Patents by Inventor Randy Gonzalez

Randy Gonzalez 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).

  • ACTUATED STUFFING BOX FOR AN ARTIFICIAL LIFT SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20230066565
    Abstract: A stuffing box assembly for an artificial lift system includes a stuffing box including a housing having a passage, in which the housing has a shoulder disposed along the passage. The stuffing box also includes a seal disposed within the passage and engaged with the shoulder. The seal is configured to engage a polish rod while the polish rod extends through the passage, and the seal is configured to expand radially in response to longitudinal compression of the seal. In addition, the stuffing box includes an actuator having an engagement element configured to move along a longitudinal axis to compress the seal. Furthermore, the stuffing box assembly includes a controller configured to determine a flow rate of fluid bypassing the seal based on one or more input signals, and the controller is configured to control the actuator based on the flow rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventors: Jose Roberto Navar, Baldev R. Patel, Gary Allen Card, Randy Gonzalez
  • Rotating wellhead hanger assemblies
    Patent number: 10323480
    Abstract: Rotating wellhead hanger assemblies are provided. In one embodiment, a wellhead hanger assembly includes a casing hanger and a casing hanger running tool coupled to the casing hanger. An exterior surface of the casing hanger includes a recess and the casing hanger running tool includes a dog that extends inward from the casing hanger running tool into the recess of the exterior surface of the casing hanger. Engagement of the dog with the recess of the casing hanger facilitates synchronous rotation of the casing hanger and its running tool. Additional systems, devices, and methods are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: Cameron International Corporation
    Inventors: John J. Cocker, III, Shailesh U. Vaghmashi, Jacob C. Emmett, Randy Gonzalez, Andrew R. Hanson, James D. Cavanagh, Michael F. Levert, Jr.
  • ROTATING WELLHEAD HANGER ASSEMBLIES
    Publication number: 20180195365
    Abstract: Rotating wellhead hanger assemblies are provided. In one embodiment, a wellhead hanger assembly includes a casing hanger and a casing hanger running tool coupled to the casing hanger. An exterior surface of the casing hanger includes a recess and the casing hanger running tool includes a dog that extends inward from the casing hanger running tool into the recess of the exterior surface of the casing hanger. Engagement of the dog with the recess of the casing hanger facilitates synchronous rotation of the casing hanger and its running tool. Additional systems, devices, and methods are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2018
    Publication date: July 12, 2018
    Inventors: John J. Cocker, III, Shailesh U. Vaghmashi, Jacob C. Emmett, Randy Gonzalez, Andrew R. Hanson, James D. Cavanagh, Michael F. Levert, JR.
  • Rotating wellhead hanger assemblies
    Patent number: 9909385
    Abstract: Rotating wellhead hanger assemblies are provided. In one embodiment, a wellhead hanger assembly includes a casing hanger and a casing hanger running tool coupled to the casing hanger. An exterior surface of the casing hanger includes a recess and the casing hanger running tool includes a dog that extends inward from the casing hanger running tool into the recess of the exterior surface of the casing hanger. Engagement of the dog with the recess of the casing hanger facilitates synchronous rotation of the casing hanger and its running tool. Additional systems, devices, and methods are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: Cameron International Corporation
    Inventors: John J. Cocker, III, Shailesh U. Vaghmashi, Jacob C. Emmett, Randy Gonzalez, Andrew R. Hanson, James D. Cavanagh, Michael F. Levert, Jr.
  • ROTATING WELLHEAD HANGER ASSEMBLIES
    Publication number: 20150041151
    Abstract: Rotating wellhead hanger assemblies are provided. In one embodiment, a wellhead hanger assembly includes a casing hanger and a casing hanger running tool coupled to the casing hanger. An exterior surface of the casing hanger includes a recess and the casing hanger running tool includes a dog that extends inward from the casing hanger running tool into the recess of the exterior surface of the casing hanger. Engagement of the dog with the recess of the casing hanger facilitates synchronous rotation of the casing hanger and its running tool. Additional systems, devices, and methods are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2014
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Inventors: John J. Cocker, III, Shailesh U. Vaghmashi, Jacob C. Emmett, Randy Gonzalez, Andrew R. Hanson, James D. Cavanagh, Michael F. Levert, JR.