Patents Issued in March 28, 2024
  • Publication number: 20240102321
    Abstract: An exemplary ring lock generally includes a case, a shackle, and a lock mechanism. The shackle is movably mounted to the case. The lock mechanism is operable to selectively retain the shackle in a closed position. The case includes a first case portion including a first flange, and a second case portion including a second flange. In certain forms, the first flange and the second flange are welded to one another. In certain forms, the first flange and/or the second flange has a depth of one centimeter or less. In certain forms, the case includes at least one ramp configured to discourage gripping of the case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Marco Stunnebrink, Ilias Baiazitov, Jan Gerbrand Hutten
  • Publication number: 20240102322
    Abstract: The present invention is a unique anti-theft guard assembly for outdoor cell site cabinets that have right or left pivoting door handles that are easily broken into by vandals. The guard assembly is removably attached to the door of the cabinet with a puck lock or padlock, and prevents access to the door handles and mounting footprints of the assembly to the door.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventor: James Edwin Curry
  • Publication number: 20240102323
    Abstract: A motor vehicle lock, in particular a side door lock, comprising a locking mechanism having a rotary latch and at least one pawl, a plastic housing, a lock case, wherein an inlet region for a lock holder can be formed by means of the plastic housing and the lock case, and a seal, wherein the seal is allocated at least in regions to the inlet region and wherein the seal is made from a straight plastic strip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: KIEKERT AG
    Inventor: Christian BARMSCHEIDT
  • Publication number: 20240102324
    Abstract: A redundancy system for a vehicle door lock. The redundancy system includes a body attached to a vehicle body structure of a vehicle and a striker releasably connected to the body. An outer end of the striker is configured for interacting with a locking unit of a vehicle door for releasably connecting the vehicle door to the vehicle body structure. The body includes a passage for receiving an inner end of the striker. The inner end of the striker is extending through a structural part of the vehicle body structure from an outer side of the structural part to an inner side of the structural part when connected to the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventor: Luca MAREGA
  • Publication number: 20240102325
    Abstract: An improved door barricade system for use during an emergency situation, having a pivoting locking arm which drops into a floor hole to lock a barricade in place using a single motion egress system to unlock and open a door simultaneously.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: RHINOWARE CONNECT, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Angelo Silvani, Jr., Ernest Lawrence Johnson, III
  • Publication number: 20240102326
    Abstract: Provided is a latch assembly for a door. The latch assembly includes a housing defining a cavity, a handle movable relative to the housing, a latch disposed in the cavity, the latch having bolt movable between a locked and an unlocked position and a damping mechanism for delaying movement of the latch, wherein the handle is biased in a first position abutting the bolt to hold the bolt in the locked position, and the handle is movable to a second position away from the bolt allowing for movement of the bolt to the unlocked position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: Adams Rite Aerospace, Inc.
    Inventor: Morteza Yadollahi
  • Publication number: 20240102327
    Abstract: A lock for a sliding door includes: a central hub; a first leg extending from a first side of the central hub; a first foot at a terminal end of the first leg, the first foot configured to be attached to a frame of a door; a second leg extending from a second, opposite side of the central hub; and a second foot at a terminal end of the second leg, the second foot configured to be attached to a sliding panel of the door. The first and second legs may be configured to rotate between an extended position when the sliding panel is closed and a folded position when the sliding panel is open.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Christopher Franck, Austin Lewis
  • Publication number: 20240102328
    Abstract: A hinge device includes a pivot seat, a rotating shaft, a first friction block, and a locking assembly. By being structurally provided with a sleeve, a first cam ring, a first elastic ring, a second friction block, a second cam ring, a second elastic ring, an elastic element, a locking portion, and a cover of the locking assembly, the hinge device has a locking function and a long service life.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Chun-Fu CHANG, Hui-Chen WANG, Yi-Chun TANG
  • Publication number: 20240102329
    Abstract: Disclosed is a cushioned hinge for doors of furniture items or the like. The hinge has a fixed part that can be attached to a side wall or shoulder of the item of furniture, a movable part that can be attached to a door of the item of furniture, and an articulated system that connects the fixed and movable parts of the hinge. The articulated system has a plurality of connecting rods and of axes of articulation. An elastic part or parts act in the direction of closure of the hinge. A linearly actuated deceleration mechanism slows down the last section of the stroke of closure of the hinge. The cushioned hinge leaves the edge of the door completely intact, so that the box remains hidden from view when the door is closed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventor: Roberto CORBETTA
  • Publication number: 20240102330
    Abstract: A safety device of an automated door system has a sensor device for arrangement on the door system such that a detection region of the sensor device covers a danger region of a door leaf using sensors. The sensor device detects the presence of an object within the detection region and has a control device for changinge the detection region on the basis of a current movement speed of the door leaf and/or to actuate the drive of the door leaf in the event of a safety response such that a braking distance of the door leaf is adapted to the current movement speed of the door leaf. The use of the safety device in a door drive with a drive unit for moving, or in a door system with, the associated door leaf an automated door system, and an operating method for the door system are also related.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventor: Frank Wegner
  • Publication number: 20240102331
    Abstract: A drive system for a motor vehicle door is provided including an electric motor and a hinge for fastening the motor vehicle door. The hinge includes a door leaf, a body leaf for attachment to the body and a hinge pin arranged coaxially to the hinge axis and rotatably mounted on the body leaf. The electric motor includes a stator and a rotor arranged coaxially with the hinge axis in the stator and mounted rotatably about the hinge axis relative to the stator. The hinge pin is disposed in sections within the rotor, the rotor being coupled to the hinge pin in a gearless manner to transmit rotation. The drive system includes a tolerance ring arranged between the rotor and the hinge pin for transmitting the rotation from the rotor to the hinge pin, wherein the tolerance ring is coupled frictionally to the hinge pin or to the rotor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Axel Knopp, Wilhelm Schwab
  • Publication number: 20240102332
    Abstract: An electric motor-powered furniture drive includes an electric motor; an interface via which the electric motor-powered furniture drive can be connected, preferably detachably connected, to a mechanical actuator; and an identification device for automatically identifying a configuration of the mechanical actuator. Regions of the identification device are located on the interface of the electric motor-powered furniture drive so that the configuration of the mechanical actuator can be identified when the electric motor-powered furniture drive is connected to the mechanical actuator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventor: Matthias GRIMM
  • Publication number: 20240102333
    Abstract: A charging port device includes a charging port driver, a fast charging driver, a slow charging driver, a slow charging port cover, a fast charging port cover, an outer cover, and a mounting housing provided with a mounting hole. A fast charging port and a slow charging port are arranged in the mounting hole. An output terminal of the charging port driver is connected with the outer cover, and the outer cover is configured to cover the mounting hole. An output terminal of the fast charging driver is connected with the fast charging port cover, and the fast charging port cover is configured to cover the fast charging port. An output terminal of the slow charging driver is connected with the slow charging port cover, and the slow charging port cover is configured to cover the slow charging port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Canlin ZHANG, Xiangang WANG, Dongbin LIU, Wei LIANG
  • Publication number: 20240102334
    Abstract: The size of a driving portion for a sliding door is reduced. Drive mechanism drives sliding door that can move along rail provided in a lower part of a vehicle. Drive mechanism comprises: door opening and closing cables each having first end that is fixed to sliding door; and driving portion to which a. second end of door opening cable and a second end of door closing cable are fixed, wherein driving portion drives door opening cable and door closing cable. Driving portion includes: door opening drum to which the second end of door opening cable is fixed and onto which door opening cable is wound; and door closing drum to which the second end of door closing cable is fixed and onto which door closing cable is wound. Door opening drmn and door closing drum are arranged along rail between a front end and a rear end of rail.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2020
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: MITSUI KINZOKU ACT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Sasaki, Shinichiro Kita
  • Publication number: 20240102335
    Abstract: A gate array includes at least two access control gates and a monitoring system with at least a first sensor equipment at least configured to detect a user in a first access area of the first access control gate and to detect a user in a second access area of the second access control gate. At least one detection device detects an assignment error state at least if, upon a detection of the ticket medium by a first reader module of the first access control gate, a user is detected at least almost simultaneously by the first sensor equipment only in the second access area. At least one control device is configured to initiate at least one assignment error action upon a detection of the assignment error state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventor: Thorsten von Sydow
  • Publication number: 20240102336
    Abstract: A control method for a charging port cover of a vehicle including a charging end assembly. The charging end assembly includes a charging port having a fast charging port and a slow charging port and a charging port cover having a fast charging port cover and a slow charging port cover. The method includes: when a charging port cover opening signal is received, controlling both the fast charging port cover and the slow charging port cover to be opened; when one of the fast charging port and the slow charging port is detected to be inserted with a plug-in end of a charging device, generating a charging port cover closing instruction; and controlling the charging port cover corresponding to the charging port into which the plug-in end is not inserted to be closed according to the charging port cover closing instruction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Canlin ZHANG, Xiaoling ZHENG
  • Publication number: 20240102337
    Abstract: A bead for releasably securing a glazing unit to a frame member, comprising a body having a first end and a second end, and a resiliently deformable member secured to the body and having a first finger extending from the body to a first end, and a second finger extending from the first finger to a second end. The first end of the body and the first end of the first finger are configured to engage with respective first and second ends of a frame member so as to secure the bead to the frame member. The second end of the body is configured to secure a glazing unit against an opposed seal of the frame member. The body comprises a first material having a first stiffness and the deformable member comprises a second material having a second stiffness less than the first stiffness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventor: Thomas Andrew FIELDING
  • Publication number: 20240102338
    Abstract: A door seal for attaching to a door includes an elongated body that has a first arm for attaching to the door and a second arm pivotably coupled to the first arm. The first arm has a first connection feature, and the second arm has a second connection feature that is configured to connect to the first connection feature of the first arm. The first arm is movable relative to the second arm to a folded configuration that allows the door seal to be rolled to a coiled configuration. The second arm is movable relative to the first arm to allow the second connection feature to connect to the first connection feature such that the door seal is in an installed configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventor: Kevin Wright
  • Publication number: 20240102339
    Abstract: A removable window includes a frame on the wall that allows the window to be mounted firmly without any gaps between the frame and the window. The frame on the wall can include a rotating locking mechanism that helps secure the removable modules on the wall and prevents the window to be inadvertently knocked down under any unwanted situations. The window can be fitted on the wall by pushing the removable window module into the frame, and the window module can be locked on the wall. When the window module is removed, several different wall modules can be mounted onto the frame. Such wall modules can not only serve as enclosed walls, but can also provide additional functionalities. This effectively allows users to freely move their windows around the house and switch their windows with other walls to change the overall window layout.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Xunmin Jiang, Jiuqi Wang, Zhuangboyu Zhou, Sichen Li, Ju Gao, Han Qin, Jiayang Qin
  • Publication number: 20240102340
    Abstract: A screen guide frame structure and a screen device having same. The present invention mainly comprises providing a passage on the screen guide frame structure. When a screen is stored or unfolded, the passage can allow one end of a windproof hook to slide therein; moreover, since the other end of the windproof hook is hooked onto a net line of the screen, the screen device cannot be blown away from the outside of a guide frame when there are strong winds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: Taroko Door & Window Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Zhiyuan ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20240102341
    Abstract: A motorized window covering control system is disclosed. Exemplary motorized window covering assemblies may be powered by a power panel over low voltage network cable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventor: Clint Childress
  • Publication number: 20240102342
    Abstract: A locking system for a rolling shutter comprises a housing, a body, and a lock bar. The housing has a longitudinal housing channel. The body has a body channel, and is positioned in and moveable transversely within the housing channel. The lock bar is positioned within the body channel, and is moveable longitudinally to the body and housing between a locked position extending away from the body and an unlocked position retracted toward the body. The movement of the body within the housing channel is coupled to the movement of the lock bar between the locked and unlocked positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Craig N. Zarbeck, Tyler Hinckley, Tyler Czerwinski
  • Publication number: 20240102343
    Abstract: An isolated overburden grouting filling method for coal gangue underground emission reduction includes determining a grouting filling key stratum according to information of a coal face; constructing a directional borehole from an underground tunnel to the inside of the grouting filling key stratum; constructing a plurality of branch holes downward in a main hole of the directional borehole; and by establishing a grouting filling system under a mine, gangue obtained from excavation gangue of the mine and gangue sorting being made into a filling slurry by means of breaking and grinding, and the filling slurry filling fractures below the key stratum through the directional borehole. The gangue generated from a mine is directly made into a filling slurry under the mine and then fills overburden mining-induced fractures, thereby achieving harmless disposal of the gangue, effectively supporting a key stratum, and controlling stratum movement and surface subsidence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: China University of Mining and Technology
    Inventors: Dayang XUAN, Jian LI, Jialin XU
  • Publication number: 20240102344
    Abstract: A transmitter is powered by a regulated battery voltage and is installable in one of a plurality of different housings, each housing is characterized by a different design and each can form part of an inground tool for performing an inground operation in which a drill string extends from a drill rig to the inground tool. An antenna driver drives an antenna based on the regulated voltage to emanate an electromagnetic signal for remote reception. A controller limits power consumption from the regulated voltage so as not to exceed a power consumption threshold, irrespective of installation of the transmitter in any one of the housings when the transmitter would otherwise exhibit a different power consumption for each housing design. A corresponding method is described. Features relating to power consumption threshold modification based on temperature as well as mechanical shock and vibration are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Albert W. Chau, Scott Phillips, Benjamin J. Medeiros
  • Publication number: 20240102345
    Abstract: A land-based drilling rig includes a drill rig floor and a subfloor, the subfloor supporting the drill rig floor. The land-based drilling rig also includes a plurality of substructure boxes, the substructure boxes supporting the subfloor, each substructure box including a lower substructure box and two upper substructure boxes, wherein there is a gap between the two upper substructure boxes. In addition, the land-based drilling rig further includes a mast, the mast mechanically coupled to the drill rig floor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Padira REDDY, Denver LEE, Premkumar MONGATTIL
  • Publication number: 20240102346
    Abstract: A dissolvable barrier assembly includes a holder configured to couple to a casing string and defining a central aperture, a barrier configured to prevent the communication of fluid across the barrier, wherein the barrier comprises an outer surface including an uphole surface defining an uphole end and a downhole surface defining a downhole end opposite the uphole end and having a greater surface area than the uphole surface, wherein at least a portion of the uphole surface is configured to corrode when in contact with the uphole fluid at a first corrosion rate and also wherein at least a portion of the downhole surface is configured to corrode when in contact with the uphole fluid at a second corrosion rate that is greater than the first corrosion rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: G&H Diversified Manufacturing LP
    Inventor: Steven Zakharia
  • Publication number: 20240102347
    Abstract: A downhole regulating device used in a downhole drill string between a drilling rig and a drill bit. The downhole regulating device has a helical coupling between the upper and lower portion to allow a relative axial and rotational movement defined by the lead of the helical coupling, between the upper and lower portions; a bi-directional biasing device that resists movement in both extension and contraction from the neutral position depending on the combination of pumping pressure, torque, axial hanging loads from drill string components below the tool and applied weight on bit. The biasing device is designed such that there is no pre-load required. A secondary one-directional element may be part of the biasing device to modify the spring rate or stroke length in contraction direction. A metal and composite laminated torsion spring is also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2021
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventor: David Dyck
  • Publication number: 20240102348
    Abstract: A tubular handling assembly includes an elevator and a tubular compensator assembly. The tubular compensator assembly includes a housing; a lift member coupled to the housing; a support member; and an actuator for moving the housing and the lift member relative to the support member and the elevator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Troy F. HILL, Jimmy L. HOLLINGSWORTH
  • Publication number: 20240102349
    Abstract: A soil core collector assembly includes a sample tube (1) for receiving a core (16) of soil when fitted to a soil core collecting tool (30), and a core carrying tray (4) nestable in sliding engagement within the sample tube. The assembly can be used in a method of sampling soil including obtaining a core of soil by driving a soil core collecting tool into the earth and collecting the core in the sample tube (1) when the core carrying tray (4) is nested within. The core (16) is removed from the sample tube (1) by sliding it out on the core carrying tray (4). Alternatively, the core (16) is collected in the sample tube (1); the core carrying tray (4) is slid into nesting engagement with the sample tube; and then the core (16) is slid out of the sample tube (1) on the core carrying tray (4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: AGRICARBON UK LIMITED
    Inventors: Stewart ARBUCKLE, Andrea LEESON, Artur Romero HAZAS
  • Publication number: 20240102350
    Abstract: An annular seal system for sealing between a casing hanger and a wellhead housing, the system including an actuator ring having a rigid portion and a flexible portion, and a lockdown ring positioned adjacent the actuator ring. The annular seal system further includes a seal assembly capable of moving between a de-energized position and an energized position, wherein the seal assembly in the de-energized position has a defined a space between the seal assembly and the rigid portion of the actuator ring, wherein the seal assembly in the energized position has the space closed, wherein the rigid portion of the actuator ring is to contact a surface of the casing hanger, wherein the flexible portion of the actuator ring is to push the lockdown ring into engagement with the wellhead, and wherein the flexible portion of the actuator ring adapted is to axially compress to allow positional variation between the lockdown ring and the wellhead housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLC
    Inventors: Samuel H Cheng, Greg Dunn, Daryl Attaway, Joseph Pallini, Amini Shakib
  • Publication number: 20240102351
    Abstract: Described herein are embodiments of apparatuses and methods that include an annular flow lubricator. In an exemplary embodiment, the annular flow lubricator includes a body housing an internal flow tube such that well flow enters a lower portion of the internal flow tube, travels up the internal flow tube, and exits an upper portion of the internal flow tube. Upon exiting the upper portion of the internal flow tube, well flow then travels in an annulus between the body of the lubricator and a wall of the internal flow tube before exiting an outlet port of the lubricator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: Epic Lift Systems
    Inventor: Shannon Freeman
  • Publication number: 20240102352
    Abstract: Described herein are embodiments of systems, apparatuses, and methods that include an improved packer bypass assembly. The packer bypass assembly includes a first end and a second end, where a primary bore extends between the first and second end. The packer bypass assembly further includes a bypass bore through which flow may travel separate from that in the primary bore. The bypass bore may include a check valve that only permits flow in one direction. By providing two flow bores that support flow in opposite directions in the same packer bypass assembly, gas injected into an annulus between the casing and the packer bypass assembly can “bypass” the packer assembly and travel to an injection valve situated in the well below the packer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: Tally USA, LLC
    Inventor: Aaron Michael Benjamin Skeete
  • Publication number: 20240102353
    Abstract: A wellbore system includes an upper head and a lower head coupled to the upper head by one or more fasteners. The wellbore system also includes a seal ring positioned within a seal pocket to engage the upper head to form a first seal interface between the upper head and the seal ring. The wellbore system includes a hanger arranged within a bore. The wellbore system includes a packoff positioned between the hanger and the lower head. The wellbore system includes one or more lock screws to apply a downward force to the packoff to establish a second seal interface between the packoff and the seal ring and a third seal interface between the packoff and the hanger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLC
    Inventors: Diego Barajas, Melvin Medina, Jose Humberto Hernandez, Juan Pablo Herrera, Wei He
  • Publication number: 20240102354
    Abstract: An electro-hydraulic control system for actuating a control valve includes a control module. The control module is coupled to the surface via at least one hydraulic line and two electrical power lines. The control module uses one of the hydraulic lines as a “supply” line and the other line as a “return” line if included. Each hydraulic line of the at least one hydraulic lines can be used as an “open” line or a “close” line to open or close the control valve. The control module includes two normally closed (NC) solenoid valves (SOVs) that are coupled to the electrical power lines and can be controlled from the surface to open or close. The opening or closing of the NC SOVs in cooperation with hydraulic pressure on a “supply” line of the hydraulic lines operates (i.e., closes or opens) the control valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Lorenzzo Breda Minassa, Robert William Gissler
  • Publication number: 20240102355
    Abstract: A wellbore (10) characterized by: a borehole (12) traversing at least two zones; a string (16) disposed in the borehole (12) and traversing the at least two zones; a first valvular conduit (24) disposed in the string (16); a second valvular conduit (26) disposed in the string (16) to communicate with a different one of the at least two zones, the different one of the at least two zones being the other of the charge reservoir (18) and the target reservoir (20), the second valvular conduit (26) being configured to present a lower pressure drop for fluids flowing into the borehole (12) than out of the borehole (12).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventor: Andrew Dorban
  • Publication number: 20240102356
    Abstract: A core barrel head assembly having a longitudinal axis can comprise an elongate tube body having an outer surface, an interior cavity, a proximal end, and a distal end. The elongate tube body can define a helical groove that extends from the interior cavity to the outer surface of the elongate tube body. The helical groove can be configured to allow the elongate tube body to elastically extend and compress. The elongate tube body can define at least one aperture that extends between the interior cavity and the outer surface. The core barrel head assembly can further comprise a valve body that is attached to the elongate tube body and is movable with respect to the proximal end of the elongate tube along the longitudinal axis, as the elongate tube body compresses. When sufficiently compressed, the valve body restricts flow through the at least one aperture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Christopher L. Drenth, Vincent Primevert, ANTHONY LACHANCE
  • Publication number: 20240102357
    Abstract: A system includes rotational ball seat (RBS), remote operated, and electrical/hydraulic sections. The RBS section includes a spring, a first internal sleeve, and an upper RBS. The remote operated section includes a lower rotational ball valve (RBV) disposed between second and third internal sleeves, and a setting sleeve operatively connected to the lower RBV. During miming-in-hole, the upper RBS is in a restricted position, and the lower RBV is in an open position. The spring compresses the internal sleeves, which sandwich the upper RBS and the lower RBV, until a shear event occurs. An inner diameter of the system closes to facilitate setting of hydraulic equipment. Thereafter, the shear event releases the spring, thereby pushing the internal sleeves, the upper RBS, and the lower RBV downhole, which rotates the upper RBS and the lower RBV into open positions, thereby opening the inner diameter of the system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2021
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventor: Michael Underbrink
  • Publication number: 20240102358
    Abstract: A method for controlling a wellbore pressure. The method includes disposing a tubing within a casing of a wellbore to form a tubing casing annulus. The method includes installing a tubing-packer sealing assembly within the casing to seal a downhole portion of the wellbore from an uphole portion. The tubing is disposed in the uphole portion of the wellbore. The method includes filling the tubing casing annulus in with an annulus fluid. The method includes, after filling the tubing casing annulus with the annulus fluid, injecting a volume of inert gas into the tubing casing annulus causing an equal volume of the tubing casing annulus fluid to be flowed out of the wellbore. The method includes after injecting the volume of the inert gas, sealing the annulus fluid and the inert gas in the tubing casing annulus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventor: Shoaib Murtaza
  • Publication number: 20240102359
    Abstract: A liquid-cooling fracturing system includes a fracturing device; a power device connected to the fracturing device through a transmission device and configured to provide power for the fracturing device; a cooling medium storage device configured to store a cooling medium for cooling the power device; and a first heat exchange device, the first heat exchange device using cooling liquid to exchange heat with the cooling medium to cool the cooling medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Jifeng ZHONG, Liang LV, Yipeng WU, Xincheng LI
  • Publication number: 20240102360
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a downhole heater assembly comprising at least one heating tool with a delivery support connection point, by which the heating tool is connectable to delivery means via a delivery support such that said heating tool can be delivered to and retrieved from a downhole target region of a borehole. The assembly is provided with a baffle that is configured to be positionable in the borehole at a location between said heater tool and said delivery means. When in position said baffle acts to restrict the movement of heated fluids produced during the operation of the heating tool so as to at least partially replicate the fluid flow conditions found in the test vessel in which the heating tool's configuration was originally tested. The present invention also provides associated methods that employ a baffle between a heating tool and the above ground delivery means used to deploy the heating tool downhole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventor: Paul Carragher
  • Publication number: 20240102361
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes a cleaning system for cleaning clean a tubing, casing, or components of an oil well. In some aspects the cleaning system includes a washing tool having a body configured for insertion into a component of an oil well. The body may include a proximal end and a distal end and define an inlet at the proximal end, a channel in fluid communication with the inlet, and an outlet in fluid communication with the channel. The outlet my extend circumferentially along a perimeter of the body. In some configurations, the washing tool may be configured to clean the component by ejecting fluid in a 360 degree range without movement of the tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Earl H. DEARBORN, Thomas L. DOTSON, Stanley EVANS, John M. PIERCY
  • Publication number: 20240102362
    Abstract: An earth-boring tool system may include a drill string, and at least one or more sensors. The earth-boring tool system may receive data indicative of wear of at least part of a drilling tool, obtain labeled dull grading data for the drilling tool based on the received data, obtain a physics-based bit wear model based on one or more drilling parameters, generate one or more physics-based dull grading data labels based on the physics-based bit wear model, and train an artificial intelligence bit wear model based on the labeled dull grading data and the physics-based dull grading labels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Xu Huang, John Abhishek Raj Bomidi, Trieu Phat Luu
  • Publication number: 20240102363
    Abstract: The invention provides an apparatus and method for preventing surrounding loose rock fragments from falling or collapsing into a bore hole during drilling and immediately after removal of a drill string from the bore hole. The apparatus includes bore hole sleeve for a bore hole drill, the sleeve including a tube member adapted to be coupled to a mast of a mobile bore hole drill and to be positioned within the collar region of a bore hole, the tube member including a longitudinal internal passage for receiving a drill string therethrough and an external surface for facing outwardly against a wall of the bore hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventor: Gregory Patching
  • Publication number: 20240102364
    Abstract: Described herein are embodiments of systems, apparatuses, and methods that include a center rod plunger, wherein movement and/or placement of the center rod is at least partially controlled by the center rod including a centering section that keeps the center rod more centered in the center rod plunger's housing. The center rod plunger may also include a clutch for retarding movement of the center rod in the housing. In still other embodiments, the center rod may have a shaft whose diameter may vary and a clutch that may include a one-piece device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: Epic Lift Systems
    Inventors: Robert G. Roycroft, Shannon S. Freeman
  • Publication number: 20240102365
    Abstract: An electric submersible pump (ESP) assembly. The ESP assembly comprises an electric motor; a seal section coupled to the electric motor; a fluid intake coupled to an uphole end of the seal section, wherein the fluid intake defines a plurality of inlet ports; a gas separator comprising a plurality of gas phase discharge ports, and at least one liquid phase discharge port, wherein the gas separator is located uphole of the fluid intake; a centrifugal pump comprising a fluid inlet at a downhole end, wherein the at least one liquid phase discharge port of the gas separator is fluidically coupled to the fluid inlet of the centrifugal pump; and an inverted shroud assembly, wherein a downhole end of the inverted shroud assembly is coupled to an outside of the gas separator downhole of the gas phase discharge ports of the gas separator and uphole of the fluid intake.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Donn J. BROWN, Ketankumar Kantilal SHETH, Andre Joseph BERNIER
  • Publication number: 20240102366
    Abstract: An electric submersible pump (ESP) assembly. The ESP assembly comprises an electric motor; a seal section coupled to an uphole end of the electric motor; a fluid intake coupled to an uphole end of the seal section, wherein the fluid intake defines a plurality of inlet ports; a gas separator coupled to an uphole end of the fluid intake, wherein the gas separator has a plurality of gas phase discharge ports; a pump assembly coupled to an uphole end of the gas separator; and an intake extension tubular, wherein an uphole end of the intake extension tubular is coupled to the fluid intake uphole of the inlet ports, and wherein an annulus defined between an inside of the intake extension tubular and an outside of the seal section defines a fluid flow path from a downhole end of the intake extension tubular to the inlet ports of the fluid intake.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Donn J. BROWN, Ketankumar Kantilal SHETH, Andre Joseph BERNIER
  • Publication number: 20240102367
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing artificial lift to wellbore fluids includes a pump, a motor, and a protector assembly forming an electric submersible pump system located in a wellbore. A solids isolator is located between the pump and the protector assembly. The solids isolator includes a tubular discharge body with an inner discharge bore. A body port extends through a sidewall of the discharge body. A sliding seal member is located within the discharge bore and moveable between a port open position where the body port is open to allow fluids to travel through the body port, and a port closed position, where fluids are prevented from traveling through the body port. The sliding seal member is ring shaped in cross section. The sliding seal member is biased to the port closed position when the pump is off and moveable to the port open position when the pump is on.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Chidirim Enoch Ejim, Jinjiang Xiao
  • Publication number: 20240102368
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing artificial lift to wellbore fluids includes a pump, a motor, and a protector assembly forming an electric submersible pump system located within a wellbore. A downhole packer is located downhole of the pump. A solids bypass device is located downhole of the pump. The solids bypass device has a flow tube with an inner bore, a bypass stinger that is a tubular member that circumscribes the flow tube, and drain ports extending through a sidewall of the bypass stinger. A sealing cap circumscribes the flow tube. The sealing cap is moveable between an open position, where the sealing cap is positioned to provide an external fluid flow path through the solids bypass device, and a closed position, where the sealing cap prevents fluid from traveling through the external fluid flow path. A biasing member biases the sealing cap towards the open position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Chidirim Enoch Ejim, Jinjiang Xiao
  • Publication number: 20240102369
    Abstract: An artificial lift string has a fluid end that is coupled to and configured to be driven by an electric motor. An interconnect is at an uphole end of the artificial lift string. The interconnect is configured to release a cable between the string and a topside facility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: David Biddick, Herman Artinian
  • Publication number: 20240102370
    Abstract: A technique facilitates stimulation of multiple well zones along a multilayered reservoir. The technique utilizes equipment constructed to enable performance of the stimulation job along the multiple well zones, i.e. two or more well zones, prior to gravel packing the multiple well zones. The equipment enables performance of the stimulation job during a single trip downhole. Subsequent actuation of the equipment further enables a multizone gravel packaging operation during the same trip downhole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Nabil Ben Mohamed Batita, Wesley Ryan Atkinson, Balkrishna Gadiyar, Maye Ezekiel Beldongar