Patents by Inventor Willie Gray
Willie Gray 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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Patent number: 11164143Abstract: The automated dry-cleaning pickup is a kiosk. The automated dry-cleaning pickup is configured for use with a dry cleaning building. The automated dry-cleaning pickup distributes one or more dry cleaned apparel items to a client of the dry cleaning building. The automated dry-cleaning pickup comprises an antechamber, a door, and an access control system. The antechamber contains the one or more dry cleaned apparel items for delivery. The door controls the access of the client into the antechamber. The access control system: a) identifies the one or more dry cleaned apparel items requested by the client; b) locates and transports the identified one or more dry cleaned apparel items from a storage location to the antechamber; and, c) unlocks the door such that the client has access to the one or more dry cleaned apparel items in the antechamber.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2019Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Inventor: Willie Gray
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Patent number: 9951599Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for determining surface wetting of a metallic material with changing well fluids. In general, the methods according to the invention include measuring electrical impedance spectroscopy (“EIS”) for a system simulating downhole conditions for the wetting of a surface. Methods and apparatuses for making EIS measurements model double-layer capacitance at a downhole surface in a well, from which the nature and quantification of the wetting of the surface can be inferred.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2015Date of Patent: April 24, 2018Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Sairam KS Pindiprolu, Dennis Willie Gray, Venkata Gopala Rao Palla
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Publication number: 20160047221Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for determining surface wetting of a metallic material with changing well fluids. In general, the methods according to the invention include measuring electrical impedance spectroscopy (“EIS”) for a system simulating downhole conditions for the wetting of a surface. Methods and apparatuses for making EIS measurements model double-layer capacitance at a downhole surface in a well, from which the nature and quantification of the wetting of the surface can be inferred.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2015Publication date: February 18, 2016Inventors: Sairam KS Pindiprolu, Dennis Willie Gray, Venkata Gopala Rao Palla
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Patent number: 9200491Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for determining surface wetting of a metallic material with changing well fluids. In general, the methods according to the invention include measuring electrical impedance spectroscopy (“EIS”) for a system simulating downhole conditions for the wetting of a surface. Methods and apparatuses for making EIS measurements model double-layer capacitance at a downhole surface in a well, from which the nature and quantification of the wetting of the surface can be inferred.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2012Date of Patent: December 1, 2015Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Sairam K S Pindiprolu, Dennis Willie Gray, Venkata Gopala Rao Palla
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Patent number: 8766641Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for determining surface wetting of a rock material with changing well fluids. In general, the methods according to the invention include measuring electrical impedance spectroscopy (“EIS”) for a system simulating downhole conditions for the wetting of a surface. Methods and apparatuses for making EIS measurements model double-layer capacitance at a downhole surface in a well, from which the nature and quantification of the wetting of the surface can be inferred.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2012Date of Patent: July 1, 2014Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Sairam K S Pindiprolu, Dennis Willie Gray, Venkata Gopala Rao Palla
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Publication number: 20140062489Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for determining surface wetting of a rock material with changing well fluids. In general, the methods according to the invention include measuring electrical impedance spectroscopy (“EIS”) for a system simulating downhole conditions for the wetting of a surface. Methods and apparatuses for making EIS measurements model double-layer capacitance at a downhole surface in a well, from which the nature and quantification of the wetting of the surface can be inferred.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2012Publication date: March 6, 2014Applicant: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.Inventors: Sairam KS Pindiprolu, Dennis Willie Gray, Venkata Gopala Rao Palla
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Publication number: 20140060819Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for determining surface wetting of a metallic material with changing well fluids. In general, the methods according to the invention include measuring electrical impedance spectroscopy (“EIS”) for a system simulating downhole conditions for the wetting of a surface. Methods and apparatuses for making EIS measurements model double-layer capacitance at a downhole surface in a well, from which the nature and quantification of the wetting of the surface can be inferred.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2012Publication date: March 6, 2014Applicant: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.Inventors: Sairam KS. Pindiprolu, Dennis Willie Gray, Venkata Gopala Rao Palla
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Patent number: 8347693Abstract: Disclosed is a fluid testing device which utilizes a small, cross-section fluid interface to separate a test fluid chamber from a drive and measuring chamber. The test fluid chamber contains the test fluid and a paddle-type fluid test assembly. The drive and measuring chamber contains a second fluid and assemblies for moving the paddle and for determining the resistance movement. The two chambers are connected together by a narrow cross-section passageway allowing for continuous testing while test fluids are flowed through the test chamber and for successive testing of different samples without breaking down the device between tests. A pair of coaxial shafts extends between the test fluid chamber and the drive and measuring chamber. The shafts are connected together by a spring located in the drive chamber whereby the resistance to movement is determined by measuring the deflection in the spring. The shafts are magnetically coupled to a motor to rotate the shafts.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2010Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Sairam K S Pindiprolu, Dennis Willie Gray, Christopher Lynn Gordon, Balasundaram Balaraman
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Publication number: 20120048008Abstract: Disclosed is a fluid testing device which utilizes a small, cross-section fluid interface to separate a test fluid chamber from a drive and measuring chamber. The test fluid chamber contains the test fluid and a paddle-type fluid test assembly. The drive and measuring chamber contains a second fluid and assemblies for moving the paddle and for determining the resistance movement. The two chambers are connected together by a narrow cross-section passageway allowing for continuous testing while test fluids are flowed through the test chamber and for successive testing of different samples without breaking down the device between tests. A pair of coaxial shafts extends between the test fluid chamber and the drive and measuring chamber. The shafts are connected together by a spring located in the drive chamber whereby the resistance to movement is determined by measuring the deflection in the spring. The shafts are magnetically coupled to a motor to rotate the shafts.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2010Publication date: March 1, 2012Inventors: Sairam K.S. Pindiprolu, Dennis Willie Gray, Christopher Lynn Gordon, Balasundaram Balaraman
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Patent number: 6116247Abstract: A cleaning unit used to clean condensates formed during use of a component of a smoking system. The component can be a heating fixture having a cigarette receiving section and a plurality of longitudinally extending circumferentially spaced apart heating elements located within a can which accumulates the condensates. During a cleaning operation, the heating fixture is fitted within a cavity in the cleaning unit such that the cigarette receiving end of the heating fixture engages an O-ring and the terminal base portion abuts against an indented stop in an interior sidewall of a removable portion of the housing. The cleaning unit includes a water inlet connected to a source of pressurized water such as a faucet and a spray member extends into the cigarette receiving section to spray jets of water against the interior of the can.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 1998Date of Patent: September 12, 2000Assignee: Philip Morris IncorporatedInventors: Joseph Leslie Banyasz, Aubry T. Burton, John M. Campbell, Woontung Geoffrey Chan, Mary Ellen Counts, William James Crowe, Jay A Fournier, Patrick H. Hayes, Willie Gray Houck, Jr., Robert E. Lee, III, Donald Bruce Losee, John B. Paine, III, Robert L. Ripley, Charles Edwin Thomas, Jr.
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Patent number: 4013562Abstract: A portable water filter for recreation vehicles and the like. The filter comprising a canister with an inner filter element is mounted on the inner surface of the lid of its storage container. The container comprises a base member and four perpendicular walls attached to the base. The opening of the container is closed with the lid attached thereto with the filter canister positioned within the container. In the filter operable position, the lid is inserted in slots positioned perpendicular to the base on opposite inner wall surfaces. The container now acts as a support member for the operable filter canister. The filter canister is connected through connection conduit in series with the water to be filtered and the recreation vehicle water system. One of the container wall's outer surface has a carrying handle attached thereto. The container with the lid installed includes ample additional space for storing accessories.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 1975Date of Patent: March 22, 1977Inventor: Willie Gray Gott