Patents by Inventor Orie Woodman Van Doran
Orie Woodman Van Doran 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).
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Patent number: 11713828Abstract: A pressure regulator is configured for better accuracy and response times at higher inlet pressures. These configurations may integrate two-path control with a pressure-balanced plug. The two-path control may leverage a pair of pilot valves, one with a fixed differential pressure and the other with a variable differential pressure. In one implementation, the device is plumbed so that downstream pressure is sensed at both the actuator and the variable differential pressure pilot valve.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2019Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: Dresser, LLCInventors: James Kenneth Mears, Orie Woodman Van Doran
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Patent number: 11713827Abstract: A pilot assembly is configured for use with various types of flow controls. These configurations include a manifold with an internal flow network that connects pilot valves and an adjustable orifice. The pilot valves may have a fixed and variable differential pressure. In one implementation, the manifold comprises a pair of separable blocks, one each that includes part of the internal flow network. This construction also permits the manifold to expand with, for example, and additional block for an additional pilot valve. This feature configures the manifold for use in working monitor systems or those systems that deploy multi-stage pressure regulation.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2020Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: Dresser, LLCInventors: James Kenneth Mears, Orie Woodman Van Doran
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Patent number: 11578810Abstract: A valve control is configured for use with control valves and other flow controls. The valve control leverages a simplified structure to avoid problems with manufacture and reduce costs. This structure includes a support unit that compresses parts of a valve housing together. Inside of the valve housing, the structure incorporates diaphragms that cause a pair of balanced valves to move in response to changes in pressure of fluid in a conduit. For industrial application, the valve control finds use to maintain pressure of natural gas in pipelines downstream from a control valve.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2021Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: Dresser, LLCInventors: Jeffrey Louis Johanning, Kyle McKinley Bryan, Gheorghe Dodan, Mark David Kaczmarek, James Alex Markert, Abdul Raoof Mohamed, Jayesh K Shah, Orie Woodman Van Doran, Jonathan Clyde Whitten
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Patent number: 11306838Abstract: A pilot-operated pressure relief valve nozzle assembly and associated systems and methods are provided. In an exemplary embodiment, the nozzle assembly includes a body having an elongate shaft with an inner lumen extending therein and a flange at one end of the elongate shaft and having an annular notch formed therein. The annular notch is configured to seat an annular ring, and the annular notch includes an annular groove formed therein that enables communication between a first bore extending through the flange from the inner lumen to the annular groove and a second bore extending through the annular ring, thus allow the first and second bores to be radially offset from one another.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2020Date of Patent: April 19, 2022Assignee: DRESSER, LLCInventors: Richard J. Klimas, Jr., Rajesh Krithivasan, Orie Woodman Van Doran, Vigneshwar Shaliwan Wali
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Publication number: 20210381613Abstract: A valve control is configured for use with control valves and other flow controls. The valve control leverages a simplified structure to avoid problems with manufacture and reduce costs. This structure includes a support unit that compresses parts of a valve housing together. Inside of the valve housing, the structure incorporates diaphragms that cause a pair of balanced valves to move in response to changes in pressure of fluid in a conduit. For industrial application, the valve control finds use to maintain pressure of natural gas in pipelines downstream from a control valve.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2021Publication date: December 9, 2021Inventors: Jeffrey Louis Johanning, Kyle McKinley Bryan, Gheorghe Dodan, Mark David Kaczmarek, James Alex Markert, Abdul Raoof Mohamed, Jayesh K Shah, Orie Woodman Van Doran, Jonathan Clyde Whitten
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Publication number: 20210301935Abstract: A pilot-operated pressure relief valve nozzle assembly and associated systems and methods are provided. In an exemplary embodiment, the nozzle assembly includes a body having an elongate shaft with an inner lumen extending therein and a flange at one end of the elongate shaft and having an annular notch formed therein. The annular notch is configured to seat an annular ring, and the annular notch includes an annular groove formed therein that enables communication between a first bore extending through the flange from the inner lumen to the annular groove and a second bore extending through the annular ring, thus allow the first and second bores to be radially offset from one another.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2020Publication date: September 30, 2021Inventors: Richard J. Klimas, JR., Rajesh Krithivasan, Orie Woodman Van Doran, Vigneshwar Shaliwan Wali
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Patent number: 11125350Abstract: A valve control is configured for use with control valves and other flow controls. The valve control leverages a simplified structure to avoid problems with manufacture and reduce costs. This structure includes a support unit that compresses parts of a valve housing together. Inside of the valve housing, the structure incorporates diaphragms that cause a pair of balanced valves to move in response to changes in pressure of fluid in a conduit. For industrial application, the valve control finds use to maintain pressure of natural gas in pipelines downstream from a control valve.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2019Date of Patent: September 21, 2021Assignee: Dresser, LLCInventors: Jeffrey Louis Johanning, Kyle McKinley Bryan, Gheorghe Dodan, Mark David Kaczmarek, James Alex Markert, Abdul Raoof Mohamed, Jayesh K Shah, Orie Woodman Van Doran, Jonathan Clyde Whitten
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Patent number: 11079038Abstract: An actuator for use in a control valve assembly that has a structure amenable to manufacture. The actuator may comprise a housing comprising a plurality of walls secured to one another with fasteners to form an interior cavity, a torque hub disposed in the interior cavity, the torque hub comprising a torque body and a torque arm that are releasably engaged with one another via fasteners, each of the torque body and the torque arm having interfacing geometry that defines surfaces that engage with opposing surfaces on the other; and a load generator coupled with the torque hub.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2020Date of Patent: August 3, 2021Assignee: Dresser, LLCInventors: Jeffrey Louis Johanning, Mark David Kaczmarek, Abdul Raoof Mohamed, Jayesh K Shah, Casey Michael Stockbridge, Orie Woodman Van Doran
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Publication number: 20200347956Abstract: A pressure regulator is configured for better accuracy and response times at higher inlet pressures. These configurations may integrate two-path control with a pressure-balanced plug. The two-path control may leverage a pair of pilot valves, one with a fixed differential pressure and the other with a variable differential pressure. In one implementation, the device is plumbed so that downstream pressure is sensed at both the actuator and the variable differential pressure pilot valve.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2019Publication date: November 5, 2020Inventors: James Kenneth Mears, Orie Woodman Van Doran
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Publication number: 20200347957Abstract: A pilot assembly is configured for use with various types of flow controls. These configurations include a manifold with an internal flow network that connects pilot valves and an adjustable orifice. The pilot valves may have a fixed and variable differential pressure. In one implementation, the manifold comprises a pair of separable blocks, one each that includes part of the internal flow network. This construction also permits the manifold to expand with, for example, and additional block for an additional pilot valve. This feature configures the manifold for use in working monitor systems or those systems that deploy multi-stage pressure regulation.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 7, 2020Publication date: November 5, 2020Inventors: James Kenneth Mears, Orie Woodman Van Doran
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Publication number: 20200292089Abstract: A valve control is configured for use with control valves and other flow controls. The valve control leverages a simplified structure to avoid problems with manufacture and reduce costs. This structure includes a support unit that compresses parts of a valve housing together. Inside of the valve housing, the structure incorporates diaphragms that cause a pair of balanced valves to move in response to changes in pressure of fluid in a conduit. For industrial application, the valve control finds use to maintain pressure of natural gas in pipelines downstream from a control valve.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2019Publication date: September 17, 2020Inventors: Jeffrey Louis Johanning, Kyle McKinley Bryan, Gheorghe Dodan, Mark David Kaczmarek, James Alex Markert, Abdul Raoof Mohamed, Jayesh K Shah, Orie Woodman Van Doran, Jonathan Clyde Whitten
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Publication number: 20200292098Abstract: An actuator for use in a control valve assembly that has a structure amenable to manufacture. The actuator may comprise a housing comprising a plurality of walls secured to one another with fasteners to form an interior cavity, a torque hub disposed in the interior cavity, the torque hub comprising a torque body and a torque arm that are releasably engaged with one another via fasteners, each of the torque body and the torque arm having interfacing geometry that defines surfaces that engage with opposing surfaces on the other; and a load generator coupled with the torque hub.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2020Publication date: September 17, 2020Inventors: Jeffrey Louis Johanning, Mark David Kaczmarek, Abdul Raoof Mohamed, Jayesh K. Shah, Casey Michael Stockbridge, Orie Woodman Van Doran
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Patent number: 10704707Abstract: An actuator for use in a control valve assembly that has a structure amenable to manufacture. The actuator may comprise a housing comprising a plurality of walls secured to one another with fasteners to form an interior cavity, a torque hub disposed in the interior cavity, the torque hub comprising a torque body and a torque arm that are releasably engaged with one another via fasteners, each of the torque body and the torque arm having interfacing geometry that defines surfaces that engage with opposing surfaces on the other; and a load generator coupled with the torque hub.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2017Date of Patent: July 7, 2020Assignee: Dresser, LLCInventors: Jeffrey Louis Johanning, Mark David Kaczmarek, Abdul Raoof Mohamed, Jayesh K. Shah, Casey Michael Stockbridge, Orie Woodman Van Doran
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Publication number: 20180080574Abstract: An actuator for use in a control valve assembly that has a structure amenable to manufacture. The actuator may comprise a housing comprising a plurality of walls secured to one another with fasteners to form an interior cavity, a torque hub disposed in the interior cavity, the torque hub comprising a torque body and a torque arm that are releasably engaged with one another via fasteners, each of the torque body and the torque arm having interfacing geometry that defines surfaces that engage with opposing surfaces on the other; and a load generator coupled with the torque hub.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2017Publication date: March 22, 2018Inventors: Jeffrey Louis Johanning, Mark David Kaczmarek, Abdul Raoof Mohamed, Jayesh K. Shah, Casey Michael Stockbridge, Orie Woodman Van Doran
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Patent number: D846225Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2017Date of Patent: April 16, 2019Assignee: Dresser, LLCInventors: Jeffrey Louis Johanning, Mark David Kaczmarek, Abdul Raoof Mohamed, Jayesh K. Shah, Casey Michael Stockbridge, Orie Woodman Van Doran
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Patent number: D987032Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2020Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: Dresser, LLCInventors: Richard J. Klimas, Rajesh Krithivasan, Orie Woodman Van Doran, Vigneshwar Shaliwan Wali