Patents by Inventor Ross Edward Brice

Ross Edward Brice 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).

  • Static mixer suitable for additive manufacturing
    Patent number: 11813580
    Abstract: A static mixer may include a housing having an inlet and an outlet. The static mixer may also include a mixing element arranged within the housing. The mixing element may include a plurality of blade disk pairs arranged in crisscrossing fashion, each blade disk, of the pairs of blade disks, comprising a plurality of parallel extending and spaced apart blades. In some examples, a blade disk may include a link connecting the end of each of the plurality of parallel extending and spaced apart blades. In some examples, the link may be a ring base. In other examples, the link may be a propped tie. Alternatively or additionally, a support perch may be provided for supporting a ring base of an adjoining module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: NOV CANADA ULC
    Inventors: Luke C. Zenke, Ross Edward Brice
  • Hybrid core progressive cavity pump
    Patent number: 11268385
    Abstract: A stator for a progressive cavity pump may include a containment element with an inner surface and a casing. The casing may be arranged within the containment element, be generally isolated from the inner surface of the containment element, and define a stator cavity adapted for receiving a progressive cavity pump rotor and for accommodating substantially free rotation of the progressive cavity pump rotor therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: NOV CANADA ULC
    Inventors: Ross Edward Brice, Luke C. Zenke
  • STATIC MIXER
    Publication number: 20220062835
    Abstract: A static mixer may include a housing having an inlet and an outlet. The static mixer may also include a mixing element arranged within the housing. The mixing element may include a plurality of blade disk pairs arranged in crisscrossing fashion, each blade disk, of the pairs of blade disks, comprising a plurality of parallel extending and spaced apart blades.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2020
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventors: Luke C. Zenke, Ross Edward Brice
  • HYBRID CORE PROGRESSIVE CAVITY PUMP
    Publication number: 20210102464
    Abstract: A stator for a progressive cavity pump may include a containment element with an inner surface and a casing. The casing may be arranged within the containment element, be generally isolated from the inner surface of the containment element, and define a stator cavity adapted for receiving a progressive cavity pump rotor and for accommodating substantially free rotation of the progressive cavity pump rotor therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Inventors: Ross Edward Brice, Luke C. Zenke