Patents Issued in March 7, 2023
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Patent number: 11598131Abstract: A latch assembly is provided where a latch bolt is moveable to open and close a door by unblocking pivotal movement of the latch bolt. Turning a door knob or door handle does not directly result in a corresponding retraction of the latch within a sleeve, but rather unblocks the bolt to freely pivot away from a latched position. In some embodiments, the latch assembly may include a sleeve that allows for a backset to be infinitely adjusted relative to an aperture of the sleeve. In some embodiments, the latch assembly may further include a dead latch to provide additional security against forced entry.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2017Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: Spectrum Brands, Inc.Inventor: Oscar Romero
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Patent number: 11598132Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a system for providing substantially 180 degrees, or more, of rotation between a sheet metal door mounted on a sheet metal sidewall of a chassis, relative to the chassis. The system includes a first and a second shaft passing through a module positioned between the door and the sidewall, whereby the door rotates about the two shafts, where the two shafts are not axially aligned. The chassis may hold sleds of a server, and the door may further comprise multiple linking modules, such that the sleds are coupled to the linking modules when the door is in a closed position, and the sleds are slid home within the chassis.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2019Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: QUANTA COMPUTER INC.Inventors: Yaw-Tzorng Tsorng, Chun Chang, Ching-Cheng Kung
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Patent number: 11598133Abstract: A door roller includes a carriage member comprising a plurality of bores, and a plurality of roller assemblies connected to the carriage member, each roller assembly of the plurality of roller assemblies including a pivot bearing rotatably disposed within a bore of the plurality of bores and a pair of rollers coupled to the pivot bearing. Each wheel assembly is configured to pivot relative to the carriage member.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2020Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: Textron Innovations Inc.Inventors: Bruce Bennett Bacon, Bart Marcus Shafer
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Patent number: 11598134Abstract: The aim of the invention is to achieve a door closer arrangement (1) where the force needed for opening the door (2) is not so substantial. The invention comprises a door closer (6), a slide rail (7), and an arm (8) that connects the door closer with the slide rail. The arrangement comprises also a second rail (9), which is arranged to form a slide slope for the door closer (6) and the auxiliary spring arrangement.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2021Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: ABLOY OYInventors: Sauli Seppänen, Juhani Karvonen
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Patent number: 11598135Abstract: Provided is a drive device for the movement of a closure element of a motor vehicle relative to a body of the motor vehicle including an outer tube with a longitudinal axis for coupling to the body, an inner element arranged in the outer tube for coupling to the closure element, a helical compression spring arranged between the inner element and the outer tube, and an internal guide element arranged between the inner element and the helical compression spring and axially fixed to the inner element for the internal guidance of an internal guide end section of the helical compression spring. The inner element is extendable along the longitudinal axis from the outer tube. The helical compression spring is compressed against a spring tension of the helical compression spring when the inner element is pulled out of the outer tube.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2021Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: STABILUS GMBHInventors: Jonathan Keßler, Martin Neitzert, Christoph Ulrich
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Patent number: 11598136Abstract: The present invention relates to a furniture hinge that is suited for changing damping course of the furniture door in the closing direction.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2019Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Inventors: Nurettin Güzeltepe, Artur Hirtsiefer
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Patent number: 11598137Abstract: A system includes: a door opening/closing switch which receives, from a user, a manipulation instruction for opening or closing the door; a door position sensor which detects a position of the door; a steering controller which measures a steering angle of the vehicle; a door controller which receives, from the door opening/closing switch, the manipulation signal for opening or closing the door, receives door position information from the door position sensor, receives steering angle information from the steering controller, and determines that the door and the wheel are in an interference state when the wheel is not in an aligned state in which the wheel is parallel to a longitudinal direction of the vehicle, when the user attempts to open the door; and a warning device which warns the user of a situation when the door controller determines that the door and the wheel are in the interference state.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2019Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventors: Jun-Hyuk Kim, Hyung-In Yun, Hee-Tae Yang, Seok-Min Kim
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Patent number: 11598138Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed for opening and closing a grain or access door on a barge lid or cover, the grain door having a latch connecting the grain door to the barge lid, the apparatus supportable by an overhead lifting system. The apparatus can include a base which is supportable by the overhead lifting system and a mechanical arm assembly connected to the base, the mechanical arm assembly including a first arm rotatably connected to the base, a second arm connected to the first arm, a latch engagement member connected to the second arm; and an actuator connected between the first arm and the second arm, the actuator operable to move the second arm relative to the first arm to disengage the latch on the grain door from the barge lid via the latch engagement member and swing the grain door from a closed position to an open position.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2019Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Inventor: Michael Bakalyar
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Patent number: 11598139Abstract: A drive device for moving a movable part of a piece of piece of furniture between a closed position and an open position includes a motor pivotably connectable to a body of the piece of furniture via a support assembly, a first threaded element rotatably drivable by the motor, and a second threaded element engaged with said first threaded element. The second threaded element is translationally displaced along the first threaded element upon rotation of the first threaded element. An actuating element having a first stop and a second stop is included and is arranged displaceably relative to the first threaded element along an axis of motion. The second threaded element is arranged axially displaceably relative to the actuating element between the first stop and the second stop of the actuating element. Also, a fitting element pivotally connected to the actuating element and connectable to the movable furniture part is included.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2021Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: Flap Competence Center KftInventor: Andras Bendefy
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Patent number: 11598140Abstract: An opening and closing body drive device for a vehicle includes a belt frame, plural driven pulleys, a belt wounded around the plural driven pulleys and fixed with a connector with respect to an opening and closing body, a drive unit provided with an output shaft including a rotary axis which extends in a different direction from a rotary axis of each of the plural driven pulleys, and a drive pulley connected to the output shaft of the drive unit. The drive pulley includes a rotary axis extending in the different direction from the rotary axis of each of the plural driven pulleys while extending in the same direction as the rotary axis of the output shaft. The drive pulley is wound with the belt which is twisted between the driven pulleys arranged at opposing sides of the drive pulley in a circumferential direction of the belt.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2021Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: AISIN CORPORATIONInventors: Taishi Isono, Shinji Kazama, Akinori Suzuki
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Patent number: 11598141Abstract: Example aspects of a simulated steel fenestration system, an insulated fenestration system, and a method for insulating a fenestration system are disclosed. The simulated steel fenestration system can comprise a frame, a pane assembly assembled with the frame, and a muntin bar, wherein at least one of the frame and the muntin bar comprise a non-steel material configured to resemble steel.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2020Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: WWS Acquisition, LLCInventors: Richard Mazur, Cameron Miles Wyatt, Jennifer Lloyd-Randolfi
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Patent number: 11598142Abstract: A fenestration assembly includes a glazing unit includes a pane spacer between exterior and interior panes proximate glazing unit edges. A fenestration frame is coupled around the glazing unit and includes a frame core extending around the glazing unit. The frame core includes a unitary core wall including a composite material that is hollow and extends continuously from a core interior face to a core exterior face. A metal glazing cap is coupled with the frame core. The metal glazing cap having a cap end indirectly engaged with the glazing unit along the interior pane, and the cap end is remote from the pane spacer. Each of the core exterior face, the pane spacer and the metal glazing cap are thermally isolated from each other with the frame core including the unitary core wall.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2021Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: Marvin Lumber and Cedar Company, LLCInventors: Bradley D. Woodward, Kyle C. Koch, Daniel Jon Curtis, Timothy R. Bentow, Chris Ylitalo
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Patent number: 11598143Abstract: A mitre joint for a metallic frame of a fenestration unit includes first and second frame members; a connector configured to locate the first and second frame members in relation to one another; and first and second fasteners configured to secure the first and second frame members to the connector. The connector has a first arm configured to extend within a hollow profile defined by the first frame member, and a second arm configured to extend within a hollow profile defined by the second frame member. A longitudinal axis of each of the first and second fasteners is configured to be parallel to a longitudinal axis of the respective connector arm. Each of the first and second fasteners is configured to engage the respective frame member when the respective connector arm extends within said frame member.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2019Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: GARNER ALUMINIUM EXTRUSIONS LIMITEDInventor: Philip Dayton Parry
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Patent number: 11598144Abstract: In various aspects, a covering for an architectural structure includes a bottom rail assembly that can be efficiently and effectively assembled during manufacturing of the covering. Specifically, in one embodiment, the bottom rail is configured such that one or more operating system components of the covering can be mounted within and directly supported by the bottom rail. In addition, a separate cover may be coupled to the bottom rail during the assembly process.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2020Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: Levolor, Inc.Inventors: Michael Schulman, Raymond Morehouse, Eugene W. Thompson
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Patent number: 11598145Abstract: An actuating system for a window shade includes an axle coupling part rotatable for raising or lowering a bottom part of a window shade, an arresting part and an arrester coupling part connected with each other, the arresting part having a braking state and a release state, a clutching part carried with the arrester coupling part and movable relative to the arrester coupling part between a retracted state where the clutching part is disengaged from the axle coupling part and an extended state where the clutching part is engaged with the axle coupling part, and an actuating wheel movably linked to the clutching part, the actuating wheel being rotatable in a first direction to urge the clutching part to move from the retracted state to the extended state, and in an opposite second direction to urge the clutching part to move from the extended state to the retracted state.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2021Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: Teh Yor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Chung-Chen Huang, Kuan-Yu Liu
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Patent number: 11598146Abstract: A drape element includes a sheet of flexible, non-magnetic material having opposed first and second longitudinal sheet edges, a longitudinal centerline toward which is defined an inward direction and away from which is defined an outward direction, and a first longitudinal pocket disposed proximate the first longitudinal sheet edge. A first straight magnetic wire is disposed in the longitudinal direction within an inward longitudinal portion of the first longitudinal pocket, and a first alternating sequence of magnets and non-magnetic spacers is disposed within an outward longitudinal portion of the first longitudinal pocket. Each of the magnets has opposed first and second magnetic poles, with a respective first magnetic pole of each of the magnets being disposed in contact with the first straight magnetic wire.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2020Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: Conform InternationalInventor: John S. Conboy
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Patent number: 11598147Abstract: A novel roller blind shaft is provided, comprising a roller blind having a reel, a lower curtain rod, a curtain fabric arranged between the reel and the lower curtain rod, and a driving device for driving the reel to rotate. A bearing seat is correspondingly provided at both ends of the reel. The novel roller blind shaft comprises: moving devices, which are respectively a first moving device and a second moving device arranged parallel to each other, arranged on the bearing seats at both ends of the reel and perpendicular to the reel and configured to drive the reel to move back and forth to adjust a gap between the curtain fabric and the wall, and a control device electrically connected to the first and second moving devices and configured to synchronously control the first and second moving devices to synchronously drive the reel to move back and forth.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2021Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Inventor: Jeff Wh Li
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Patent number: 11598148Abstract: An improved roller shade system provides increased support, additional adjustments and/or increased safety. The slip plate allows the brake to slip forward and minimize damage to the clutch spring when a user pulls too hard on the hembar. The center drive mechanism extends through a bracket to allow the drive shaft to distribute power in both directions and drive two shade tube simultaneously. The tube adapter absorbs force from the spinning shade tube to minimize damage to the other components and the bead chain. The sprocket has a back wall supporting the sprocket, allowing the sprocket 130 to rest on the back flange of the sun gear to minimize pressure on the gears. An adjustment arm is adjusted to help level the shade band. The shade bands may be removed without disturbing the other shade bands in the system. A height of a hembar may be adjusted by rotating a rod within the hembar.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2021Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: MECHOSHADE SYSTEMS, LLC.Inventors: Eugene Miroshnichenko, Stephen Hebeisen, Xi Ming Liarno
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Patent number: 11598149Abstract: A ladder caddy system is detachable attachable to a ladder top via a ladder connector, having a magnet configured below the ladder top. In an exemplary embodiment, the ladder connector is aligned with the ladder aperture in the ladder top and the main connector is inserted through the ladder aperture and into the ladder connector to magnetically couple the main connector magnet with the ladder connector magnet. The main receptacle assembly includes a main receptacle and may have a power tool retainer attached thereto and configured to retain a power tool such as a power drill. A retainer band may further secure a power tool in the power tool retainer. Other receptacles may be detachable attachable to the main receptacle assembly, such as a ring receptacle that comprises a conduit, a ring that can be slid over the power tool retainer.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2021Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Inventor: James Francis Blake
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Patent number: 11598150Abstract: A ladder-mounted equipment holding assembly and method for operating a ladder-mounted equipment holding assembly. The equipment holding assembly provides an elongated mount sleeve that is configured to slidably fit through the holes in the sides of a ladder, and receive a corresponding rung in the ladder. A pair of caps serve to centrally fasten the mount sleeve to the rung. The caps have clips that align with corresponding tracks formed in the mount sleeve. Interchangeable equipment anchoring accessories detachably attach to the free ends of the mount sleeve. The anchoring accessories comprise eclectic shapes and dimensions, such as threaded pipes, hooks, rings, and clips. The anchoring accessories serve to hold a corresponding equipment in an accessible position for a user working on the ladder. The equipment includes paint buckets, brushes, and tools pertinent to operations on ladder.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2019Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Inventor: Ryan Douglas Waller
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Patent number: 11598151Abstract: A downhole power drilling tool includes a flow distribution shaft, an outer pipe and a multi-stage eccentric gear driving mechanism which are coaxially arranged, the flow distribution shaft is suspended and supported in the outer pipe by the multi-stage eccentric gear driving mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2021Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES (BEIJING)Inventors: Yu Wang, Jiaxing Lu, Zhiqiao Wang, Baolin Liu, Qin Zhou, Tengteng Chang
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Patent number: 11598152Abstract: A method and system for a rotary steerable system (RSS). The method may comprise disposing the RSS into a borehole, identifying a failure from the one or more tracking measurements, the mechanical operation of the RSS, or the one or more sensors from a diagnostic review. Additionally, the method may further comprise flagging the failure with a failure code and reporting the failure and its mitigation actions to personnel in real time. The system may comprise one or more sensors configured to measure a location the RSS in a formation from one or more tracking measurements and monitor a mechanical operation of the RSS. The system may further comprise an information handling system.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2020Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Rajeev Ghimire, Reena Agarwal Chanpura, Narasimha Rao Gummaraju
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Patent number: 11598153Abstract: A cutter element for a drill bit includes a base portion having a central axis, a first end, and a second end. In addition, the cutter element includes a cutting layer fixably mounted to the first end of the base portion. The cutting layer includes a cutting face distal the base portion. The cutting face includes an elongate raised ridge having a first end at a radially outer surface of the cutting layer and a second end at the radially outer surface of the cutting layer. The raised ridge defines a maximum height of the cutter element measured axially from the second end of the base portion to the cutting face. The cutting face also includes a first planar lateral side surface and a second planar lateral side surface. Each planar lateral side surface extends from the raised ridge to the radially outer surface of the cutting layer.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2019Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: NATIONAL OILWELL VARCO, L.P.Inventors: Ryan Basson Graham, Reza Rahmani, Olivia N. Pacheco
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Patent number: 11598154Abstract: A wellbore tool is conditioned between downhole deployments with a substantially continuous application of a conditioning fluid within the tool. Selectively removable caps connect to ends of the tool after its removal from the wellbore. If the tool is part of a downhole string, the caps are added after the tool is decoupled from the remainder of the string. The conditioning fluid is introduced into the tool through a fitting on one of the end caps; and while a fitting on the other end cap is opened to vent fluids resident within the tool. The caps are in sealing contact with a housing of the tool to retain the conditioning fluid inside the tool. A fluid supply system at the well site provides the conditioning fluid. Example conditioning fluids include a fracturing fluid, a completion fluid, a diluent, a solubilizing agent, an anti-scaling agent, a pH buffer, a liquid freezing point depressant, corrosion and oxidation inhibitors, oxygen scavengers, biocides, surfactants, and combinations thereof.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2020Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: BAKER HUGHES OILFIELD OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Sven Hoegger, Helmuth Sarmiento Klapper, Peter Schorling, Erik Bartscherer
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Patent number: 11598155Abstract: A system for monitoring a bit condition in a drilling operation comprises a processor unit and a non-transitory computer-readable memory communicatively coupled to the processing unit and comprising computer-readable program instructions executable by the processing unit for: obtaining signals representative of at least vibrations of a drilling mast having at least one bit during a drilling operation; interpreting the signals into vibration values; continuously monitoring the vibration values in real time; and assessing and outputting a condition of the bit as a function of the continuous monitoring of the vibration values.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2018Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: THE ROYAL INSTITUTION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF LEARNING/MCGILL UNIVERSITYInventors: Faramarz (Ferri) P. Hassani, Hamed Rafezi
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Patent number: 11598156Abstract: A subsea riser is installed by lowering at least one riser conduit to the seabed when piggybacked to an elongate support that comprises at least one flowline. The elongate support may be a pipeline bundle, which may be attached to one or more towheads in a towable bundle unit. The riser conduit may be in fluid communication with the flowline. At the seabed, a free end portion of the riser conduit is detached from the elongate support by releasing subsea-releasable fastenings. Then, with the elongate support and a root end of the riser remaining at the seabed, the detached free end portion of the riser conduit is lifted away from the elongate support to a riser support, such as a platform, an FPSO (floating production, storage and offloading vessel), or a buoy.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2019Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: Subsea 7 LimitedInventor: Lewis Alexander Harper
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Patent number: 11598157Abstract: An apparatus for retaining a transmission line within a drill string component is disclosed. In one embodiment, such an apparatus includes a drill string component comprising a bore having an internal diameter. A slot is formed in the internal diameter to receive a transmission line. A first feature within the slot is configured to engage a corresponding second feature on the transmission line and thereby retain an end of the transmission line. A sleeve is inserted into the internal diameter to keep the transmission line within the slot. A corresponding system is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2021Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: INTELLISERV, LLCInventors: David C. Meier, Jacob Yardley
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Patent number: 11598158Abstract: An apparatus for retaining a transmission line within a drill string component includes a drill string component comprising a bore having an internal diameter. A slot is formed in the internal diameter to receive a transmission line. A first feature within the slot is configured to engage a corresponding second feature on the transmission line and thereby retain an end of the transmission line. The first feature comprises a first angled surface configured to contact and engage a corresponding second angled surface of the second feature. The first and second angled surfaces are oriented such to keep the transmission line retained within the slot when tension is placed on the transmission line. A corresponding system is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2021Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: INTELLISERV, LLCInventors: David C. Meier, Jacob Yardley
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Patent number: 11598159Abstract: A coupling for connecting downhole tubulars includes a tubular body, and at least one thread of a male screw thread formed on an outer surface of the body, and a female screw thread formed in an inner surface of the body. The at least one thread has a thread-form including a crest, a root, and a pair of flanks. The crest and the root are each cambered about a respective first and second camber radius. Each camber radius is greater than an outer diameter of the coupling.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2019Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: Sandvik Mining and Construction Tools ABInventor: Andreas Rindeskar
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Patent number: 11598160Abstract: Downhole cutting tool positioning assemblies and methods to cut a tubular are presented. The assembly includes a drive screw, a drive nut coupled to the drive screw and configured to shift from a first position to a second position as the drive screw rotates in a first drive screw direction, a pressure piston configured to shift from a first position to a second position in response to force applied to the pressure piston, a chamber having a pressure fluid that is pressurized by the pressure piston as the pressure piston shifts from the first position towards the second position, a sleeve configured to slide from a first position towards a second position in response to pressure from the pressure fluid, and a latch key having a profile configured to shift radially to engage a tubular groove as the sleeve shifts from the first position towards the second position.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2021Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventor: Simon Whye Kwong Wai
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Patent number: 11598161Abstract: Well centre assembly for an offshore drilling rig and associated method. There is described a well centre assembly 10 for an offshore drilling rig. The well centre assembly 10 comprises a diverter assembly 16 and a movement control system 18. The movement control system 18 is operable between the diverter assembly 16 and a supporting structure 12 of the rig. In use, the movement control system 18 controls or permits relative movement between the diverter assembly 16 and the supporting structure 12. A connector such as a riser 34 connected to the diverter assembly 16 during deployment, while deployed or during retrieval of the riser 34 may experience external forces such as from tidal, wind and/or wave movement at a water surface 50, which may cause the positioning and/or orientation of the riser 34 to vary. The movement control system 18 may control the movement of the diverter assembly 16 so as to compensate for movement of the riser 34.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2019Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: NOBLE DRILLING A/SInventors: Konstantin Puskarskij, Kristian Hansen, Christian Schmidt
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Patent number: 11598162Abstract: A hydraulic rotary side-swing elevator includes an elevator body, a side swing mechanism and a rotating mechanism. Rotatable shafts are arranged on left and right sides of the elevator body. An inner hinge and an outer hinge are respectively provided on the two rotatable shafts. An inner hinge driving structure includes an inner hinge opening and closing cylinder and an opening and closing cylinder fixing seat. An outer hinge driving structure includes an outer hinge locking cylinder and a locking cylinder fixing seat. The opening and closing cylinder fixing seat and the locking cylinder fixing seat are arranged on a rear side wall of the elevator body. A cylinder barrel part of the inner hinge opening and closing cylinder is hinged on the opening and closing cylinder fixing seat, and a piston part of the inner hinge opening and closing cylinder is hinged to the inner hinge.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2021Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: HUANGSHAN HUANENG PETROCHEMICAL MACHINERY CO., LTD.Inventors: Kang Wang, Yang Li, Zulin Liu, Kuan Tian, Yingxiang Dong, Xiaodong Zhang
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Patent number: 11598163Abstract: A carrier assembly for a catwalk assembly includes a carrier. The carrier assembly includes a skate to move a tubular member along the carrier. The carrier assembly includes a proximity sensor positioned to detect the end of the tubular member as it moves along the carrier. The carrier assembly includes a skate position sensor. The length of the tubular member may be determined by measuring the position of the skate relative to the proximity sensor when the end of the tubular member passes the proximity sensor.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2021Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: NABORS DRILLING TECHNOLOGIES USA, INC.Inventors: Christopher Magnuson, Mario Sazo, Alex Kunec
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Patent number: 11598164Abstract: A bit breaker for making or breaking a connection between a drill bit and a drill string, and the bit breaker includes a support structure that has a bit aperture through which a portion of the drill bit may pass. The support structure also includes basket apertures positioned circumferentially around the bit aperture. The bit breaker also includes a flexible member that passes through the basket apertures of the support structure to form a basket extending from one side of the support structure that can receive a drill bit. Relative rotation between the support structure and the flexible member causes the flexible member to tighten to make or break the connection between the drill bit and the drill string.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2018Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventor: Gregory C Grosz
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Patent number: 11598165Abstract: An automated drilling-fluid additive system and method for on-site real-time analysis and additive treatment of drilling fluid to be injected into a well. The drilling fluid includes returned drilling fluid intended to be re-used, which has a variety of viscosity and other qualities resulting from its various preceding use. The target drilling fluid will have a variety of viscosity and other qualities depending upon and changing with various phases of drilling operations and various conditions encountered. The drilling fluid is analyzed in real time as it flows into the automated drilling-fluid additive system, and various additives are added to and thoroughly blended with the drilling fluid as needed to achieve the desired result. The blended drilling fluid is discharged from the automated drilling-fluid additive system in the proper condition for injection into a well.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2021Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Inventor: Kyle Collins
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Patent number: 11598166Abstract: A float equipment assembly includes an inner string that provides a fluid flow path through the float equipment assembly. The float equipment assembly also includes an opening through which a fluid flowing through the inner string exits the float equipment assembly. The float equipment assembly further includes a moveable member, which when repositioned, isolates the inner string. The float equipment assembly further includes a dissolvable material that initially prevents repositioning of the moveable member, where the moveable member is repositioned after a threshold portion of the dissolvable material has dissolved.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2019Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Ryan Michael Novelen, Caleb Thomas Warren, Thomas Owen Roane, Thomas J Frosell
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Patent number: 11598167Abstract: A body defines a central flow passage. A check valve is located within the central flow passage. The check valve is supported by the body. The check valve is arranged such that a fluid flow travels in a downhole direction during operation of the float collar. An auxiliary flow passage is substantially parallel to the central flow passage and is defined by the body. The auxiliary flow passage includes an inlet upstream of the check valve and an outlet at a downhole end of the float collar. A rupture disk seals the inlet of the auxiliary flow passage. The rupture disk is configured to burst at a specified pressure differential.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2021Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventors: Peter Ido Egbe, Victor Jose Bustamante Rodriguez, Sajid Hussain
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Patent number: 11598168Abstract: A seal assembly and methods of use, wherein the seal assembly is formed of an elastomeric enclosure within which a primary cavity is defined. A second cavity in the form of a crushable container is deployed within the primary chamber. An elastomeric compound is contained in one cavity and an elastomeric hardener contained in the other cavity. Upon application of an external force to the elastomeric enclosure, the enclosure is elastically deformed from a first shape to a second shape, wherein the second shape positions the elastomeric enclosure into a sealing configuration between adjacent annular surfaces. The external force also crushes the container, to cause mixing of the elastomeric compound and elastomeric hardener. Once the reaction is complete, the hardened compound retains the deformed shape of the elastomeric enclosure to maintain a seal between the annular surfaces.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2018Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Christopher Michael Pelto, Pompilio Coto
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Patent number: 11598169Abstract: A string guide comprising an upper mandrel, a lower muleshoe guide concentric to a lower portion of the upper mandrel, and an annular fastener internal to the lower muleshoe guide that fastens the lower muleshoe guide to the upper mandrel. When the guide encounters an obstruction (e.g., a packer bore or liner top), the weight of equipment above the lower muleshoe guide elastically deforms the annular fastener which drives the lower muleshoe guide up the upper mandrel. As the lower muleshoe guide travels up the upper mandrel, internal lugs of the muleshoe guide ride a spiral groove on the upper mandrel to rotate the lower muleshoe guide around the upper mandrel.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2018Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Daniel Luther Patterson, William Ewing
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Patent number: 11598170Abstract: A fishing operation may include actuating a blind ram above the wellhead to seal around the wireline; pulling out a portion of the wireline out of the wellhead; cutting the portion of the wireline; rigging up a coiled tubing blowout preventer on top of the blind ram; connecting a wire within a coiled tubing to the wireline; connecting a coiled tubing bottom hole assembly to the coiled tubing; opening the blind ram and running in hole the coiled tubing into the wellbore; pulling, with the wire, the wireline inside the coiled tubing as the coiled tubing is lowered into the wellbore; lowering the coiled tubing to reach a depth within the wellbore containing a stall or stuck point in the tubular string; cutting the wireline with a wire cutter of the coiled tubing bottom hole assembly; and pulling out the coiled tubing with the wireline.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2021Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANYInventor: Mohammad W. Alsaleh
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Patent number: 11598171Abstract: A tubing string, such as a coiled tubing or jointed tubing string, has an agitator mounted within an interior of the tubing string at an intermediate position between an uphole end and a downhole end of the tubing string. A tubing agitator is structured to be installed within a tubing string. A method includes: forming or installing a seat within an interior of a tubing string at an intermediate position between an uphole end and a downhole end of the tubing string; and conveying an agitator through the interior of the tubing string until the agitator contacts the seat. A hammer drift tool is also described.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2020Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: COMPLETE DIRECTIONAL SERVICES LTD.Inventor: Shane Matthews
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Patent number: 11598172Abstract: A rotating head assembly includes a body, an implement, a clamp assembly, a drive member, a hydraulic motor, and a bypass circuit. The drive member is threadingly connected to a first clamp member and a second clamp member. The hydraulic motor is connected to the drive member to cause the drive member to rotate in a selected direction. An inlet of the bypass circuit is in fluid communication with an inlet of the hydraulic motor to receive a portion of the pressurized hydraulic fluid passing to the hydraulic motor. An outlet of the bypass circuit is in fluid communication with the outlet of the hydraulic motor. At least one bypass valve is interposed between the inlet of the bypass circuit and the outlet of the bypass circuit. The bypass valve has an actuator positioned adjacent one of the first clamp member and the second clamp.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2021Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: The SydCo System, Inc.Inventor: Tyler Whitehead
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Patent number: 11598173Abstract: A frac system including a frac tree. The frac tree includes a frac head. The frac head defines a first inlet, a second inlet, and an outlet. The frac head receives frac fluid through the first inlet and directs the frac fluid to the outlet fluidly coupled to a wellhead. A valve couples to the second inlet of the frac head. A flapper valve is within the frac head. The flapper valve moves between an open position and a closed position to control fluid flow to the valve through the second inlet. The flapper valve aligns with a first axis of the outlet and the second inlet in the closed position and aligns with a second axis of the first inlet in the open position.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2020Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: CAMERON INTERNATIONAL CORPORATIONInventors: Cody Tibbs, Jana Byrne, Justin Clifton
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Patent number: 11598174Abstract: A fracturing fluid delivery system is provided. In one embodiment, the system includes a wellhead assembly, a fracturing fluid supply line, a vertical branch extending upward from the fracturing fluid supply line, and a fluid conduit coupling the vertical branch in fluid communication with the wellhead assembly. The fluid conduit may extend linearly from the vertical branch to the wellhead assembly. Additional systems, devices, and methods are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2021Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: Cameron International CorporationInventors: Adam J. Christopherson, Jay P. Painter
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Patent number: 11598175Abstract: What is provided is a method and apparatus wherein a rotating and reciprocating swivel of adjustable stroke length and shearable by ram blow out preventers can be detachably connected to an annular blowout preventer thereby separating the lower wellbore from the riser. In one embodiment the mandrel of the swivel extends through a sleeve/housing. The sleeve/housing has a wiping arrangement of improved configuration that wipes debris from the mandrel, preventing entry of the debris into the sleeve/housing. Ports enable discharge of the removed debris from the area of the sleeve/housing.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2022Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: Mako Rentals, Inc.Inventors: Kip M. Robichaux, Terry P. Robichaux
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Patent number: 11598176Abstract: Rotating a casing during a cementing operation to ensure efficient displacement of cement slurry. More specifically, embodiments are directed towards a sub and rotating tool that are positioned above a first cement operation, wherein the rotating tool is positioned in a kickoff point or build section of a horizontal well.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2021Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: Ranton Holding LLCInventors: Michael Sepulveda, Sigurd Eirik Sperbund
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Patent number: 11598177Abstract: A member that is a single element for controlling flow through an inflow control device, has anisotropic density configured to move the member relative to the inflow control device such that the inflow control device allows, fully blocks, or partially blocks flow from a zone to a production string based on a density of a fluid flowing into the inflow control device from the zone.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2022Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: BAKER HUGHES OILFIELD OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Ahmed AlAdawy, Ameen Malkawi, Raghavaraju Lakhamraju, Naeem-Ur Minhas, Sandip Maity
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Patent number: 11598178Abstract: A fluid pit safety system is disclosed to prevent drowning incidents in a fluid pit filled with a fluid. The system comprises a plurality of sensors spatially disposed adjacent the fluid pit, a perimeter detection sub-system defining a perimeter arranged around an edge of the fluid pit, and a rescue device arranged in the fluid pit. The plurality of sensors are configured to detect a change in fluid height in the fluid pit. The perimeter detection sub-system is configured to detect a disruption in the perimeter. The rescue device is configured to move towards a surface of the fluid in the fluid pit in response to the plurality of sensors detecting the change in the fluid height in the fluid pit and the perimeter detection sub-system detecting the disruption in the perimeter.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2021Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventors: Ahmed Al-Mousa, Omar M Alhamid, Marius Neacsu
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Patent number: 11598179Abstract: A system is provided for providing power and/or communication to/from a downhole device by inductively coupling a coupling conductor within a receiver to a core conductor of a tubing encased conductor (TEC). The receiver has an elongated housing arranged physically proximate or touching an outer surface of the TEC. A coupling conductor is disposed within the housing, extends substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of the housing, and further extends longitudinally and in close proximity to a core conductor housed within the TEC when the housing is arranged physically proximate or touching the outer surface of the TEC. This exposes the coupling conductor to a magnetic field formed externally to the TEC to excite a current in the coupling conductor. In one or more embodiments, the receiver further includes a coupling to electrically couple the downhole device to the coupling conductor and deliver the current to the downhole device.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2020Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Glen P. Breerwood, Paul Gregory James
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Patent number: 11598180Abstract: The invention discloses an experimental device for natural gas hydrate solid-state fluidized mining and crushing, the experimental device comprising a power liquid supply module, a hydrate suction module, a pipeline conveying module, a hydrate fluidized crushing module, a secondary processing module and an experimental data information collection and processing module. An experimental method for the experimental device comprises: turning on the power liquid supply module, the hydrate suction module, the pipeline conveying module, the hydrate fluidized crushing module and the secondary processing module, and collecting pressure and flow data at a plurality of locations by the experimental data information collection and processing module.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2018Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: SOUTHWEST PETROLEUM UNIVERSITYInventors: Guorong Wang, Shouwei Zhou, Qingyou Liu, Qingping Li, Qiang Fu, Yufa He, Pu Yang, Lin Zhong