Patents by Inventor Robert O'Brien

Robert O'Brien 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: 12269075
    Abstract: Apparatus for cleaning a surface with a liquid jet, the apparatus having: a primary fluid conduit having a longitudinal axis and two ends, a fluid-intake end and a fluid-exit end; a first motor-driven drive assembly configured to engage the primary fluid conduit and turn the primary fluid conduit about the primary-fluid-conduit longitudinal axis; a first motor configured to engage the first motor-driven drive assembly; a section of the primary fluid conduit being inside of an adjacent penetration sleeve; a section of the penetration sleeve being inside of a piston sleeve; the piston sleeve configured to engage the penetration sleeve and move the penetration sleeve back and forth along a penetration-sleeve linear path over a primary-fluid-conduit exterior surface; an actuator configured to engage the piston sleeve and move piston sleeve back and forth along a piston-sleeve linear path; a penetration-sleeve end being attached to an extension sleeve that has a first end and a second end; the extension-sleeve sec
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Inventors: Adam McGuire, Robert O'Brien
  • Patent number: 12240019
    Abstract: Apparatus for cleaning a surface with a liquid jet, the apparatus having: a primary fluid conduit having a longitudinal axis and two ends, a fluid-intake end and a fluid-exit end; a first motor-driven drive assembly configured to engage the primary fluid conduit and turn the primary fluid conduit about the primary-fluid-conduit longitudinal axis; a first motor configured to engage the first motor-driven drive assembly; a section of the primary fluid conduit being inside of an adjacent penetration sleeve; a section of the penetration sleeve being inside of a piston sleeve; the piston sleeve configured to engage the penetration sleeve and move the penetration sleeve back and forth along a penetration-sleeve linear path over a primary-fluid-conduit exterior surface; an actuator configured to engage the piston sleeve and move piston sleeve back and forth along a piston-sleeve linear path; a penetration-sleeve end being attached to an extension sleeve that has a first end and a second end; the extension-sleeve sec
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Inventors: Adam McGuire, Robert O'Brien
  • Patent number: 12023718
    Abstract: Apparatus for cleaning a surface with a liquid jet, the apparatus having: a primary fluid conduit having a longitudinal axis and two ends, a fluid-intake end and a fluid-exit end; a first motor-driven drive assembly configured to engage the primary fluid conduit and turn the primary fluid conduit about the primary-fluid-conduit longitudinal axis; a first motor configured to engage the first motor-driven drive assembly; a section of the primary fluid conduit being inside of an adjacent penetration sleeve; a section of the penetration sleeve being inside of a piston sleeve; the piston sleeve configured to engage the penetration sleeve and move the penetration sleeve back and forth along a penetration-sleeve linear path over a primary-fluid-conduit exterior surface; an actuator configured to engage the piston sleeve and move piston sleeve back and forth along the piston-sleeve linear path; a penetration-sleeve end being attached to an extension sleeve that has a first end and a second end; the extension-sleeve s
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Inventors: Adam McGuire, Robert O'Brien, Kelan McElduff
  • Publication number: 20220410228
    Abstract: Apparatus for cleaning a surface with a liquid jet, the apparatus having: a primary fluid conduit having a longitudinal axis and two ends, a fluid-intake end and a fluid-exit end; a first motor-driven drive assembly configured to engage the primary fluid conduit and turn the primary fluid conduit about the primary-fluid-conduit longitudinal axis; a first motor configured to engage the first motor-driven drive assembly; a section of the primary fluid conduit being inside of an adjacent penetration sleeve; a section of the penetration sleeve being inside of a piston sleeve; the piston sleeve configured to engage the penetration sleeve and move the penetration sleeve back and forth along a penetration-sleeve linear path over a primary-fluid-conduit exterior surface; an actuator configured to engage the piston sleeve and move piston sleeve back and forth along the piston-sleeve linear path; a penetration-sleeve end being attached to an extension sleeve that has a first end and a second end; the extension-sleeve s
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Applicant: Path Environmental Technology, LLC
    Inventors: Adam McGuire, Robert O'Brien, Kelan McElduff
  • Publication number: 20220410229
    Abstract: Apparatus for cleaning a surface with a liquid jet, the apparatus having: a primary fluid conduit having a longitudinal axis and two ends, a fluid-intake end and a fluid-exit end; a first motor-driven drive assembly configured to engage the primary fluid conduit and turn the primary fluid conduit about the primary-fluid-conduit longitudinal axis; a first motor configured to engage the first motor-driven drive assembly; a section of the primary fluid conduit being inside of an adjacent penetration sleeve; a section of the penetration sleeve being inside of a piston sleeve; the piston sleeve configured to engage the penetration sleeve and move the penetration sleeve back and forth along a penetration-sleeve linear path over a primary-fluid-conduit exterior surface; an actuator configured to engage the piston sleeve and move piston sleeve back and forth along a piston-sleeve linear path; a penetration-sleeve end being attached to an extension sleeve that has a first end and a second end; the extension-sleeve sec
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Applicant: Path Environmental Technology, LLC
    Inventors: Adam McGuire, Robert O'Brien
  • Publication number: 20220410222
    Abstract: Apparatus for cleaning a surface with a liquid jet, the apparatus having: a primary fluid conduit having a longitudinal axis and two ends, a fluid-intake end and a fluid-exit end; a first motor-driven drive assembly configured to engage the primary fluid conduit and turn the primary fluid conduit about the primary-fluid-conduit longitudinal axis; a first motor configured to engage the first motor-driven drive assembly; a section of the primary fluid conduit being inside of an adjacent penetration sleeve; a section of the penetration sleeve being inside of a piston sleeve; the piston sleeve configured to engage the penetration sleeve and move the penetration sleeve back and forth along a penetration-sleeve linear path over a primary-fluid-conduit exterior surface; an actuator configured to engage the piston sleeve and move piston sleeve back and forth along a piston-sleeve linear path; a penetration-sleeve end being attached to an extension sleeve that has a first end and a second end; the extension-sleeve sec
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Applicant: Path Environmental Technology, LLC
    Inventors: Adam McGuire, Robert O'Brien
  • Publication number: 20220292089
    Abstract: In a data asset curating system including a processor, computer-readable medium and data storage storing source data assets, each source data asset including content data and source metadata, the data storage stores instructions causing the system to perform converting, based on a conversion rule defining a set of standard attributes, the source data assets to curatable data assets, each curatable data asset including the content data of the corresponding source data asset and curatable metadata, the curatable metadata including one or more standard attributes; causing a user device to render a GUI configured to provide filtering options for querying the curatable data assets; receiving, from the user device, a curation query including a set of the filtering options selected via the GUI; and identifying, from the curatable data assets, a set of the curatable data assets satisfying the received curation query.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2021
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey Paul CONRAD, Raymond Robert RINGHISER, Jayasudha THOTA, Gabriele MASILI, Ravikumar Venkata Seetharama BANDARU, Siobhan Jane FLANIGAN, Dennis Michael POLLETT, Daoquan CHEN, Robert O'BRIEN
  • Patent number: 11436220
    Abstract: In a data asset curating system including a processor, computer-readable medium and data storage storing source data assets, each source data asset including content data and source metadata, the data storage stores instructions causing the system to perform converting, based on a conversion rule defining a set of standard attributes, the source data assets to curatable data assets, each curatable data asset including the content data of the corresponding source data asset and curatable metadata, the curatable metadata including one or more standard attributes; causing a user device to render a GUI configured to provide filtering options for querying the curatable data assets; receiving, from the user device, a curation query including a set of the filtering options selected via the GUI; and identifying, from the curatable data assets, a set of the curatable data assets satisfying the received curation query.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey Paul Conrad, Raymond Robert Ringhiser, Jayasudha Thota, Gabriele Masili, Ravikumar Venkata Seetharama Bandaru, Siobhan Jane Flanigan, Dennis Michael Pollett, Daoquan Chen, Robert O'Brien
  • Patent number: 11384021
    Abstract: Grains for the production of a sintered refractory product, a batch for the production of a sintered refractory product, a process for the production of a sintered refractory product and a sintered refractory product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: REFRACTORY INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Jacob Kerr, Robert O'Brien
  • Patent number: 11352845
    Abstract: An actuation trigger including a housing; a piston in operable communication with the housing; a pressure source inlet to the trigger the piston being responsive to source pressure cycles; a first one-direction axial incrementing feature movable with piston movement; a rod movable with the piston and positionally restricted by the one-direction axial incrementing feature, the rod initially being part of a dynamic seal preventing actuation pressure access to a tool actuatable by the actuation pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: BAKER HUGHES, A GE COMPANY, LLC
    Inventors: Robert O'Brien, Aaron Hammer, Roy Woudwijk
  • Patent number: 11136844
    Abstract: A method of installing a ball seat in a wellbore, comprising conveying the ball seat via a support member of a tool to a target location in the wellbore; moving an expansion sleeve longitudinally with respect to the tool to expand the ball seat radially to engage the ball seat to a support structure of the wellbore at the target location; and releasing the support member from the engaged ball seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: BAKER HUGHES OILFIELD OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventor: Robert O'Brien
  • Publication number: 20210261464
    Abstract: Grains for the production of a sintered refractory product, a batch for the production of a sintered refractory product, a process for the production of a sintered refractory product and a sintered refractory product
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2020
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Inventors: Jacob Kerr, Robert O'Brien
  • Publication number: 20210262301
    Abstract: A method of installing a ball seat in a wellbore, comprising conveying the ball seat via a support member of a tool to a target location in the wellbore; moving an expansion sleeve longitudinally with respect to the tool to expand the ball seat radially to engage the ball seat to a support structure of the wellbore at the target location; and releasing the support member from the engaged ball seat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2020
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Applicant: Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLC
    Inventor: Robert O'Brien
  • Patent number: 10865639
    Abstract: An apparatus for transmitting and/or receiving energy in a borehole penetrating a subsurface formation includes a tubular assembly having a tubing mandrel and a sleeve at least partially surrounding a circumference of the tubing mandrel, wherein the tubing mandrel includes a cavity and the sleeve defines at least a portion of an opening over the cavity. The apparatus also includes a transducer assembly disposed in the cavity and configured for transmitting and/or receiving the energy, wherein the transducer assembly upon relative movement of the tubing mandrel with respect to the sleeve is displaced radially.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: BAKER HUGHES, A GE COMPANY, LLC
    Inventors: David Bishop, Robert O'Brien
  • Patent number: 10781663
    Abstract: A tubular includes an outer surface, an inner surface defining a passage, and a plurality of openings extending through the outer surface and the inner surface. A sleeve is positioned within the passage. The sleeve includes an outer surface portion having at least one recess. At least one release member extends from the inner surface into the at least one recess. The at least one release member maintains the sleeve in a first configuration relative to the plurality of openings. At least one of the inner surface and the outer surface portion includes a self-holding connection that establishes one of a reduced diameter portion of the passage and an increased diameter portion of the sleeve. The self-holding connection is configured to maintain the sleeve in a second configuration axially shifted relative to the first configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: BAKER HUGHES, A GE COMPANY, LLC
    Inventors: Carlos De La Cruz, Sean Gaudette, Robert O'Brien
  • Publication number: 20200224053
    Abstract: A food or beverage container coating composition, coated article, and method of coating, wherein the coating composition comprises: a film-forming polymer; and a resole phenolic resin comprising the reaction product of components comprising an aldehyde and a phenol group-containing compound, wherein the phenol group-containing compound comprises one or more phenyl rings (preferably, two or more phenyl rings), at least two hydroxy groups, each of which is directly bonded to the one or more phenyl rings, and at least four (preferably, at least five) open sites ortho and/or para to the hydroxy groups; wherein the composition is thermally curable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2018
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventors: Ben Webster, Richard Evans, Robert O'Brien, Joseph Desousa, Kailas Sawant, Gregory M. Paulson, Adrienne Robey, Yingchao Zhang
  • Publication number: 20200141230
    Abstract: An acoustic device deployment system including an acoustic device, a pad disposed upon the acoustic device, a device displacer operatively connected to the acoustic device that during use causes the device to move radially outwardly into contact with another structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2018
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Applicant: Baker Hughes, a GE company, LLC
    Inventors: David Bishop, Robert O'Brien
  • Publication number: 20200040670
    Abstract: A debris management tool including a housing; an opening in the housing; a closure member movable between a closed position and an open position based upon centrifugal input. A method for managing debris in a borehole including rotating the tool as in any prior embodiment at a selected speed to cause centrifugal force to open the closure member; increasing pressure in a fluid surrounding the tool; entraining debris in fluid entering the tool due to differential pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Applicant: Baker Hughes, a GE company, LLC
    Inventors: Joshua Raymond Snitkoff, Robert O'Brien, Larry Palmer, Joeri Van Hove
  • Publication number: 20200018137
    Abstract: A tubular includes an outer surface, an inner surface defining a passage, and a plurality of openings extending through the outer surface and the inner surface. A sleeve is positioned within the passage. The sleeve includes an outer surface portion having at least one recess. At least one release member extends from the inner surface into the at least one recess. The at least one release member maintains the sleeve in a first configuration relative to the plurality of openings. At least one of the inner surface and the outer surface portion includes a self-holding connection that establishes one of a reduced diameter portion of the passage and an increased diameter portion of the sleeve. The self-holding connection is configured to maintain the sleeve in a second configuration axially shifted relative to the first configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Applicant: Baker Hughes, a GE company, LLC
    Inventors: Carlos De La Cruz, Sean Gaudette, Robert O'Brien
  • Publication number: 20190292862
    Abstract: An actuation trigger including a housing; a piston in operable communication with the housing; a pressure source inlet to the trigger the piston being responsive to source pressure cycles; a first one-direction axial incrementing feature movable with piston movement; a rod movable with the piston and positionally restricted by the one-direction axial incrementing feature, the rod initially being part of a dynamic seal preventing actuation pressure access to a tool actuatable by the actuation pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2019
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Applicant: Baker Hughes, a GE company, LLC
    Inventors: Robert O'Brien, Aaron Hammer, Roy Woudwijk