Patents by Inventor PRASHANT N AKHARE

PRASHANT N AKHARE 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: 20240110455
    Abstract: A machined internal cavity for a forged block of a workover BOP. The ram internal cavity has a bore along an inner cavity wall into which a ram guide is insertable. The ram cavity has a flat upper sealing surface that is engageable with a seal on a ram and a raised landing surface to guide the ram to engage the seal with the flat upper sealing surface. Mud slots are machined on the lower surface of the machined internal cavity profile. The ram has a side entry access point into which the rams are installed or accessed within the machined internal cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventor: PRASHANT N AKHARE
  • Publication number: 20240110456
    Abstract: Non-sealing casing shear rams are utilized in a blow out preventer (“BOP”) for shearing or cutting casing, but do not seal. The BOP with non-sealing casing shear rams with V-shaped blades has the shearing capabilities of a larger shear ram BOP while utilizing a smaller sized BOP to reduce the need for additional time, expense, and equipment. The non-sealing casing shear ram BOP may be used for drilling operations and during production without the need for swapping a larger shear ram BOP used for drilling to a smaller shear ram BOP for operations. The V-shape blade and back rake angle of the non-sealing casing shear ram blades produce the shearing force of the larger BOP in a smaller sized BOP.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventor: PRASHANT N. AKHARE
  • Publication number: 20230151702
    Abstract: A weldless adapter is mountable to a conductor casing for pressure testing seals or initial drilling at a well site. Slips engage the conductor casing to latch the weldless adapter onto the casing. Pressure injection ports are utilized to activate two seal rings against the conductor casing using positive sealing. A test port is utilized to test the seals of the two seal rings. The slips are activated by three sets of bolts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2022
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventor: PRASHANT N AKHARE
  • Publication number: 20220178219
    Abstract: An annular preventer blowout preventer (BOP) that can seal off a wellbore for controlling and monitoring oil and gas wells. The BOP is a latch type annular preventer with a body, a inner, a piston, and a rubber packing element. The preventer seals around drill pipe and in some instances against an open well bore. A plurality of latches and inner screws secure the lid to the body and further prevent rotation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventors: PRASHANT N AKHARE, DENNIS D GEORGE, RAHUL A PATIL
  • Patent number: 11187054
    Abstract: A BOP booster assembly is provided for use with BOPs that utilize hydraulic actuators mounted in BOP end caps to open the BOP for replacement of the shearing members. The booster assembly has three main components comprising a booster housing, piston, and end plate. An extension in the booster housing is sufficiently long to position the booster hydraulic cylinder axially outside of the ends of the bonnet end caps of the BOP with respect to the wellbore. The booster piston is equal in diameter or larger than the operating piston of the BOP. The operating pistons and booster pistons move simultaneously, in sync, and the same distance for closing and cutting. In one embodiment, an internal hydraulic line is provided in the booster cylinder wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Inventors: Prashant N. Akhare, Dennis D. George
  • Patent number: 10190382
    Abstract: A BOP booster assembly is provided for use with BOPs that utilize hydraulic actuators mounted in BOP end caps to open the BOP for replacement of the shearing members. The booster assembly has three main components comprising a booster housing, piston, and end plate. An extension in the booster housing is sufficiently long to position the booster hydraulic cylinder axially outside of the ends of the bonnet end caps of the BOP with respect to the wellbore. The booster piston is equal in diameter or larger than the operating piston of the BOP. The operating pistons and booster pistons move simultaneously, in sync, and the same distance for closing and cutting. In one embodiment, an internal hydraulic line is provided in the booster cylinder wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Inventors: Prashant N. Akhare, Dennis D. George
  • Publication number: 20170107779
    Abstract: A BOP booster assembly is provided for use with BOPs that utilize hydraulic actuators mounted in BOP end caps to open the BOP for replacement of the shearing members. The booster assembly has three main components comprising a booster housing, piston, and end plate. An extension in the booster housing is sufficiently long to position the booster hydraulic cylinder axially outside of the ends of the bonnet end caps of the BOP with respect to the wellbore. The booster piston is equal in diameter or larger than the operating piston of the BOP. The operating pistons and booster pistons move simultaneously, in sync, and the same distance for closing and cutting. In one embodiment, an internal hydraulic line is provided in the booster cylinder wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2016
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Inventors: PRASHANT N AKHARE, Dennis D. George
  • Patent number: D1006593
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Worldwide Oilfield Machine, Inc
    Inventors: Dennis D George, Prashant N Akhare