Patents by Inventor Vernon Lester Hutchings

Vernon Lester Hutchings 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).

  • High pressure intensifiers
    Patent number: 8784074
    Abstract: A high pressure intensifier system is disclosed. The system has a high pressure intensifier configured to receive hydraulic fluid from an input and provide the fluid to an output at a higher pressure than at the input, a monitor configured to monitor the pressure of hydraulic fluid provided at the output, and a control configured to control the supply of hydraulic fluid from the input, and configured to maintain the pressure of hydraulic fluid provided at the output at substantially a predetermined value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Vetco Gray Controls Limited
    Inventors: Peter John Davey, Vernon Lester Hutchings, Harry Richard Cove
  • HIGH PRESSURE INTENSIFIERS
    Publication number: 20120009072
    Abstract: A high pressure intensifier system comprises a high pressure intensifier configured to receive hydraulic fluid from an input and provide the fluid to an output at a higher pressure than at the input; a monitor configured to monitor the pressure of hydraulic fluid provided at the output; and a control configured to control the supply of hydraulic fluid from the input, and configured to maintain the pressure of hydraulic fluid provided at the output at substantially a predetermined value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2010
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Inventors: Peter John Davey, Vernon Lester Hutchings, Harry Richard Cove
  • WELL PRODUCTION SHUT DOWN
    Publication number: 20110270431
    Abstract: A system for controlling production shut down of an underwater fluid production well, the well having a sensor for producing an output signal indicative of the state of the well and a valve which is actuable to shut down production activity of the well, comprises means for receiving the output signal; and a processor for processing the received signal to determine if a shut down is required and outputting a shut down signal to the valve; wherein the receiving means and processor are located at the well.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2011
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Inventors: Stuart Guy Holley, Ian J. Kent, Vernon Lester Hutchings