Patents by Inventor Ryan Gustafson
Ryan Gustafson 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).
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Publication number: 20240101326Abstract: A product container made of a certain plastic material, and the coupling of multiple such product containers together are disclosed herein. Each of the product containers includes either a solid or a solid/liquid combination product therein, which impacts the process of coupling the product containers.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2023Publication date: March 28, 2024Inventors: Theodore TEKIP, Jessica HAMILTON, Joerg HENDRIX, James MARTINEK, Li ZHANG, Timothy MUI, Stephanie GUSTAFSON, Ryan BROOKS, Clayton OHMES
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Publication number: 20220325595Abstract: An annular blowout preventer (BOP). The annular BOP includes an annular housing having a base. The base includes a plurality of fasteners extending from an interior of the housing to an exterior of the housing via fastener holes formed through the connector base. The annular BOP further includes a seal plate positioned at least partially adjacent interior ends of the plurality of fastener. The annular BOP further includes an annular elastomeric element positioned within the interior of the housing and an annular piston positioned within the interior of the housing. The piston, when driven towards the elastomeric element, deforms the elastomeric element and forces the elastomeric element to constrict radially inward.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2021Publication date: October 13, 2022Applicant: Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLCInventor: Ryan Gustafson
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Patent number: 11316370Abstract: This disclosure describes apparatuses and methods related to a rechargeable roller panel system. A rechargeable roller panel assembly may comprise a rechargeable control system that rotates a winding tube to wind and unwind a panel. An end cap is provided at a lateral end of the winding tube. The end cap comprises a magnetic break-away electrical connector exposed from the exterior of the end cap. An internal electrical connector is internally electrically connected to the magnetic break-away electrical connector. A recharge system electrical connector for the rechargeable control system is connected to the internal electrical connector such that the rechargeable control system may be recharged by an external recharging system connected via the magnetic break-away electrical connector. The roller panel system further includes a set of brackets to mount the end cap to a support structure and the roller panel assembly to the end cap.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2018Date of Patent: April 26, 2022Assignee: U.S. SCREEN CORPORATIONInventors: Dan Poirier, Ryan Gustafson
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Publication number: 20200185965Abstract: This disclosure describes an apparatus and method of an embodiment of an invention that is an inductive rechargeable roller shade and/or roller screen system 10. This embodiment of the apparatus/system 10 includes a movable panel 20 that can be wound around a winding tube 14 where the movable panel 20 is a roller shade or a roller screen; one or more end cap assemblies 100, 101 that couple to the winding tube 14; a control system 30 that includes a rechargeable battery 230 and motor 250; and one more inductive charging connectors 102 that couple to the control system 30 and the rechargeable battery 230 that inductively couple to one or more inductive recharging sources 32, 40, 50, 802, 910 to provide power to recharge the rechargeable battery 230.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2018Publication date: June 11, 2020Inventors: Dan Poirier, Ryan Gustafson
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Patent number: 9422783Abstract: An SPM valve for use in a subsea environment includes a spool selectively movable between first and second positions to thereby arrange the valve in respective armed and disarmed configurations. The particular arrangement of a supply port and discharge port with respect to the spool permits a pressurized working fluid supplied to the supply port to bias the spool to both the first and second positions once an external force is applied to the spool to initially set the spool in either the first or second position.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2013Date of Patent: August 23, 2016Assignee: Hydril USA Distribution, LLCInventors: Ryan Gustafson, Matthew Goode, Parker Bailey
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Publication number: 20150322978Abstract: A water submerged device for generating a force under water. The device includes an enclosure having a piston that drives a ram, the piston dividing the enclosure into closing and opening chambers, the opening chamber connected to the low pressure recipient, and containing a first fluid. The device further includes a low pressure recipient for containing a first fluid having a lower pressure than the first fluid, and in selective fluid communication with the opening chamber of the enclosure via a first valve. In addition, the device includes a control module connected to the enclosure and in selective communication with the opening chamber of the enclosure via a second valve. The first and second valves are controlled so that only one of the low pressure recipient or the control module is in fluid communication with the opening chamber of the enclosure at a time.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 8, 2014Publication date: November 12, 2015Applicant: Hydril USA Manufacturing LLCInventors: Jamie Gamble, Ryan Gustafson, Robert Arnold Judge
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Patent number: 9175538Abstract: Method and recharging mechanism for resetting a pressure in a low pressure recipient. The recharging mechanism includes a low pressure recipient configured to have first and second chambers, the first chamber being configured to receive a hydraulic liquid at a high pressure and the second chamber being configured to include a gas at a low pressure. The recharging mechanism further includes a valve fluidly connected to a first port of the first chamber; a pumping device fluidly connected to a second port of the first chamber; and a blowout preventer (BOP) section fluidly connected to the valve and configured to close or open a ram block. The pumping device is configured to evacuate the hydraulic fluid from the first chamber of the low pressure recipient when the valve closes a fluid communication between the first port of the first chamber and the BOP section.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2010Date of Patent: November 3, 2015Assignee: Hydril USA Distribution LLCInventors: Mark Wordley, Ryan Gustafson
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Patent number: 8770298Abstract: Blowout preventer (BOP) stack and lower marine riser package for sealing an undersea well. The blowout preventer stack includes a frame extending along an axis and configured to be attached to a head of the well; an accumulator attached to the frame and configured to provide high pressure; two or more BOPs attached to the frame, the two or more BOPs being disposed within the frame and attached one on top of the other along the axis; each BOP having a body and a pair of bonnets attached to the body, where the bonnets are configured to be detachably attached to the body; each BOP having a corresponding cavity extending along the axis through which a fluid from the well is circulating; each BOP being configured to seal the well when the high pressure from the accumulator is released to the BOPs; plural brackets attached to the body of at least one BOP; and a safety bar attached to the plural brackets and configured to partially encircle the body of the at least one BOP.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2009Date of Patent: July 8, 2014Assignee: Hydril USA Manufacturing LLCInventor: Ryan Gustafson
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Publication number: 20140061516Abstract: An SPM valve for use in a subsea environment includes a spool selectively movable between first and second positions to thereby arrange the valve in respective armed and disarmed configurations. The particular arrangement of a supply port and discharge port with respect to the spool permits a pressurized working fluid supplied to the supply port to bias the spool to both the first and second positions once an external force is applied to the spool to initially set the spool in either the first or second position.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2013Publication date: March 6, 2014Applicant: Hydril USA Distribution, LLCInventors: Ryan Gustafson, Matthew Goode, Parker Bailey
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Patent number: 8602109Abstract: Method and water submerged device for generating a force under water. The device includes a low pressure recipient configured to contain a volume of a first fluid at a low pressure volume, an inlet connected to the low pressure recipient and configured to exchange a second fluid with an external enclosure, and a valve connected to the external enclosure and the inlet and configured to separate a pressure source in the external enclosure from the low pressure recipient. When the valve is open, such that there is a flow communication between the external enclosure and the low pressure recipient, a pressure imbalance occurs in the external enclosure which generates the force and the second fluid from the external enclosure enters the low pressure recipient and compresses the first fluid.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2008Date of Patent: December 10, 2013Assignee: Hydril USA Manufacturing LLCInventor: Ryan Gustafson
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Patent number: 8267168Abstract: A flow regulator includes a flow regulating part configured to receive at an inlet a working fluid at a first pressure and to release the working fluid at an outlet at a second pressure; a slide provided inside the flow regulating part and configured to move along an axis to reduce the pressure of the working fluid; a control part attached to the flow regulating part, the control part including a chamber; a spring housing provided in the chamber and connected to the slide though a shaft, the spring housing configured to move the slide along the axis; a cap provided in the chamber and facing the spring housing, the cap being configured to have plural blind holes; and plural pins extending along the axis and attached to the spring housing, the plural pins being configured to enter the plural blind holes.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2009Date of Patent: September 18, 2012Assignee: Hydril USA Manufacturing LLCInventors: Ryan Gustafson, Salvador Reyes, Perrin Rodriguez
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Patent number: 8220773Abstract: Method and device to be used for resetting a pressure in a low pressure recipient connected to a subsea pressure control device. The device includes the low pressure recipient configured to have first and second chambers separated by a first piston; a reset recipient configured to have third and fourth chambers separated by a piston assembly, and the piston assembly includes a second piston having first and second extension elements that extend along a direction of movement of the piston assembly. The third chamber has an inlet configured to allow the hydraulic liquid to enter the third chamber and an outlet configured to allow the hydraulic liquid to exit the third chamber, and the fourth chamber has an inlet configured to allow the hydraulic liquid to enter the fourth chamber and an outlet configured to allow the hydraulic liquid to exit the fourth chamber.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2008Date of Patent: July 17, 2012Assignee: Hydril USA Manufacturing LLCInventor: Ryan Gustafson
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Publication number: 20120138159Abstract: Method and recharging mechanism for resetting a pressure in a low pressure recipient. The recharging mechanism includes a low pressure recipient configured to have first and second chambers, the first chamber being configured to receive a hydraulic liquid at a high pressure and the second chamber being configured to include a gas at a low pressure. The recharging mechanism further includes a valve fluidly connected to a first port of the first chamber; a pumping device fluidly connected to a second port of the first chamber; and a blowout preventer (BOP) section fluidly connected to the valve and configured to close or open a ram block. The pumping device is configured to evacuate the hydraulic fluid from the first chamber of the low pressure recipient when the valve closes a fluid communication between the first port of the first chamber and the BOP section.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2010Publication date: June 7, 2012Applicant: HYDRIL USA MANUFACTURING LLCInventors: Mark WORDLEY, Ryan GUSTAFSON
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Patent number: 8113544Abstract: A fluid union includes a rotatable member with an axis to rotate about, a non-rotatable member, and an actuating member disposed between the rotatable member and the non-rotatable member. The actuating member is moveable along the axis between an engaged position and a non-engaged position and the actuating member is biased towards the non-rotatable member.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2006Date of Patent: February 14, 2012Assignee: Hydril USA Manufacturing LLCInventors: Jimmy Fultz, Ryan Gustafson, Jaime Pedraza
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Patent number: 7950668Abstract: An air swivel ring includes a non-rotating member having an air inlet, a rotating member having an air outlet, and a split seal having a first sealing surface and coupled to one of the non-rotating member and the rotating member so that the first sealing surface on the seal is disposed proximate a second sealing surface on the other of the non-rotating member and the rotating member.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2010Date of Patent: May 31, 2011Assignee: Hydril USA Manufacturing LLCInventors: Ryan Gustafson, Jonathan Bowen
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Publication number: 20110120698Abstract: A flow regulator includes a flow regulating part configured to receive at an inlet a working fluid at a first pressure and to release the working fluid at an outlet at a second pressure; a slide provided inside the flow regulating part and configured to move along an axis to reduce the pressure of the working fluid; a control part attached to the flow regulating part, the control part including a chamber; a spring housing provided in the chamber and connected to the slide though a shaft, the spring housing configured to move the slide along the axis; a cap provided in the chamber and facing the spring housing, the cap being configured to have plural blind holes; and plural pins extending along the axis and attached to the spring housing, the plural pins being configured to enter the plural blind holes.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2009Publication date: May 26, 2011Applicant: Hydril USA Manufacturing LLCInventors: Ryan Gustafson, Salvador Reyes, Perrin Rodriguez
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Publication number: 20110100637Abstract: Blowout preventer (BOP) stack and lower marine riser package for sealing an undersea well. The blowout preventer stack includes a frame extending along an axis and configured to be attached to a head of the well; an accumulator attached to the frame and configured to provide high pressure; two or more BOPs attached to the frame, the two or more BOPs being disposed within the frame and attached one on top of the other along the axis; each BOP having a body and a pair of bonnets attached to the body, where the bonnets are configured to be detachably attached to the body; each BOP having a corresponding cavity extending along the axis through which a fluid from the well is circulating; each BOP being configured to seal the well when the high pressure from the accumulator is released to the BOPs; plural brackets attached to the body of at least one BOP; and a safety bar attached to the plural brackets and configured to partially encircle the body of the at least one BOP.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2009Publication date: May 5, 2011Applicant: HYDRIL USA MANUFACTURING LLCInventor: Ryan Gustafson
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Publication number: 20100155072Abstract: Method and device to be used for resetting a pressure in a low pressure recipient connected to a subsea pressure control device. The device includes the low pressure recipient configured to have first and second chambers separated by a first piston; a reset recipient configured to have third and fourth chambers separated by a piston assembly, and the piston assembly includes a second piston having first and second extension elements that extend along a direction of movement of the piston assembly. The third chamber has an inlet configured to allow the hydraulic liquid to enter the third chamber and an outlet configured to allow the hydraulic liquid to exit the third chamber, and the fourth chamber has an inlet configured to allow the hydraulic liquid to enter the fourth chamber and an outlet configured to allow the hydraulic liquid to exit the fourth chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2008Publication date: June 24, 2010Inventor: Ryan Gustafson
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Publication number: 20100155071Abstract: Method and water submerged device for generating a force under water. The device includes a low pressure recipient configured to contain a volume of a first fluid at a low pressure volume, an inlet connected to the low pressure recipient and configured to exchange a second fluid with an external enclosure, and a valve connected to the external enclosure and the inlet and configured to separate a pressure source in the external enclosure from the low pressure recipient. When the valve is open, such that there is a flow communication between the external enclosure and the low pressure recipient, a pressure imbalance occurs in the external enclosure which generates the force and the second fluid from the external enclosure enters the low pressure recipient and compresses the first fluid.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2008Publication date: June 24, 2010Inventor: Ryan Gustafson
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Patent number: D867433Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2017Date of Patent: November 19, 2019Assignee: US Screen CorporationInventors: Ryan Gustafson, Thomas Cooley