Patents by Inventor Nguyen D. Trinh

Nguyen D. Trinh 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: 9752391
    Abstract: A guide and protection bushing assembly is mountable in a well production system (e.g., a subsea tree) having an intervention member (e.g., a blowout preventer). The assembly guides a string of components to a cable hanger sealing surface disposed in the production system without damaging the sealing surface. The assembly includes a body having a first end engaging an intervention member, a second end engaging the production system, an outer surface, and an inner through passage that expands radially at the first end to form a funnel shape. In some embodiments, the assembly may further include rollers, leaf springs, or a protective sleeve coupled to biasing members, a plurality of centering disks having a plurality of flexible flaps separated by spacers, and/or centering devices with fins separated by spacers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: OneSubsea IP UK Limited
    Inventors: Michael Vincent Jekot, David H. Theiss, Jack H. Vincent, Stephen E. Gaydos, Nguyen D. Trinh, Casey B. Hahn
  • Publication number: 20160047183
    Abstract: A guide and protection bushing assembly is mountable in a well production system (e.g., a subsea tree) having an intervention member (e.g., a blowout preventer). The assembly guides a string of components to a cable hanger sealing surface disposed in the production system without damaging the sealing surface. The assembly includes a body having a first end engaging an intervention member, a second end engaging the production system, an outer surface, and an inner through passage that expands radially at the first end to form a funnel shape. In some embodiments, the assembly may further include rollers, leaf springs, or a protective sleeve coupled to biasing members, a plurality of centering disks having a plurality of flexible flaps separated by spacers, and/or centering devices with fins separated by spacers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2015
    Publication date: February 18, 2016
    Inventors: Michael Vincent Jekot, David H. Theiss, Jack H. Vincent, Stephen E. Gaydos, Nguyen D. Trinh, Casey B. Hahn