Patents by Inventor William Michel
William Michel 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).
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Publication number: 20220289148Abstract: A vehicle cleaning system that can be manufactured to integrate with an existing motor vehicle or as part of a new vehicle manufacture, providing a convenient automated method of cleaning a large motor vehicle such as a trailer or RV. The vehicle cleaning system can be implemented by delivering water from either an independent valve running to an onboard cleaning system; a water line connection; or from an onboard holding tank which may contain water or other cleaning agents, to a valve system operating a series of extrusion nozzles. The cleaning system may have one or more manual or electromechanical pumps and a manual or electromechanical valve system to actuate at least one cleaning cycle, or to activate the operation of the vehicle cleaning system in specific zones along the body of a vehicle. The vehicle cleaning system may operate by means of a roof-mounted actuated piping and nozzle system or an extrusion nozzle spray system having recessed extendable nozzles, or an integrated nozzle system.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2020Publication date: September 15, 2022Inventors: William Michel, Diana Michel
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Patent number: 11053784Abstract: A fluid pump apparatus for an artificial lift system has a barrel, a standing valve positioned at a lower end of the barrel so as to be movable between an open position and a closed position, a plunger reciprocatingly mounted in the barrel, a traveling valve positioned in an interior of the plunger so as to control fluid flow through the plunger, and a pilot slidably positioned in the plunger. The plunger has a first aperture at an upper portion thereof and a second aperture extending through a wall of the plunger so as to open to a channel extending through the channel. The traveling valve is slidably movable within an interior of the plunger. The plunger has a seat that is cooperative with a surface of the traveling valve. The pilot is cooperative at the surface of the traveling valve so as to move the traveling valve.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2018Date of Patent: July 6, 2021Assignee: VLP LIFT SYSTEMS, LLCInventor: William Michel
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Patent number: 10364658Abstract: A fluid pump apparatus for an artificial lift system has a barrel, a standing valve positioned at a lower end of the barrel, a plunger reciprocatingly mounted within the barrel, and a traveling valve positioned in an interior of the plunger so as to control fluid flow through the plunger. The barrel has an opening at a top thereof and an opening at a lower end thereof. The standing valve is movable between an open position and a closed position. The plunger has a first aperture at an upper portion of the plunger and a second aperture extending through a wall of the plunger so as to open to a channel extending longitudinally through the plunger. The traveling valve has a head portion of the body extending downwardly from the head portion. The body is slidably movable within an interior of the plunger. The body has a fluid-passing channel therein that opens to an exterior of the body.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2016Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: VLP LIFT SYSTEMS, LLCInventor: William Michel
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Publication number: 20180340402Abstract: A fluid pump apparatus for an artificial lift system has a barrel, a standing valve positioned at a lower end of the barrel so as to be movable between an open position and a closed position, a plunger reciprocatingly mounted in the barrel, a traveling valve positioned in an interior of the plunger so as to control fluid flow through the plunger, and a pilot slidably positioned in the plunger. The plunger has a first aperture at an upper portion thereof and a second aperture extending through a wall of the plunger so as to open to a channel extending through the channel. The traveling valve is slidably movable within an interior of the plunger. The plunger has a seat that is cooperative with a surface of the traveling valve. The pilot is cooperative at the surface of the traveling valve so as to move the traveling valve.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2018Publication date: November 29, 2018Inventor: William MICHEL
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Patent number: 10030490Abstract: A hydraulic fluid distribution system includes a mechanical switch including a first valve, a first actuation pin extending axially from the first valve, and a second actuation pin extending axially from the first valve. The first valve includes an inlet port, a first outlet port, and a second outlet port. The first valve has a first position with the inlet port in fluid communication with the first outlet port and a second position with the inlet port in fluid communication with the second outlet port. The first actuation pin is configured to move in a first axial direction to transition the first valve from the second position to the first position, and the second actuation pin is configured to move in a second axial direction to transition the first valve from the first position to the second position.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2015Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: BP CORPORATION NORTH AMERICA, INC.Inventor: William Michel
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Patent number: 10024309Abstract: A piston includes a piston housing and a decompression valve disposed in the piston housing. The decompression valve includes a valve housing seated in the piston housing and a valve member moveably received by the valve housing. The valve member has a radially outer surface including an annular shoulder. In addition, the piston includes an end cap secured to the first end of the piston housing. A radially inner surface of the end cap includes an annular valve seat. The decompression valve has a closed position with the annular shoulder of the valve member engaging the valve seat of the end cap and an open position with the annular shoulder of the valve member axially spaced from the valve seat of the end cap. The piston also includes a biasing member configured to bias the decompression valve to the closed position.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2015Date of Patent: July 17, 2018Assignee: BP CORPORATION NORTH AMERICA, INC.Inventor: William Michel
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Publication number: 20170096884Abstract: A fluid pump apparatus for an artificial lift system has a barrel, a standing valve positioned at a lower end of the barrel, a plunger reciprocatingly mounted within the barrel, and a traveling valve positioned in an interior of the plunger so as to control fluid flow through the plunger. The barrel has an opening at a top thereof and an opening at a lower end thereof. The standing valve is movable between an open position and a closed position. The plunger has a first aperture at an upper portion of the plunger and a second aperture extending through a wall of the plunger so as to open to a channel extending longitudinally through the plunger. The traveling valve has a head portion of the body extending downwardly from the head portion. The body is slidably movable within an interior of the plunger. The body has a fluid-passing channel therein that opens to an exterior of the body.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2016Publication date: April 6, 2017Applicant: VLP TECHNOLOGIES INC.Inventor: William MICHEL
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Publication number: 20150300138Abstract: A hydraulic fluid distribution system includes a mechanical switch including a first valve, a first actuation pin extending axially from the first valve, and a second actuation pin extending axially from the first valve. The first valve includes an inlet port, a first outlet port, and a second outlet port. The first valve has a first position with the inlet port in fluid communication with the first outlet port and a second position with the inlet port in fluid communication with the second outlet port. The first actuation pin is configured to move in a first axial direction to transition the first valve from the second position to the first position, and the second actuation pin is configured to move in a second axial direction to transition the first valve from the first position to the second position.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2015Publication date: October 22, 2015Inventor: William Michel
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Publication number: 20150300330Abstract: A piston includes a piston housing and a decompression valve disposed in the piston housing. The decompression valve includes a valve housing seated in the piston housing and a valve member moveably received by the valve housing. The valve member has a radially outer surface including an annular shoulder. In addition, the piston includes an end cap secured to the first end of the piston housing. A radially inner surface of the end cap includes an annular valve seat. The decompression valve has a closed position with the annular shoulder of the valve member engaging the valve seat of the end cap and an open position with the annular shoulder of the valve member axially spaced from the valve seat of the end cap. The piston also includes a biasing member configured to bias the decompression valve to the closed position.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2015Publication date: October 22, 2015Inventor: William Michel
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Patent number: 9127535Abstract: A deliquification pump for deliquifying a well comprises a fluid end pump adapted to pump a fluid from a wellbore. In addition, the deliquification pump comprises a hydraulic pump adapted to drive the fluid end pump. The hydraulic pump includes a first internal pump chamber and a first pump assembly disposed in the first chamber. The first pump assembly includes a piston having a first end, a second end, and a throughbore extending between the first end and the second end. In addition, the first pump assembly includes a first wobble plate including a planar end face axially adjacent the second end of the piston and a slot extending axially through the first wobble plate. The first wobble plate is adapted to rotate about the central axis relative to the housing to axially reciprocate the piston and cyclically place the throughbore of the piston in fluid communication with the slot.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2013Date of Patent: September 8, 2015Assignee: BP CORPORATION NORTH AMERICA INC.Inventors: Robert A. Coyle, William Michel, Louis-Claude Porel, Alistair Gill, Paul Ellerton, David Fielding
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Patent number: 8925637Abstract: A deliquification pump for deliquifying a well comprises a fluid end pump adapted to pump a fluid from a wellbore. In addition, the deliquification pump comprises a hydraulic pump adapted to drive the fluid end pump. The hydraulic pump includes a first internal pump chamber and a first pump assembly disposed in the first chamber. The first pump assembly includes a piston having a first end, a second end, and a throughbore extending between the first end and the second end. In addition, the first pump assembly includes a first wobble plate including a planar end face axially adjacent the second end of the piston and a slot extending axially through the first wobble plate. The first wobble plate is adapted to rotate about the central axis relative to the housing to axially reciprocate the piston and cyclically place the throughbore of the piston in fluid communication with the slot.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2013Date of Patent: January 6, 2015Assignee: BP Corporation North America, Inc.Inventors: Robert A. Coyle, William Michel, Louis-Claude Porel, Alistair Gill, Paul Ellerton, David Fielding
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Publication number: 20130299182Abstract: A deliquification pump for deliquifying a well comprises a fluid end pump adapted to pump a fluid from a wellbore. In addition, the deliquification pump comprises a hydraulic pump adapted to drive the fluid end pump. The hydraulic pump includes a first internal pump chamber and a first pump assembly disposed in the first chamber. The first pump assembly includes a piston having a first end, a second end, and a throughbore extending between the first end and the second end. In addition, the first pump assembly includes a first wobble plate including a planar end face axially adjacent the second end of the piston and a slot extending axially through the first wobble plate. The first wobble plate is adapted to rotate about the central axis relative to the housing to axially reciprocate the piston and cyclically place the throughbore of the piston in fluid communication with the slot.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2013Publication date: November 14, 2013Applicant: BP CORPORATION NORTH AMERICA, INC.Inventors: Robert A. Coyle, William Michel, Louis-Claude Porel, Alistair Gill, Paul Ellerton, David Fielding
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Publication number: 20130299181Abstract: A deliquification pump for deliquifying a well comprises a fluid end pump adapted to pump a fluid from a wellbore. In addition, the deliquification pump comprises a hydraulic pump adapted to drive the fluid end pump. The hydraulic pump includes a first internal pump chamber and a first pump assembly disposed in the first chamber. The first pump assembly includes a piston having a first end, a second end, and a throughbore extending between the first end and the second end. In addition, the first pump assembly includes a first wobble plate including a planar end face axially adjacent the second end of the piston and a slot extending axially through the first wobble plate. The first wobble plate is adapted to rotate about the central axis relative to the housing to axially reciprocate the piston and cyclically place the throughbore of the piston in fluid communication with the slot.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2013Publication date: November 14, 2013Applicant: BP Corporation North America, Inc.Inventors: Robert A. Coyle, William Michel, Louis-Claude Porel, Alistair Gill, Paul Ellerton, David Fielding
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Patent number: 8511390Abstract: A deliquification pump for deliquifying a well comprises a fluid end pump adapted to pump a fluid from a wellbore. In addition, the deliquification pump comprises a hydraulic pump adapted to drive the fluid end pump. The hydraulic pump includes a first internal pump chamber and a first pump assembly disposed in the first chamber. The first pump assembly includes a piston having a first end, a second end, and a throughbore extending between the first end and the second end. In addition, the first pump assembly includes a first wobble plate including a planar end face axially adjacent the second end of the piston and a slot extending axially through the first wobble plate. The first wobble plate is adapted to rotate about the central axis relative to the housing to axially reciprocate the piston and cyclically place the throughbore of the piston in fluid communication with the slot.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2010Date of Patent: August 20, 2013Assignee: BP Corporation North America Inc.Inventors: Robert A. Coyle, William Michel, Louis-Claude Porel, Alistair Gill, Paul Ellerton, David Fielding
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Publication number: 20110186302Abstract: A deliquification pump for deliquifying a well comprises a fluid end pump adapted to pump a fluid from a wellbore. In addition, the deliquification pump comprises a hydraulic pump adapted to drive the fluid end pump. The hydraulic pump includes a first internal pump chamber and a first pump assembly disposed in the first chamber. The first pump assembly includes a piston having a first end, a second end, and a throughbore extending between the first end and the second end. In addition, the first pump assembly includes a first wobble plate including a planar end face axially adjacent the second end of the piston and a slot extending axially through the first wobble plate. The first wobble plate is adapted to rotate about the central axis relative to the housing to axially reciprocate the piston and cyclically place the throughbore of the piston in fluid communication with the slot.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2010Publication date: August 4, 2011Applicant: BP CORPORATION NORTH AMERICA INC.Inventors: Robert A. Coyle, William Michel, Louis-Claude Porel, Alistair Gill, Paul Ellerton, David Fielding
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Patent number: 5934956Abstract: A steering cylinder mounting assembly includes a cylinder housing having a longitudinal opening formed therethrough, a groove formed along a longitudinal face of the cylinder housing, a protruding rib formed at opposite longitudinal ends of the cylinder housing and formed spaced apart from and parallel to the groove, and a plurality of apertures formed in a surface of the cylinder housing opposing the groove and transverse to a longitudinal axis of the cylinder housing. A mounting bracket is selectively connected with the cylinder housing and positioned between the protruding ribs. The mounting bracket includes a tongue portion engageable with the groove of the cylinder housing, and a plurality of apertures formed therein transverse to a longitudinal axis of the cylinder housing. Connecting members are aligned with the apertures of the cylinder housing and the mounting bracket for securing the cylinder housing to the mounting bracket.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 1998Date of Patent: August 10, 1999Inventors: William Michel, Steve Brady, Mike Kostic, John Janowiecki
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Patent number: 5477680Abstract: A hydraulic drive system for a battery operated portable compression tool. The tool has an electric motor. The drive system has a self-regulating variable displacement pump with a rotatable conduit frame having radial conduits, pistons reciprocally located in the conduits, and a ring bearing surrounding the conduit frame in an eccentric adjustable location. Ends of the pistons are located against the inside of the ring bearing. A valve plate located against a front end of the rotatable conduit frame to control entry and exit of fluid into and out of the conduit frame as it is rotated.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 1994Date of Patent: December 26, 1995Assignees: Burndy Corporation, Hydro Rene LeducInventors: George T. Heskey, Louis-Claude Porel, William Michel