Patents by Inventor Walter Calvin Harvey

Walter Calvin Harvey 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: 20160362944
    Abstract: A friction-reducing device for use in a well bore, the friction-reducing device being cylindrically shaped with a tapered and partially threaded upper section, cylindrical middle section, and tapered and partially threaded lower section. The middle section comprises a cylindrical outer surface, cylindrical inner surface, solid portion between the cylindrical outer surface and the cylindrical inner surface, and first plurality of friction-reducing units. The friction-reducing units are installed at equally-spaced angular intervals into ports within the solid portion of the middle section in a circular array that lies in a first plane that is perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the cylindrical bore in the friction-reducing device. Each friction-reducing unit comprises a rear bearing seat, an array of miniature ball hearings, and a main ball bearing with a protruding portion that extends through the inner surface of the middle section into the cylindrical bore.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2015
    Publication date: December 15, 2016
    Inventor: Walter Calvin Harvey