Patents by Inventor Nicholas Ray Myers

Nicholas Ray Myers 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).

  • Safety valves for use at extremely high temperatures
    Patent number: 11598436
    Abstract: A safety valve is configured for use at temperatures at or above 760° C. (1400° F.). The safety valve includes a closure assembly that can create a self-energizing, metal-to-metal seal. In one implementation, this closure assembly includes a disc with an arcuate finger that circumscribes an axis of fluid flow through a seat. The arcuate finger may extend inwardly toward this axis and downwardly toward the seat. This geometry permits the finger to flex in response to pressure of fluid that impinges on the downstream side of the disc, such flexure causing a first sealing surface on the disc to more forcefully contact a second sealing surface on a seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Dresser, LLC
    Inventors: Andrew Crosby Roberts, Richard John Klimas, Jr., Nicholas Ray Myers, Robert Stewart McKee, Dien Nguyen, Rick Cole Hunter
  • SAFETY VALVES FOR USE AT EXTREMELY HIGH TEMPERATURES
    Publication number: 20220333705
    Abstract: A safety valve is configured for use at temperatures at or above 760° C. (1400° F.). The safety valve includes a closure assembly that can create a self-energizing, metal-to-metal seal. In one implementation, this closure assembly includes a disc with an arcuate finger that circumscribes an axis of fluid flow through a seat. The arcuate finger may extend inwardly toward this axis and downwardly toward the seat. This geometry permits the finger to flex in response to pressure of fluid that impinges on the downstream side of the disc, such flexure causing a first sealing surface on the disc to more forcefully contact a second sealing surface on a seat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2021
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventors: Andrew Crosby Roberts, Richard John Klimas, JR., Nicholas Ray Myers, Robert Stewart McKee, Dien Nguyen, Rick Cole Hunter