Patents by Inventor Richard Hancock

Richard Hancock 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).

  • Patent number: 10738573
    Abstract: Fluid flow control systems are configured to resist erosion-corrosion and minimize wall shear stress during injection or production. A fluid flow control system includes a base pipe with an internal passageway. A housing is positioned around the base pipe to define a fluid flow path between the filter component and the internal passageway. A flow control component is positioned within the fluid flow path in order to control fluid flow. A flow-induced erosion resistance component, which may take a variety of forms, is positioned within the fluid flow path to reduce and/or eliminate wall shear stress along the base pipe. As a result, erosion-corrosion of the bases pipe is reduced and/or eliminated altogether.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
    Inventors: Weiqi Yin, Frederic Nicolas Felten, Georgina Corona Cortes, Caleb Thomas Warren, Bryon David Mullen, Richard Hancock Merrill
  • Publication number: 20190112903
    Abstract: Fluid flow control systems are configured to resist erosion-corrosion and minimize wall shear stress during injection or production. A fluid flow control system includes a base pipe with an internal passageway. A housing is positioned around the base pipe to define a fluid flow path between the filter component and the internal passageway. A flow control component is positioned within the fluid flow path in order to control fluid flow. A flow-induced erosion resistance component, which may take a variety of forms, is positioned within the fluid flow path to reduce and/or eliminate wall shear stress along the base pipe. As a result, erosion-corrosion of the bases pipe is reduced and/or eliminated altogether.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2016
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: Weiqi Yin, Frederic Nicolas Felten, Georgina Corona Cortes, Caleb Thomas Warren, Bryon David Mullen, Richard Hancock Merrill
  • Publication number: 20160290071
    Abstract: An integral self-contained drillstring compensator includes at least one high pressure air cylinder, an accumulator, and a compensating cylinder, which are fluidly coupled to one another. The high pressure air cylinders include a compressible gas that is communicable to the accumulator, which has fluid included therein. The compressible gas provides a pressure on the fluid, thereby allowing the fluid to communicable between the accumulator and the compensating cylinder. The fluid causes a cylinder rod within the compensating cylinder to extend and retract from the compensating cylinder, thereby providing compensation during heaves. The drillstring compensator optionally includes a low pressure air cylinder to store a low pressure compressible fluid that communicates with the compensating cylinder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventors: Frederick George Holman, Richard Hancock
  • Patent number: D304656
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 1987
    Date of Patent: November 21, 1989
    Inventor: D. Richard Hancock