Patents by Inventor Yufang Xia

Yufang Xia 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).

  • Patent number: 11867015
    Abstract: A friction reduction system includes a housing including a central axis and a central passage, a valve disposed in the housing and including a first valve body and a second valve body wherein the first valve body is permitted to rotate relative to the second valve body, and a mandrel coupled to the second valve body and permitted to travel axially relative to the housing, wherein a first net pressure force is applied against the mandrel that corresponds to a drilling fluid pressure of a drilling fluid in response to flowing the drilling fluid through the valve and transitioning the valve from a closed configuration to an open configuration, and wherein a second net pressure force is applied against the mandrel that corresponds to a wellbore fluid pressure in response to flowing the drilling fluid through the valve and transitioning the valve from the open configuration to the closed configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: National Oilwell Varco, L.P.
    Inventors: Khoi Trinh, Yufang Xia
  • Publication number: 20220282588
    Abstract: A friction reduction system includes a housing including a central axis and a central passage, a valve disposed in the housing and including a first valve body and a second valve body wherein the first valve body is permitted to rotate relative to the second valve body, and a mandrel coupled to the second valve body and permitted to travel axially relative to the housing, wherein a first net pressure force is applied against the mandrel that corresponds to a drilling fluid pressure of a drilling fluid in response to flowing the drilling fluid through the valve and transitioning the valve from a closed configuration to an open configuration, and wherein a second net pressure force is applied against the mandrel that corresponds to a wellbore fluid pressure in response to flowing the drilling fluid through the valve and transitioning the valve from the open configuration to the closed configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2022
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Applicant: National Oilwell Varco, L.P.
    Inventors: Khoi Trinh, Yufang Xia
  • Publication number: 20220275685
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein are directed to a flow pulsing system including a rotor, a stator, a dart which is configured to releasably couple with the rotor, and a nozzle releasably coupled to the rotor which is configured to control a fluid flow through the rotor. In some embodiments, the system uses a screen disposed therein which includes an inner bore in fluid communication with a plurality of lobe cavities along the rotor. In some embodiments, the system uses a stationary valve and an oscillating valve having a plurality of oscillating valve ports which are in fluid communication with the plurality of lobe cavities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2020
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Applicant: NATIONAL OILWELL DHT, L.P.
    Inventors: Khoi Trinh, Steve Bhagwandin, Yufang Xia, Ian Forster