Patents by Inventor Paul Todd
Paul Todd 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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Publication number: 20240142015Abstract: A ball valve includes valve seats surrounding a valve ball and a valve housing surrounding the valve seats. A central flow passage extends through the valve seats, the valve ball, and the valve housing. Seals are positioned between a non-vertical bottom wall of each valve seat and corresponding non-vertical end walls of the valve housing. When a fluid pressure is applied to the ball valve in a closed position, one of the valve seats moves away from the valve housing to disengage the seal from the corresponding non-vertical housing end wall. The valve seat's movement provides an equalizing flow passage between the valve seat and the valve housing and into an interior portion of the valve ball, thereby allowing for pressure equalization that prevents deformation of the valve ball. The valve housing is formed by valve seat carriers, a cavity in a valve sub, or a combination thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2023Publication date: May 2, 2024Inventor: Andy Paul Todd
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Publication number: 20240117792Abstract: A main laminate for a wind turbine blade, a wind turbine blade, and methods for manufacturing such components are disclosed. The main laminate extends along a longitudinal direction and comprising a connector element comprising a conductive mesh portion and an elongated connector part, wherein a connector part length is longer than an edge distance between the conductive mesh portion and a first edge, and wherein a secondary connector portion of the elongated connector part is bendable around a bend axis substantially parallel to the longitudinal direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 3, 2022Publication date: April 11, 2024Inventors: Rama RAZEGHI, Jeppe Bjørn JØRGENSEN, Paul TODD, Boas EIRIKKSSON
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Publication number: 20240001636Abstract: A method for manufacturing a shell 36 and 38, is disclosed. The method includes laying one or more layers of fibres, on a surface of a mould 9 to form at least a portion of a shell half structure 36 and 38. A first panel 11 defined with noise reduction members 11a is positioned adjacent to the one or more layers of fibres on the surface of the mould 9. Further, resin is infused through the one or more layers of fiber and the first panel 11 and is subsequently cured to obtain the shell half structure 36 or 38, where the first panel 11 with noise reduction members 11a adheres to the shell half structure 36 and 38 upon curing the infused resin.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2021Publication date: January 4, 2024Inventors: Jelmer CNOSSEN, Paul TODD
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Publication number: 20230265941Abstract: A powered actuating assembly configured for mounting on a tubular valve body. The actuating assembly includes: (a) an actuator unit configured to impart torque to the valve stem; (b) an actuator mounting plate with a first surface supporting the actuator unit and a second surface configured to engage and resist movement relative to the valve body; and (c) securing links configured to extend around a valve body surface opposite the mounting plate and secure the mounting plate to the valve body.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2023Publication date: August 24, 2023Applicant: M & M Oil Tools, LLCInventor: Andy Paul Todd
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Patent number: 11674613Abstract: A powered actuating assembly configured for mounting on a tubular valve body. The actuating assembly includes: (a) an actuator unit configured to impart torque to the valve stem; (b) an actuator mounting plate with a first surface supporting the actuator unit and a second surface configured to engage and resist movement relative to the valve body; and (c) securing links configured to extend around a valve body surface opposite the mounting plate and secure the mounting plate to the valve body.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2021Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: M & M Oil Tools, LLCInventor: Andy Paul Todd
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Publication number: 20230064016Abstract: A lift-ready flowhead assembly which is generally formed of a flowhead assembly, a lifting yoke, and a lift sub. The flowhead assembly includes (i) a flowhead body having body threads and a side entry port, (ii) a swivel housing, (iii) a load collar tube rotatively supported in the swivel housing by a bearing assembly, and (iv) a ball valve positioned in said flowhead body and configured to block and unblock a central passage running through the load collar tube and the flowhead body. The lifting yoke includes (i) a yoke body having a center aperture, and (ii) opposing pad-eyes extending from the yoke body. The lift sub includes (i) a head section, (ii) a neck section having external neck threads, and (iii) a sub passage extending through the head and neck sections. The neck section of the lift sub extends through the center aperture of the yoke body and the neck threads engage the body threads of the flowhead body, thereby securing the lifting yoke to the flowhead assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2021Publication date: March 2, 2023Inventors: David A. Buck, Andy Paul Todd, Jeffery Daigle, Brad Indest
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Patent number: 11585447Abstract: A valve seat for a ball valve. The valve seat having a valve seat body with a circumferential concave seating surface configured to mate with a curvature of the valve ball. A seal pocket formed within the valve seat body, the seal pocket having (i) an throat formed in the concave seating surface, (ii) an outer pocket sidewall, and (iii) an inner pocket sidewall. A retaining groove positioned below the throat on either the outer pocket sidewall or the inner pocket sidewall and a flexible seal element shaped for positioning in the seal pocket. The seal element includes (i) an extended lip configured to rest within the retaining groove when the seal element is seated in the seal pocket, and (ii) a sealing face with an upper end laying below the valve seat's concave seating surface and a mid-portion extending upward above a curvature path of the concave seating surface.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2021Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: M & M Oil Tools, LLCInventors: David A. Buck, Andy Paul Todd, Sythonh Sysavath, Jon David Hurst
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Publication number: 20220339890Abstract: The present invention relates to a container having a cavity, wherein the cavity has a cavity pressure and comprises fibre material suitable for manufacturing one or more fibre-reinforced composite components for a wind turbine blade, and at least a part of the fibre material touches a first part of a wall of the container, at least the first part of the wall consisting of a flexible airtight material, and a ratio of an entire volume of non-cured polymer in the cavity to an entire volume of the fibre material in the cavity is less than 0.3, and the container is adapted to prevent inflow of a polymer into the cavity. A method for preparing such a container is also disclosed. A method for laying fibre material into a mould is also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2020Publication date: October 27, 2022Inventor: Paul TODD
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Publication number: 20220018327Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing a wind turbine blade comprising the steps of manufacturing a pressure shell halves and arranging a spar structure (62) within one of the shell halves. The spar structure (62) comprises two parts releasably coupled to each other. The method results in a segmented wind turbine blade for easy transportation and re-assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2019Publication date: January 20, 2022Inventors: David ROBERTS, Lars Bang JØNSSON, Manish MUKHERJEE, Paul TODD, Mark HANCOCK
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Publication number: 20210341064Abstract: A valve seat for a ball valve. The valve seat having a valve seat body with a circumferential concave seating surface configured to mate with a curvature of the valve ball. A seal pocket formed within the valve seat body, the seal pocket having (i) an throat formed in the concave seating surface, (ii) an outer pocket sidewall, and (iii) an inner pocket sidewall. A retaining groove positioned below the throat on either the outer pocket sidewall or the inner pocket sidewall and a flexible seal element shaped for positioning in the seal pocket. The seal element includes (i) an extended lip configured to rest within the retaining groove when the seal element is seated in the seal pocket, and (ii) a sealing face with an upper end laying below the valve seat's concave seating surface and a mid-portion extending upward above a curvature path of the concave seating surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2021Publication date: November 4, 2021Inventors: David A. Buck, Andy Paul Todd, Sythonh Sysavath, Jon David Hurst
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Patent number: 11047488Abstract: A valve seat for a ball valve. The valve seat having a valve seat body with a circumferential concave seating surface configured to mate with a curvature of the valve ball. A seal pocket formed within the valve seat body, the seal pocket having (i) an throat formed in the concave seating surface, (ii) an outer pocket sidewall, and (iii) an inner pocket sidewall. A retaining groove positioned below the throat on either the outer pocket sidewall or the inner pocket sidewall and a flexible seal element shaped for positioning in the seal pocket. The seal element includes (i) an extended lip configured to rest within the retaining groove when the seal element is seated in the seal pocket, and (ii) a sealing face with an upper end laying below the valve seat's concave seating surface and a mid-portion extending upward above a curvature path of the concave seating surface.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2018Date of Patent: June 29, 2021Assignee: M & M Oil Tools, LLCInventors: David A. Buck, Andy Paul Todd, Sythonh Sysavath, Jon David Hurst
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Patent number: 10815737Abstract: A tool joint clamp which includes a clamp assembly and a stop ring. The clamp assembly has at least two die carriers, with each die carrier having a translating and pivoting link between the die carriers such that the die carriers may move toward and away from a centerline of the clamp assembly. The stop ring includes a ring body having a central aperture forming an internal sidewall, with at least a portion of the internal sidewall having splines. A cam surface and cam follower are positioned between the clamp assembly and the stop ring, with the cam surface and cam follower configured to urge the die carriers toward the clamp assembly's centerline when relative torque is applied between the clamp assembly and the stop ring.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2019Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignee: M & M Oil Tools, LLCInventors: David A. Buck, Andy Paul Todd
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Patent number: 10536544Abstract: Methods and systems related to guided workflows for establishing a web presence include a customer user interface with a guided workflow layer based on a knowledge base about the customer, wherein the customer interface allows a customer to manage a customer's web presence based on operation of a logic engine that accesses information about what a customer has done and who the customer is (e.g. type of business), wherein the user interface presents a guided workflow of tasks associated with a recommended area of improvement for the customer.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2016Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: Endurance International Group, Inc.Inventors: James Christopher Lee, Benjamin John Merrill, Paul Todd Seamons, Michael Evan Kesselman, Hari Ravichandran, Mark Moseley, Scott Lovell, Brian Brock
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Patent number: 10502022Abstract: In the specification and drawings a flowhead assembly is described and shown with a flow adapter positioned within a through bore of the flowhead assembly housing; a first ball valve and second ball valve located above the flow adapter; a spacer assembly positioned between the first and second ball valve; at least one side flow entry attachment fluidly connected with the through bore of the flowhead assembly. The sideflow entry attachment includes a first and second ball valve located in a central passage in the sideflow entry attachment housing, with a spacer assembly positioned between them; a flow guide insert is positioned above the ball valves and includes a flow path that is in fluid communication with the through bore of the flowhead assembly; a plug retains the flow guide insert within the central passage. Also described and shown is a frac head assembly including a flow adapter that has chamfered internal surfaces surrounding side entry apertures.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2017Date of Patent: December 10, 2019Assignee: M & M Oil Tools, LLCInventors: David A. Buck, Andy Paul Todd
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Patent number: 10428802Abstract: The present invention relates to a heating installation arrangement and a method of forming the heating installation arrangement for a wind turbine blade. The heating installation arrangement (100) for a wind turbine blade comprises a sleigh (101), wherein the sleigh (101) forms a platform of the heating installation arrangement (100), the sleigh further includes a recess (109), wherein the recess (109) includes one or more connection points (110, 112) for a corresponding one or more heating apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2014Date of Patent: October 1, 2019Assignee: VESTAS WIND SYSTEMS A/SInventors: Joe Cuoghi, Adrian Edwards, Karl Gregory, Catherine Anne McCarroll, Paul Todd
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Publication number: 20190178392Abstract: A valve seat for a ball valve. The valve seat having a valve seat body with a circumferential concave seating surface configured to mate with a curvature of the valve ball. A seal pocket formed within the valve seat body, the seal pocket having (i) an throat formed in the concave seating surface, (ii) an outer pocket sidewall, and (iii) an inner pocket sidewall. A retaining groove positioned below the throat on either the outer pocket sidewall or the inner pocket sidewall and a flexible seal element shaped for positioning in the seal pocket. The seal element includes (i) an extended lip configured to rest within the retaining groove when the seal element is seated in the seal pocket, and (ii) a sealing face with an upper end laying below the valve seat's concave seating surface and a mid-portion extending upward above a curvature path of the concave seating surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2018Publication date: June 13, 2019Inventors: David A. Buck, Andy Paul Todd, Sythonh Sysavath, Jon David Hurst
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Publication number: 20180137442Abstract: A system and method for searching travel services. A server computer receives a travel request from a client device operated by a user. The server computer identifies travel options according to the travel request. The server computer classifies the travel options into predefined groups, the classifying based on at least one of past transactions, input from domain experts, input from semantic analysts, analytics data, user preferences, and company policies. The server computer presents the options via presentation of the predefined groups.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2018Publication date: May 17, 2018Inventors: Garner Swann, Parthasarathy Sundaram, Jeremy Paul Todd, Rajat Shroff, Alan Todd Kaiser, Nicholas Briggs, David Falk, Daniel L. Pritchett
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Patent number: 9870540Abstract: A system and method for searching travel services. A server computer receives a travel request from a client device operated by a user. The server computer identifies travel options according to the travel request. The server computer classifies the travel options into predefined groups, the classifying based on at least one of past transactions, input from domain experts, input from semantic analysts, analytics data, user preferences, and company policies. The server computer presents the options via presentation of the predefined groups.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2016Date of Patent: January 16, 2018Assignee: DEEM, INC.Inventors: Garner Swann, Parthasarathy Sundaram, Jeremy Paul Todd, Rajat Shroff, Alan Todd Kaiser, Nicholas Briggs, David Falk, Daniel L. Pritchett
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Publication number: 20160350681Abstract: A system and method for searching travel services. A server computer receives a travel request from a client device operated by a user. The server computer identifies travel options according to the travel request. The server computer classifies the travel options into predefined groups, the classifying based on at least one of past transactions, input from domain experts, input from semantic analysts, analytics data, user preferences, and company policies. The server computer presents the options via presentation of the predefined groups.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2016Publication date: December 1, 2016Inventors: Garner Swann, Parthasarathy Sundaram, Jeremy Paul Todd, Rajat Shroff, Alan Todd Kaiser, Nicholas Briggs, David Falk, Daniel L. Pritchett
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Patent number: 9481109Abstract: A bracket is described for clamping a mould to a supporting structure. The bracket includes a first part and a second part for attaching to the mould and to the supporting structure, respectively, or vice versa. The first and second parts are connected together and configured to provide constrained relative movement along a first axis to accommodate thermal expansion of the mould relative to the supporting structure in a first direction parallel to the first axis. The first and second parts of the bracket are connected via an articulated joint that allows the first and second parts to pivot relative to one another without moving the first axis such that the bracket can independently accommodate misalignments between the mould and the supporting structure.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2012Date of Patent: November 1, 2016Assignee: Vestas Wind Systems A/SInventors: Leif Kappel Petersen, Paul Todd, Nathaniel Colman