Patents by Inventor Robert Hand

Robert Hand 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: 11814935
    Abstract: Implementations described and claimed herein provide systems and methods for increasing accuracy of firing perforating charges in an oil well casing. In one implementation, a body of an orientation device has a first portion and a second portion. An opening extends through a center of the body from a first lateral surface to a second lateral surface, and the opening is configured to receive a perforating gun string. An outer perimeter surface extends about the center of the body from the first lateral surface to the second lateral surface. The outer perimeter surface has a first shape associated with the first portion and a second shape associated with the second portion. The second shape forms a base portion configured to maintain the perforating gun string in an orientation by preventing rotation of the perforating gun string. The orientation corresponds to a predetermined perforating charge direction of the perforating gun string.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: ConocoPhillips Company
    Inventors: Jesse J. Constantine, Robert Hand, Neal Adams
  • Publication number: 20220307352
    Abstract: Implementations described and claimed herein provide systems and methods for increasing accuracy of firing perforating charges in an oil well casing. In one implementation, a body of an orientation device has a first portion and a second portion. An opening extends through a center of the body from a first lateral surface to a second lateral surface, and the opening is configured to receive a perforating gun string. An outer perimeter surface extends about the center of the body from the first lateral surface to the second lateral surface. The outer perimeter surface has a first shape associated with the first portion and a second shape associated with the second portion. The second shape forms a base portion configured to maintain the perforating gun string in an orientation by preventing rotation of the perforating gun string. The orientation corresponds to a predetermined perforating charge direction of the perforating gun string.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Jesse J. Constantine, Robert Hand, Neal Adams
  • Publication number: 20080301865
    Abstract: A toilet ventilation system for automatically removing undesirable odor from a toilet during operation preferably includes a toilet, an air intake port, a conduit, and an air discharge port directly coupled to such a conduit. The toilet ventilation system may further include a mechanism for automatically ventilating odorous air from an area located adjacent to the toilet rim to an area remotely located from the toilet rim by siphoning the odorous air through the air intake port to the air discharge port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2008
    Publication date: December 11, 2008
    Inventor: Robert Hand