Patents by Inventor Shawn Taylor
Shawn Taylor 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: 20250211844Abstract: An automatic visual analyzer having a viewing body, a drive line being a tether, a control and communication system, and power input connected by the tether to the viewing body. The viewing body has a barrel section with a plurality of cameras mounted thereon in fixed related directions to allow a defined directional scan of the confined pathway. At a lower end of the barrel is a bell skirt which extends outwardly with a greater diameter than the barrel and the plurality of cameras so as to be the most outer part of the viewing body and provide protection from side engagements with the wall of the confined pathway.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2023Publication date: June 26, 2025Inventors: Alex Cutri, Shawn Taylor, Sugan Shrestha, Matthew Harrison, Sarmad Yousif
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Publication number: 20240246651Abstract: The ballast tank (65) is a cylindrical pressure chamber (86) with an end cap (81) that has a central opening for receiving and connecting to the venting input (67) from the pump system (66) and the venting path (68) to the outlet (70) that vents with the outside environment to the submersible. The ballast tank includes a rubber bladder (85) within the solid pressure chamber (86) that is fed by a manifold (83) leading from the end cap (81) opening and feeds through spaced holes into the bladder at spaced distances. This ensures a constant pressure buildup or release of the whole bladder rather than distorted expansion or reduction. Generally, pumps are notorious for being strong in one direction but not in the other. Further there is substantial weight and size limitation in submersibles of the size of less than 5 meters. A novel solution to this problem is to use a one-way pump with a switching valve system.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2022Publication date: July 25, 2024Inventors: Shawn Taylor, Khang Nguyen, Sarmad Yousif
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Publication number: 20240239457Abstract: An underwater probe (11) comprises a submersible body having an elongated body with a hydrodynamic effective shape for travel in at least one longitudinal direction. There is a power system including two longitudinal side thrusters (21) for allowing the controllable driving of the submersible body in the at least one longitudinal direction and a top thruster (22) for allowing maneuvering in a lateral plane to the longitudinal axis E-E. Also, there is a visual image capture system including a plurality of optical cameras (31, 35) locatable on or at the surface of the elongated body. The probe is modular and has readily connectable and disconnectable modules that can be reconfigured to readily form differing volume and different payload ballast remotely controllable adjustable buoyant probes.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2022Publication date: July 18, 2024Inventors: Shawn Taylor, Alex Cutri, Khang Nguyen, Sarmad Yousif, Thanh Le
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Patent number: 11518588Abstract: A utensil protection device, including a main body to store a head of a utensil therein, a plurality of sealing members removably disposed on a first end of the main body within at least a portion of the main body to prevent the head of the utensil from contamination, and a hinge disposed on a second end of the main body to facilitate movement of the main body from closed in a first position to at least partially opened in a second position.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2019Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Inventor: Shawn Taylor
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Patent number: 11497347Abstract: A chafing dish, including a basin including a well to store items therein, the basin comprising a lower groove forming portion disposed on at least a portion of the basin, a retractable lid disposed on at least a portion of a top surface of the basin to retract to an open position to open access to the well, and to expand to a closed position to close access to the well, the retractable lid including a body to cover the well when the retractable lid is in the closed position, an edge side disposed at a first end of the retractable lid to contact a first side of the top surface of the basin, and a weighted bar disposed at a second end of the retractable lid to slide toward the edge side to open access to the well and to slide away from the edge side to close access to the well, a top rim to cover at least a portion of an outer surface of the retractable lid, the top rim comprising an upper groove-forming portion to be affixed to the lower groove-forming portion to create bar-sliding grooves disposed at side poType: GrantFiled: April 12, 2019Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Inventor: Shawn Taylor
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Publication number: 20210047092Abstract: A utensil protection device, including a main body to store a head of a utensil therein, a plurality of sealing members removably disposed on a first end of the main body within at least a portion of the main body to prevent the head of the utensil from contamination, and a hinge disposed on a second end of the main body to facilitate movement of the main body from closed in a first position to at least partially opened in a second position.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 16, 2019Publication date: February 18, 2021Inventor: Shawn Taylor
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Publication number: 20200121123Abstract: A chafing dish, including a basin including a well to store items therein, the basin comprising a lower groove forming portion disposed on at least a portion of the basin, a retractable lid disposed on at least a portion of a top surface of the basin to retract to an open position to open access to the well, and to expand to a closed position to close access to the well, the retractable lid including a body to cover the well when the retractable lid is in the closed position, an edge side disposed at a first end of the retractable lid to contact a first side of the top surface of the basin, and a weighted bar disposed at a second end of the retractable lid to slide toward the edge side to open access to the well and to slide away from the edge side to close access to the well, a top rim to cover at least a portion of an outer surface of the retractable lid, the top rim comprising an upper groove-forming portion to be affixed to the lower groove-forming portion to create bar-sliding grooves disposed at side poType: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2019Publication date: April 23, 2020Inventor: Shawn Taylor
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Patent number: 9689858Abstract: A method for determining an asphaltene onset condition of a crude oil is provided. The method includes receiving a crude oil within a downhole tool inside a well and taking a first measurement of an optical property of the received crude oil. The method also includes lowering the pressure or temperature of the crude oil after taking the first measurement of the optical property to cause aggregation of asphaltenes in the crude oil, and then separating aggregated asphaltenes from the crude oil. Further, the method includes taking a second measurement of the optical property of the crude oil within the downhole tool after separating aggregated asphaltenes from the crude oil and determining an asphaltene onset condition of the crude oil through comparison of the first and second measurements of the optical property. Additional methods, systems, and devices are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2015Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATIONInventors: John Ratulowski, Shahnawaz Molla, Vincent Sieben, Farshid Mostowfi, Shawn Taylor, Christopher Harrison, Shunsuke Fukagawa, Elizabeth Smythe, Matthew Sullivan, John Meier
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Publication number: 20170115266Abstract: A method for determining an asphaltene onset condition of a crude oil is provided. The method includes receiving a crude oil within a downhole tool inside a well and taking a first measurement of an optical property of the received crude oil. The method also includes lowering the pressure or temperature of the crude oil after taking the first measurement of the optical property to cause aggregation of asphaltenes in the crude oil, and then separating aggregated asphaltenes from the crude oil. Further, the method includes taking a second measurement of the optical property of the crude oil within the downhole tool after separating aggregated asphaltenes from the crude oil and determining an asphaltene onset condition of the crude oil through comparison of the first and second measurements of the optical property. Additional methods, systems, and devices are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2015Publication date: April 27, 2017Inventors: John Ratulowski, Shahnawaz Molla, Vincent Sieben, Farshid Mostowfi, Shawn Taylor, Christopher Harrison, Shunsuke Fukagawa, Elizabeth Smythe, Matthew Sullivan, John Meier
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Publication number: 20110268664Abstract: The invention relates to an effervescent composition for adding to the drinking water of an animal. The composition comprises an effervescent agent and a palatant. The composition may be used in hydration treatment of an animal, as an additive for animal drinking water and for delivering a micronutrient or functional ingredient. Animals are encouraged to drink more drinking water by the effervescent composition.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2008Publication date: November 3, 2011Applicant: Hills Pet Nutrition, IncInventors: Sarah Martinez, Pavinee Chinachoti, Douglas Nadeau, Shawn Taylor
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Patent number: 7804296Abstract: Methods and apparatus for the characterization of formation fluids are disclosed. A downhole tool disposed in a borehole penetrating a subterranean formation obtains a NMR measurement, effects a change in a characteristic of the formation fluid, and obtains another NMR measurement subsequent to the change. Alternatively, the downhole tool effects a radial gradient of a characteristic of the formation and obtains NMR measurements at two or more selected radial distances from the wellbore wall. A parameter representative of the subterranean formation or the formation fluid is further determined from the NMR measurements.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2008Date of Patent: September 28, 2010Assignee: Schlumberger Technology CorporationInventors: Charles Flaum, Robert L. Kleinberg, Christian Straley, Robert Badry, Austin Boyd, Olivier Faivre, Shawn Taylor, Anthony R. H. Goodwin
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Publication number: 20090091320Abstract: Methods and apparatus for the characterization of formation fluids are disclosed. A downhole tool disposed in a borehole penetrating a subterranean formation obtains a NMR measurement, effects a change in a characteristic of the formation fluid, and obtains another NMR measurement subsequent to the change. Alternatively, the downhole tool effects a radial gradient of a characteristic of the formation and obtains NMR measurements at two or more selected radial distances from the wellbore wall. A parameter representative of the subterranean formation or the formation fluid is further determined from the NMR measurements.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2008Publication date: April 9, 2009Applicant: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATIONInventors: Charles Flaum, Robert L. Kleinberg, Christian Straley, Robert Badry, Austin Boyd, Olivier Faivre, Shawn Taylor, Anthony R.H. Goodwin
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Patent number: D515981Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2004Date of Patent: February 28, 2006Assignee: Radio Sound, Inc.Inventors: Matthew Kane Gant, Shawn Taylor Northener