Patents by Inventor Robert J. Frick

Robert J. Frick 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: 5797213
    Abstract: A container for fitting into a plurality of different sized live wells by the use of an easily adjustable live well bracket having a flexible netting secured to the bracket. The bracket is adjustable so as to be changeable to fit different sized live wells. Four L-shaped bracket portions are each slidably mounted with respect to two adjacent bracket portions. A thumb screw located within an elongated slot is manually rotatable to fix the position of interengaging arms of adjacent L-shaped bracket portions with respect to each other. By the sliding fit of the interengaging bracket portions, the bracket can be adjusted from a minimum size of 101/4 by 61/4 to 171/4 inches by 83/4 inches and anywhere in between these ranges of dimensions. Within this wide range of extension and retraction, the adjustable live well bracket can be adjusted to fit into most any size live well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 25, 1998
    Inventor: Robert J. Frick
  • Patent number: 4366863
    Abstract: In an enhanced oil recovery process utilizing a plurality of wells disposed in a nearly square grid wherein a plurality of these wells are injection wells which are utilized to inject a fluid into a petroleum reservoir, said fluid being then forced through the reservoir towards a plurality of production wells from which the fluid and mobilized petroleum from the reservoir are produced, an improvement is added comprising utilizing the wells at the corners of each nearly square grid as injection wells, drilling two additional wells within each grid along one diagonal and then utilizing these two additional wells as new production wells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 1980
    Date of Patent: January 4, 1983
    Assignee: Texaco Inc.
    Inventors: Robert J. Frick, Ralph J. Korstad, Charles J. Robinson, III