Patents by Inventor Steven Pyron

Steven Pyron 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: 12366303
    Abstract: One or more check valves may be used in a motor protector for an ESP assembly. Disclosed embodiments relate to a check valve adapter configured to provide additional versatility regarding such check valves. The adapter may have a first end portion, configured for removable attachment to an NPT screw-style vent port, and a second end portion configured to receive a cartridge-style check valve. The first end portion of the adapter is in fluid communication with the second end portion, and the second end portion can be configured to receive the cartridge-style check valve in either orientation, thereby allowing fluid flow through the adapter in either direction merely based on the orientation of the cartridge-style check valve. Systems for using an adapter with a cartridge-style check valve in an ESP assembly, as well as methods of controlling fluid flow in a motor protector using such an adapter, are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2025
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventor: Steven Pyron
  • Publication number: 20250116345
    Abstract: One or more check valves may be used in a motor protector for an ESP assembly. Disclosed embodiments relate to a check valve adapter configured to provide additional versatility regarding such check valves. The adapter may have a first end portion, configured for removable attachment to an NPT screw-style vent port, and a second end portion configured to receive a cartridge-style check valve. The first end portion of the adapter is in fluid communication with the second end portion, and the second end portion can be configured to receive the cartridge-style check valve in either orientation, thereby allowing fluid flow through the adapter in either direction merely based on the orientation of the cartridge-style check valve. Systems for using an adapter with a cartridge-style check valve in an ESP assembly, as well as methods of controlling fluid flow in a motor protector using such an adapter, are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2023
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Inventor: Steven Pyron
  • Patent number: 12215707
    Abstract: An electric submersible pump (ESP) assembly. The ESP assembly comprises a seal section that comprises a housing and at least one sacrificial anode assembly. The at least one sacrificial anode assembly comprises a sacrificial material suitable to attenuate the corrosive effect of H2S fluid (hydrogen sulfide) and comprises a containment disposed inside the housing. The containment defines an annulus between an outside of the containment and an inside of the housing. The containment is disposed around the sacrificial material. The containment defines interiorly an initially void space downhole of the sacrificial material. The at least one sacrificial anode assembly defines a folded fluid flow path through the sacrificial material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Pyron, Matthew Thomas King, Jeffrey Frey
  • Publication number: 20240247660
    Abstract: An electric submersible pump (ESP) assembly. The ESP assembly comprises a seal section that comprises a housing and at least one sacrificial anode assembly. The at least one sacrificial anode assembly comprises a sacrificial material suitable to attenuate the corrosive effect of H2S fluid (hydrogen sulfide) and comprises a containment disposed inside the housing. The containment defines an annulus between an outside of the containment and an inside of the housing. The containment is disposed around the sacrificial material. The containment defines interiorly an initially void space downhole of the sacrificial material. The at least one sacrificial anode assembly defines a folded fluid flow path through the sacrificial material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2023
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Inventors: Steven Pyron, Matthew Thomas King, Jeffrey Frey
  • Patent number: 11572886
    Abstract: An electric submersible pump (ESP) seal section assembly. The assembly comprises a seal section filled with dielectric oil; a coupling body partially inserted into the seal section, and a coupling body, wherein the coupling body is substantially cylindrical and has a first outside diameter at an upper end of the coupling body, has a second outside diameter smaller than the first diameter below the first outside diameter, has a circumferential tapered shoulder between the portion of the coupling body having the first diameter and the portion of the coupling body having the second diameter; a service-less flange coupled to the seal section, wherein the service-less flange defines a circumferential opening having a circumferential tapered shoulder on an upper edge that contacts the circumferential tapered shoulder of the coupling body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Pyron, Jeffrey Frey