Patents by Inventor Steve Owens

Steve Owens 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).

  • Patent number: 5647435
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for protecting downhole electronic components and for monitoring the deterioration of such components. The electronic components are positioned within a tool recess, and a vacuum is drawn on the recess to remove oxygen, water vapor, and other contaminants from contact with the electronic components. In one embodiment of the invention, insulating fluid or an inert gas can be placed in the recess to isolate the electronic components. The seal integrity of the recess can be tested before the tool is run into the well or before the tool is set in the well. A pressure sensor monitors the deterioration of the vacuum, or fluctuations in the pressure of the insulating fluid or inert gas, to detect leakage of well fluids into the recess, leakage of gas away from the recess, or to detect gases formed from corrosion of the electronic components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 15, 1997
    Assignee: PES, Inc.
    Inventors: Steve Owens, Brett Bouldin, Gary Elliott
  • Patent number: 5607017
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for selectively restricting fluid flow in a well or well conduit. A dissolvable core material is positioned in the well and is isolated from the well fluids with an inpermeable sheath. The sheath is punctured with a control mechanism or other device so that the sheath is breached. The fluid dissolves the core material and permits fluid flow through the well or well conduit. The sheath can be punctured by pressurizing the well fluid, or by controlling the fluid pressure to activate a pressure sensitive control mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 4, 1997
    Assignee: PES, Inc.
    Inventors: Steve Owens, Brett Bouldin, Napoleon Arizmendi
  • Patent number: 5547028
    Abstract: A system for extending the life span of electronic components in a high temperature well. A thermal electric cooler is located in a position thermally communicating with the electronic component in the well. The thermal electric cooler lowers the temperature of the electronic component to a temperature that retards the deterioration of the electronic component, and is particularly useful in well completion tools requiring an extended life. One or more thermal electric coolers or other electrical equipment may be connected to a common electric wire, and a surface controller may selectively adjust the power supplied to each thermal electric cooler to prevent the electric wire from being overloaded. The power to each component can be controlled to produce the lowest attainable temperature for each thermal electric cooler, which reduces the deterioration of electronic components to the greatest extent possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 20, 1996
    Assignee: PES, Inc.
    Inventors: Steve Owens, Brett Bouldin
  • Patent number: 4934692
    Abstract: An exercise device including a pedal crank and a hand crank separately drivingly connected to a flywheel provided with a braking mechanism remotely controllable to vary the amount of braking, in response to operation of switches located on the hand crank in a location making removal of the hand from the hand crank unnecessary to operation of the switches. The switches also control selection of various displays of information concerning the exercise being performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 1986
    Date of Patent: June 19, 1990
    Assignee: Robert M. Greening, Jr.
    Inventor: Steve Owens