Patents by Inventor Ryan Anthony Lack

Ryan Anthony Lack 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).

  • Intermediate bearing in electrical submersible pump
    Patent number: 11415138
    Abstract: A submersible well fluid pump has diffusers non-rotatably mounted in a pump housing. A drive shaft rotates an impeller between each of the diffusers. A bearing is positioned between and in abutment with two of the diffusers. An annular recess encircles an outer wall of the bearing. A wave spring has undulations with inward protruding indentations in contact with a base of the recess and outward protruding indentations in engagement with an inner wall of the housing. The wave spring is split and radially compressed between the base of the recess and the housing inner wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: BAKER HUGHES OILFIELD OPERATIONS, LLC
    Inventors: Zheng Ye, Risa Rutter, Ryan Anthony Lack, Jason Ives
  • Intermediate Bearing In Electrical Submersible Pump
    Publication number: 20210048029
    Abstract: A submersible well fluid pump has diffusers non-rotatably mounted in a pump housing. A drive shaft rotates an impeller between each of the diffusers. A bearing is positioned between and in abutment with two of the diffusers. An annular recess encircles an outer wall of the bearing. A wave spring has undulations with inward protruding indentations in contact with a base of the recess and outward protruding indentations in engagement with an inner wall of the housing. The wave spring is split and radially compressed between the base of the recess and the housing inner wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Applicant: Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLC
    Inventors: Zheng Ye, Risa Rutter, Ryan Anthony Lack, Jason Ives