having an axial bore therein. A mandrel may extend axially through the axial bore. One or more cutter blocks are movably coupled to the body. A ratio of a height of the cutter block to a diameter of the body is between about 0.35:1 and about 0.50:1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: SMITH INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Manoj D Mahajan, Daniel W Brietzke, Nathan Fuller, James Barnhouse, Georges Ishak
  • Patent number: 9556682
    Abstract: An underreamer for increasing a diameter of a wellbore. The underreamer may include a body having an axial bore extending at least partially therethrough. An electromagnetic activation system may be disposed at least partially within the bore of the body. A valve may be disposed within the bore of the body and coupled to the electromagnetic activation system. The valve may include a mobile element and a static element. The mobile element may be coupled to the electromagnetic activation system and move from a first position where the mobile element obstructs fluid flow through the valve to a second position where the mobile element permits fluid flow through the valve. A cutter block may be movably coupled to the body and move radially-outward as the mobile element moves from the first position to the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: Smith International, Inc.
    Inventors: Nathan Fuller, Craig Boswell, Jacques Orban, Jonathan Marshall, Jordan Englund
  • Patent number: 9528324
    Abstract: An underreamer for increasing a diameter of a wellbore. The underreamer includes a body having an axial bore extending at least partially therethrough. A mandrel is disposed within the bore of the body and has a port formed radially therethrough. A sleeve is disposed radially-outward from the mandrel. The sleeve blocks fluid flow through the port in the mandrel when the sleeve is in a first position, and the sleeve is axially-offset from the port in the mandrel when the sleeve is in a second position. A flow tube is coupled to the mandrel. The sleeve moves from the first position to the second position when fluid flows through the flow tube and through a channel disposed in the mandrel. A cutter block is movably coupled to the body and is responsive to fluid flow from the axial bore through the port in the mandrel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: Smith International, Inc.
    Inventors: Nathan Fuller, Craig Boswell
  • Publication number: 20140262508
    Abstract: An underreamer for increasing a diameter of a wellbore. The underreamer includes a body having an axial bore extending at least partially therethrough. A mandrel is disposed within the bore of the body and has a port formed radially therethrough. A sleeve is disposed radially-outward from the mandrel. The sleeve blocks fluid flow through the port in the mandrel when the sleeve is in a first position, and the sleeve is axially-offset from the port in the mandrel when the sleeve is in a second position. A flow tube is coupled to the mandrel. The sleeve moves from the first position to the second position when fluid flows through the flow tube and through a channel disposed in the mandrel. A cutter block is movably coupled to the body and is responsive to fluid flow from the axial bore through the port in the mandrel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: SMITH INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Nathan Fuller, Craig Boswell
  • Publication number: 20140262525
    Abstract: An underreamer for increasing a diameter of a wellbore. The underreamer may include a body having an axial bore extending at least partially therethrough. An electromagnetic activation system may be disposed at least partially within the bore of the body. A valve may be disposed within the bore of the body and coupled to the electromagnetic activation system. The valve may include a mobile element and a static element. The mobile element may be coupled to the electromagnetic activation system and move from a first position where the mobile element obstructs fluid flow through the valve to a second position where the mobile element permits fluid flow through the valve. A cutter block may be movably coupled to the body and move radially-outward as the mobile element moves from the first position to the second position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: SMITH INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Nathan Fuller, Craig Boswell, Jacques Orban, Jonathan Marshall, Jordan Englund
  • Publication number: 20140182940
    Abstract: An underreamer for increasing the diameter of a bore. The underreamer includes a substantially cylindrical body having an axial bore therein. A mandrel may extend axially through the axial bore. One or more cutter blocks are movably coupled to the body. A ratio of a height of the cutter block to a diameter of the body is between about 0.35:1 and about 0.50:1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2013
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: SMITH INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Manoj D Mahajan, Daniel W Brietzke, Nathan Fuller, James Barnhouse, Georges Ishak
  • Publication number: 20020121713
    Abstract: In an injection molding machine having first and second nozzles for delivering melt material to first and second mold cavities of first and second molds respectively, apparatus for controlling delivery of the melt material from the nozzles to the mold cavities, each nozzle having an exit aperture communicating with a gate of a cavity of a respective mold and being associated with an actuator interconnected to a melt flow controller, the apparatus comprising a sensor for sensing a selected condition of the melt material through at least one of the nozzles; an actuator controller interconnected to each actuator, the actuator controller interconnected to the actuator associated with the at least one nozzle comprising a computer interconnected to the sensor, the computer receiving a signal representative of the selected condition sensed by the sensor, the computer including an algorithm utilizing a value corresponding to a signal received from the sensor as a variable for controlling operation of the actuator for
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2002
    Publication date: September 5, 2002
    Inventors: Mark Moss, David Kazmer, Vito Galati, Nathan Fuller