Patents by Inventor Ted Mercer

Ted Mercer 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: 20240133260
    Abstract: A system includes a running tool having a carrier with an axial drive, an arm coupled to the axial drive, and a tool engagement bracket coupled to the arm. The tool engagement bracket is configured to couple to a pressure cap assembly having a clamp assembly disposed about a pressure cap. The tool engagement bracket includes a torque tool opening configured to enable engagement of a torque tool with the clamp assembly. The axial drive is configured to move the arm, the tool engagement bracket, and the pressure cap assembly along an axial path of travel along a central axis of the pressure cap. The system has at least one of: the running tool is configured to install or remove the pressure cap assembly within a window of a hydrocarbon system having first and second fluid systems removably coupled together, or the running tool is configured to removably couple to the pressure cap assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Alireza Shirani, Curtis Sifford, Gustavo Gonzalez, Adele Perrier, Thomas Wertz, Ted Mercer
  • Patent number: 11230907
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a flowline connector having an inboard pipe and an outboard assembly. The outboard assembly includes a frame and an outboard pipe moveable within the frame to allow the outboard pipe to be moved toward the inboard pipe. The outboard assembly also includes a profile pipe in which the outboard pipe is received, and the profile pipe and the outboard pipe are connected to move together. The profile pipe includes at least one guide to change pitch or yaw of the outboard pipe to direct the outboard pipe toward alignment with the inboard pipe as the outboard pipe is moved within the frame toward the inboard pipe. Additional systems, devices, and methods are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: OneSubsea IP UK Limited
    Inventors: Alireza Shirani, John A. Roberts, Tommy D. Polasek, Akshay Kalia, Ted Mercer, Phillip M. Theriot
  • Publication number: 20210025264
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a flowline connector having an inboard pipe and an outboard assembly. The outboard assembly includes a frame and an outboard pipe moveable within the frame to allow the outboard pipe to be moved toward the inboard pipe. The outboard assembly also includes a profile pipe in which the outboard pipe is received, and the profile pipe and the outboard pipe are connected to move together. The profile pipe includes at least one guide to change pitch or yaw of the outboard pipe to direct the outboard pipe toward alignment with the inboard pipe as the outboard pipe is moved within the frame toward the inboard pipe. Additional systems, devices, and methods are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2019
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Inventors: Alireza Shirani, John A. Roberts, Tommy D. Polasek, Akshay Kalia, Ted Mercer, Phillip M. Theriot
  • Patent number: 9784074
    Abstract: Extender jumper systems and methods including an extender jumper system having an extender jumper assembly with a flowline and first and second connectors positioned at first and second ends of the flowline, and a support assembly configured to couple the extender jumper assembly to a support structure within a subsea field and to support the second connector to facilitate attachment between the second connector and a corresponding connector of another extender jumper or a jumper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: OneSubsea IP UK Limited
    Inventors: John Hellums, David Anthony James, Jesus Manuel Williams Sequera, Ted Mercer, Randy Kimberling, Ken Flakes