Patents by Inventor Sterling Robinson

Sterling Robinson 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).

  • HYBRID ROLLER CONE AND JUNK MILL BIT
    Publication number: 20190271203
    Abstract: A hybrid bit for use in a wellbore includes: a body having a shank for connection to a drilling motor or drill pipe and a plurality of legs attached to the shank; and a plurality of cutting structures. The cutting structures include a roller cone mounted to a first one of the legs and a fixed mill mounted to a second one of the legs and including a pad dressed with a cermet material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2019
    Publication date: September 5, 2019
    Inventors: Johnathan Walter Howard, Matthew Charles Stroever, Sterling Robinson
  • Hybrid roller cone and junk mill bit
    Patent number: 10337272
    Abstract: A hybrid bit for use in a wellbore includes: a body having a shank for connection to a drilling motor or drill pipe and a plurality of legs attached to the shank; and a plurality of cutting structures. The cutting structures include a roller cone mounted to a first one of the legs and a fixed mill mounted to a second one of the legs and including a pad dressed with a cermet material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: VAREL INTERNATIONAL IND., L.P.
    Inventors: Johnathan Walter Howard, Matthew Charles Stroever, Sterling Robinson
  • HYBRID ROLLER CONE AND JUNK MILL BIT
    Publication number: 20170234092
    Abstract: A hybrid bit for use in a wellbore includes: a body having a shank for connection to a drilling motor or drill pipe and a plurality of legs attached to the shank; and a plurality of cutting structures. The cutting structures include a roller cone mounted to a first one of the legs and a fixed mill mounted to a second one of the legs and including a pad dressed with a cermet material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2017
    Publication date: August 17, 2017
    Applicant: Varel International Ind., L.P.
    Inventors: Johnathan Howard, Matthew Charles Stroever, Sterling Robinson
  • Method and apparatus for providing language translation
    Publication number: 20050261890
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for enabling communication between a first user and a second user speaking different natural languages, comprising the steps of: providing a first apparatus; initiating a conversation between a first user and a second user speaking different languages; capturing a first audio file from a first user speaking a first language; transmitting the first audio file to the language translation software; translating the first audio file to a second language using the language translation software to provide a first audio file translation; and returning the first audio file translation to the first user through the output of translator device such that the first audio file translation is only audible to the first user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2005
    Publication date: November 24, 2005
    Inventor: Sterling Robinson