Patents by Inventor Robert Chapman Ross

Robert Chapman Ross 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: 5839508
    Abstract: Electrical generating apparatus is provided which connects to the production tubing. In a preferred embodiment, this apparatus includes a housing having a primary flow passageway in communication with the production tubing. The housing also includes a laterally displaced side passageway communicating with the primary flow passageway such that production fluid passes upwardly towards the surface through the primary and side passageways. A flow diverter may be positioned in the housing to divert a variable amount of production fluid from the production tubing and into the side passageway. In accordance with an important feature of this invention, an electrical generator is located at least partially in or along the side passageway. The electrical generator generates electricity through the interaction of the flowing production fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 24, 1998
    Assignee: Baker Hughes Incorporated
    Inventors: Paulo Tubel, Michael Wayne Holcombe, John L. Baugh, Albert A. Mullins, II, Robert Chapman Ross
  • Patent number: 5787987
    Abstract: A downhole multilateral completion tool is disclosed which includes a premachined window joint and a production tube adapted to be moved downhole through the window joint and kicked off into the pre-drilled lateral. A flange and seal form a part of the uphole end of the production tube and provide a 3500 psi seal after the production tube is placed in the lateral. The invention, moreover, includes an energizing sleeve which biases the flange into a sealed position and a packer which by pulling the production tube, enhances the seal of the flange.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 4, 1998
    Assignee: Baker Hughes Incorporated
    Inventors: David George Forsyth, Robert Chapman Ross, Paul George Lurie