Patents by Inventor Tracy L. Graham

Tracy L. Graham 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: 7806035
    Abstract: A perforating gun system having a relief system for relieving high pressure during unexpected high temperature or situations that may produce rupture of the gun body. The relief system may be responsive either to high temperatures as well as high pressures. In the high temperature situation, the relief system has a fuseable link that melts thereby allowing movement of a piston to open vent communication between the inside of a gun body in the ambient conditions. Similarly, a pressure device includes a piston responsive to pressure that moves under high pressure within the gun body thereby exposing a port enabling communication between the inside of the gun body and the ambient conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2010
    Assignee: Baker Hughes Incorporated
    Inventors: Garry R. Kaiser, Colby W. Ross, Tracy L. Graham, Mark L. Sloan
  • Publication number: 20080307951
    Abstract: A perforating gun system having a relief system for relieving high pressure during unexpected high temperature or situations that may produce rupture of the gun body. The relief system may be responsive either to high temperatures as well as high pressures. In the high temperature situation, the relief system has a fuseable link that melts thereby allowing movement of a piston to open vent communication between the inside of a gun body in the ambient conditions. Similarly, a pressure device includes a piston responsive to pressure that moves under high pressure within the gun body thereby exposing a port enabling communication between the inside of the gun body and the ambient conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2008
    Publication date: December 18, 2008
    Applicant: BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Garry R. Kaiser, Colby W. Ross, Tracy L. Graham, Mark L. Sloan