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).

  • Publication number: 20250211844
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2023
    Publication date: June 26, 2025
    Inventors: Alex Cutri, Shawn Taylor, Sugan Shrestha, Matthew Harrison, Sarmad Yousif
  • Publication number: 20240246651
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2022
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Inventors: Shawn Taylor, Khang Nguyen, Sarmad Yousif
  • Publication number: 20240239457
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2022
    Publication date: July 18, 2024
    Inventors: Shawn Taylor, Alex Cutri, Khang Nguyen, Sarmad Yousif, Thanh Le
  • Patent number: 11518588
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Inventor: Shawn Taylor
  • Patent number: 11497347
    Abstract: 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 po
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Inventor: Shawn Taylor
  • Publication number: 20210047092
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2019
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Inventor: Shawn Taylor
  • Publication number: 20200121123
    Abstract: 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 po
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2019
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Inventor: Shawn Taylor
  • Patent number: 9689858
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: John Ratulowski, Shahnawaz Molla, Vincent Sieben, Farshid Mostowfi, Shawn Taylor, Christopher Harrison, Shunsuke Fukagawa, Elizabeth Smythe, Matthew Sullivan, John Meier
  • Publication number: 20170115266
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2015
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Inventors: John Ratulowski, Shahnawaz Molla, Vincent Sieben, Farshid Mostowfi, Shawn Taylor, Christopher Harrison, Shunsuke Fukagawa, Elizabeth Smythe, Matthew Sullivan, John Meier
  • Publication number: 20110268664
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2008
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Applicant: Hills Pet Nutrition, Inc
    Inventors: Sarah Martinez, Pavinee Chinachoti, Douglas Nadeau, Shawn Taylor
  • Patent number: 7804296
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2010
    Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Charles Flaum, Robert L. Kleinberg, Christian Straley, Robert Badry, Austin Boyd, Olivier Faivre, Shawn Taylor, Anthony R. H. Goodwin
  • Publication number: 20090091320
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2008
    Publication date: April 9, 2009
    Applicant: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Charles Flaum, Robert L. Kleinberg, Christian Straley, Robert Badry, Austin Boyd, Olivier Faivre, Shawn Taylor, Anthony R.H. Goodwin
  • Patent number: D515981
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2006
    Assignee: Radio Sound, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Kane Gant, Shawn Taylor Northener