Patents by Inventor Wesley Sopko

Wesley Sopko 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: 20240418066
    Abstract: The invention relates to a tool for generating steam and combustion gases for producing oil from an oil well. The tool includes a main body with a first end including a connection site for receiving a connection of an input line for fuel and/or water and an air inlet port configured to receive air from the atmosphere around the tool. The tool includes an ignition component arranged within the main body configured to ignite the air and the fuel to generate a flame. The tool includes a combustion chamber for accommodating the flame and extending at a second end of the main body opposite the first end, the combustion chamber defined by a wall and an outlet configured to allow exit of combusted products from the combustion chamber. The tool includes a passageway within the tool from the air inlet port to the combustion chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2024
    Publication date: December 19, 2024
    Inventors: Daniel Thompson, Brian Kay, Wesley Sopko, Kevin Wiebe, Adrien Desmarais, Bradley Dary
  • Patent number: 12078043
    Abstract: The invention relates to a steam generator tool configured to receive a supply of fuel, oxidant, water and power/control, and therefrom, to combust the fuel and generate steam from the water. The tool can be used downhole or on surface. The tool includes a tool coupling component configured to receive inputs of water, fuel, oxidant and power/control; a flow diversion component coupled to the coupling component and which directs the inputs into the tool; and an ignition component configured to ignite the fuel to produce a flame. Tool further includes a combustion chamber configured to accommodate the flame; and a plurality of water nozzle on the external surface of the tool configured to eject water onto the outer surface of the combustion chamber, the water being converted to steam during operation of the tool. The tool coupling component forms a first, which may be considered the upper end of the steam generator tool and the combustion chamber is at the second, opposite end of the tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: General Energy Recovery Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Thompson, Brian Kay, Wesley Sopko, Kevin Wiebe, Adrien Desmarais, Bradley Dary
  • Publication number: 20230383942
    Abstract: The invention relates to a tool for generating steam and combustion gases for. The tool is configured to enhance the longevity of its ignitor. The tool may have the ignitor recessed in but open to a wall of the tool's combustion chamber, to thereby protect the ignitor from flame impingement during use. The tool may alternately or in addition have passageways for inputs of air, fuel and/or water extending alongside and annularly around the ignitor, to thereby act to cool the ignitor during use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2021
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Brian Kay, Adrien Desmarais, Farrell Baird, Daniel Thompson, Wesley Sopko, Kevin Wiebe, Bradley Dary
  • Publication number: 20220275715
    Abstract: The invention relates to a steam generator tool configured to receive a supply of fuel, oxidant, water and power/control, and therefrom, to combust the fuel and generate steam from the water. The tool can be used downhole or on surface. The tool includes a tool coupling component configured to receive inputs of water, fuel, oxidant and power/control; a flow diversion component coupled to the coupling component and which directs the inputs into the tool; and an ignition component configured to ignite the fuel to produce a flame. Tool further includes a combustion chamber configured to accommodate the flame; and a plurality of water nozzle on the external surface of the tool configured to eject water onto the outer surface of the combustion chamber, the water being converted to steam during operation of the tool. The tool coupling component forms a first, which may be considered the upper end of the steam generator tool and the combustion chamber is at the second, opposite end of the tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2020
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Inventors: Daniel Thompson, Brian Kay, Wesley Sopko, Kevin Wiebe, Adrien Desmarais, Bradley Dary