Patents Issued in December 17, 2024
  • Patent number: 12168897
    Abstract: A system including a barrier implement, a barrier implement frame, wherein the barrier implement frame is configured to engage said barrier implement, a bolt lock, wherein the bolt lock is configured to secure the barrier implement frame to the barrier implement in a lock position, a central locking and/or release knob, a cable or rod, wherein the cable or rod is configured to interconnect the central locking and/or release knob and the bolt lock, and wherein the central locking and/or release knob is configured to release said bolt lock by pulling in the cable or rod to move the bolt lock out of the lock position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Inventor: Brisbin Marvin Skiles
  • Patent number: 12168898
    Abstract: A latching mechanism is described comprising: a latching component and a retaining component; wherein the latching component comprises means for receiving a hook in use, and a pivoting feature which is configured to allow said latching component to pivot relative to said retaining component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: ROHR, INC.
    Inventors: Mark Hubberstey, Michael Somerfield
  • Patent number: 12168899
    Abstract: A window balance assembly and a mounting bracket for a window balance assembly are provided. The mounting bracket includes a planar-shaped body having opposed planar surface with an opening extending through the body from one surface to the other. The mounting bracket further includes first and second hooks extending from the same edge of the body that selectively engage a curl spring and a carrier of a window balance assembly. The first hook is oriented in a different direction than the second hook such that the first hook has an upward bend and the second hook has a downward bend.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: ASSA ABLOY FENESTRATION, LLC
    Inventors: Richard S. Denormand, Andrew Baglio, Eric Mertz, Jay Sofianek
  • Patent number: 12168900
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a feedback mechanism for a biological safety cabinet comprising a glass window and a cover plate in front of the glass window, the feedback mechanism comprises a monitor control component comprising a roller element being fixedly disposed with respect to the cover plate and comprising a rollable roller, and a contact component being fixedly disposed relative to the glass window so that the contact component can move relative to the roller with movement of the glass window, the contact component comprising a recess for receiving the roller, wherein the contact component moves with the glass window to a position corresponding to the roller when the glass window moves relative to the cover plate, such that the roller rolls into the recess, allowing the feedback mechanism to generate tactile feedback.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignees: Thermo Fisher Scientific (Shanghai) Instruments Co., Ltd., Thermo Fisher Scientific (Suzhou) Instruments Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Max Yao, Sean Shang, Yi Zhou, Julia Geng
  • Patent number: 12168901
    Abstract: A panel is supported by a track for movement along the track between a closed position and an open position, and is further supported by a pivot assembly that is configured to pivot the track and the panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Trevor M. Sultana, Ali Tavakoli Targhi, Steven H. Klotz, Donald R. Monroe
  • Patent number: 12168902
    Abstract: A window assembly includes a support and a window frame having a first frame portion pivotally connected to a second frame portion. The second frame portion is connected to the support for movement with respect to the support. A window is connected to the first frame portion of the window frame. The window is movable between a closed position and an open position by pivoting of the window and the first frame portion of the window frame with respect to the second frame portion of the window frame and by relative sliding motion of the second frame portion of the window frame along the support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Trevor M. Sultana, Ali Tavakoli Targhi, Steven H. Klotz, Luis E. Mejia-Elizarraras
  • Patent number: 12168903
    Abstract: A hinge structure is provided. The hinge structure includes a fixed structure including a first guide rail and a second guide rail, a center of an arc of the first guide rail is a first axis of rotation parallel to an axial direction and a center of an arc of the second guide rail is a second axis of rotation parallel to the axial direction, a first rotary structure including a first guide portion accommodated in the first guide rail and a first helical groove extending around and along the first axis of rotation, a second rotary structure including a second guide portion accommodated in the second guide rail and a second helical groove extending around and along the second axis of rotation, and a sliding structure including a first guide protrusion accommodated in the first helical groove and a second guide protrusion accommodated in the second helical groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyungsoo Kim, Jaehee Kim, Chongkun Cho
  • Patent number: 12168904
    Abstract: A gate safety system for preventing collisions between a vehicle and a gate is provided, the system having a gate module with a vehicle module, a gate antenna unit and a gate processing unit. The gate processing unit is adapted for defining a first gate warning zone and for determining whether a vehicle module is present within the first gate warning zone. The vehicle module includes a vehicle antenna unit and a vehicle processing unit adapted for defining at least one first vehicle warning zone for determining whether the gate module is present within the vehicle warning zone. A lock safety system, two methods for operating the gate safety system and the lock safety system, and two computer programs are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: Comnovo GmbH
    Inventors: David Lammering, Andreas Lewandowski, Ron Winkler
  • Patent number: 12168905
    Abstract: A swing gate mechanism to swing open an overhead lift gate system includes an overhead swing gate. The overhead swing gate has a pivot side and a catch side. A first gate power arm is configured to move along a first overhead guide track on a first side of the overhead lift gate system. A second gate power arm is configured to move along a second overhead guide track on a second side of the overhead lift gate system. At least one hinge is connected between the pivot side of the overhead swing gate and the first gate power arm. The at least one hinge is configured to allow the overhead swing gate to swing open by rotating about the first gate power arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Inventor: William Clifford Houser
  • Patent number: 12168906
    Abstract: A vacuum insulated glass unit frame assembly includes a rectangular vacuum insulated glass unit having two glass sheets separated by a sealed gap with a plurality of support structures, and a frame arrangement including a fixation system fixating the vacuum insulated glass unit at the frame arrangement, where the fixation system is arranged so as to allow edges of said vacuum insulated glass unit to thermally deflect in a deflection direction perpendicular to a frame opening plane due to a temperature difference between the two glass sheets, where the fixation system is configured so as to allow the magnitude of the thermal deflection to vary along the edge between the corners where the respective edge terminates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: VKR HOLDING A/S
    Inventors: Utku Ahmet Özden, Jacob Christian Molbo, Jens Troels Plesner Kristensen
  • Patent number: 12168907
    Abstract: A rotary latch release mechanism includes axially-aligned upper and lower rotary latch components carried on and rotationally coupled to upper and lower latch assemblies, respectively. The latch release mechanism is movable from an axially-latched position to an axially-unlatched position in response to relative rotation between the upper and lower rotary latch components. The latch release mechanism has a movable land surface that acts in response to relative axial displacement to induce the relative rotation required to release the latch. The latch release mechanism may be configured such that the axial movement of the movable land surface will cause the relative axial movement required to release the latch in combination with the required rotation. Accordingly, the rotary latch mechanism operates in response to externally-controlled axial movement of a movable land surface carried by the latch release mechanism, without requiring externally-induced rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: Noetic Technologies Inc.
    Inventor: Maurice William Slack
  • Patent number: 12168908
    Abstract: A flow control module includes an inlet hub, a flow meter, a choke, and an outlet hub. The inlet hub is coupled to a first flow passage having a first flow bore. The flow meter is associated with the first flow bore and positioned for top-down fluid flow. The choke is disposed in a second flow passage having a second flow bore. The second flow passage is coupled to a distal end of the first flow passage. The outlet hub is coupled to a distal end of the second flow passage and faces in a different direction from the inlet hub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: FMC Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul L. Riley, Ramu Valliappan Manickam, Wei Soung Tan, May-Ling Rachel Ho, Guoxiang Calvin Wu
  • Patent number: 12168909
    Abstract: A tubing hanger recovery tool and a recovery method are provided. The tubing hanger recovery tool includes a mandrel, a locking part and a hook claw part; a lower end face of the mandrel is in contact with an inner side of the locking part, and when the mandrel moves towards the tubing hanger, the locking part is squeezed and locked with the tubing hanger; the hook claw part surrounds the mandrel, and when the mandrel moves towards the tubing hanger, it drives the hook claw part to move towards the tubing hanger, and the hook claw part is clamped with the setting ring of the tubing hanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2024
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: WEFIC Ocean Equipment Manufacturing co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zhongfei Sui, Huaguo Liu, Xiaotao Yu, Juliang Ge, Wuhai Wang, Xiaoxiao Guo, Xu Chen
  • Patent number: 12168910
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for sealing a well conduit includes moving a plugging tool (21) to a first position in the well conduit, the plugging tool (21) comprising a perforating tool (12) and a hollow mandrel (8) with a heater (8) inside and a meltable material on the outside. The perforating tool (12) is actuated to create openings in the well conduit. The heater (8) is operated to melt or activate the material disposed on an exterior of the mandrel (9). The melted material is allowed to solidify in the conduit to form a plug and to flow into the openings to fill a cross-section of an annular space outside the conduit. A logging tool (2) may thereafter be inserted into the hollow mandrel (9) to check the integrity of the plug.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: Wellstrøm AS
    Inventor: Gert Olav Rege
  • Patent number: 12168911
    Abstract: A valve apparatus having a valve body configured with a flow passage. There is a main piston movably disposed within the flow passage, and configured to move to and from a first piston position to a second piston position. The valve apparatus also has a movable member movably disposed within the valve body, the movable member comprising: a no-go position for stopping movement of the main piston, and a go position to facilitate movement of the main piston.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Inventor: Danny T. Williams
  • Patent number: 12168912
    Abstract: The present invention provides a downhole hydraulic directional control valve, comprising a valve body assembly having a shell, an outer tube being provided in the shell, a middle joint connecting the outer tube and an upper cylinder, an outer cylinder connected to the upper cylinder, and a double-way joint being provided with an oil inlet hole, and connecting top ends of the outer cylinder and an inner cylinder; a valve core assembly having an upper valve core, and a lower valve core being positioned at bottom end of the upper valve core and further positioned in a lower cylinder at bottom end of the middle joint; and, a plunger assembly having a first plunger part positioned in the inner cylinder and a second plunger part at bottom end of the first plunger part. By using this valve, the operation efficiency is improved, and the reliability of the equipment is ensured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: SHANDONG WEIMA PUMPS MANUFACTURING CO., LTD
    Inventors: Bing Guan, Baozhong Ma, Sifeng Bi, Meng Liu, Xuejiang Li, Chao Gao, Xingbao Teng
  • Patent number: 12168913
    Abstract: A scale removal agent may effectively be introduced into a well having a formation temperature of 300° F. The scale removal agent is a component of a gelled fluid containing an amine oxide viscoelastic surfactant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Inventors: John Mayor, Kelly Guilbeau Berard, Marty J. Usie
  • Patent number: 12168914
    Abstract: A well system includes a wellhead arranged atop a wellbore, production tubing extending from the wellhead into the wellbore and thereby defining an annulus between the production tubing and an inner wall of a wellbore, and a plurality of fixed injection ports defined in the production tubing. The well system further includes a chemical injection system that includes one or more chemical conduits extending from the wellhead within the annulus and communicably coupled to the plurality of fixed injection ports and thereby placing the one or more chemical conduits in fluid communication with an interior of the production tubing, a chemical injection line in fluid communication with the one or more chemical conduits via the wellhead, and a pump arranged in the chemical injection line to convey one or more chemicals from the chemical storage tank to the production tubing via the one or more chemical conduits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Abdulaziz Khaled Albassam, Wail Khalid Aljehani
  • Patent number: 12168915
    Abstract: A plurality of flow control nodes are spaced along a production conduit for controlling a flow of formation fluids into the production conduit at different locations in the well. Each flow control node defines a flow path for entry of the formation fluids into the production conduit. A closure is operable to adjust the flow of the formation fluids into the production conduit. A generator at each zone generates electrical power in response to a portion of the flow directed through the generator. An electrical power grid interconnects the plurality of flow control nodes to collectively supply electrical power to the power grid. Each closure and other device components are operable with the electrical power from the power grid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, 1nc.
    Inventors: Ibrahim El Mallawany, Stephen Michael Greci, Michael Linley Fripp
  • Patent number: 12168916
    Abstract: A perforating gun system includes a cylindrical outer housing, a charge carrier assembly receivable in the outer housing, wherein the charge carrier assembly includes a charge carrier configured to receive one or more shaped charges, a first endplate coupled to a first end of the charge carrier, and a second endplate coupled to a second end of the charge carrier, and a detonator holder incorporated into the first endplate of the charge carrier assembly and including a pair of opposed longitudinal ends, a first passage extending along a first axis and configured to receive a detonating cord, and a second passage extending parallel to, but laterally offset from, the first passage, wherein the second passage is configured to receive a detonator configured to detonate the one or more shaped charged in response to receiving a signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: G&H Diversified Manufacturing LP
    Inventors: Joe Noel Wells, Eduardo Moniet, Benjamin Vascal Knight
  • Patent number: 12168917
    Abstract: Systems and methods for controlling a vertical pumping unit are provided. The method includes a self-learning phase and a running phase, wherein the self-learning phase includes obtaining a self-learning result and the running phase includes controlling a motor of the vertical pumping unit to run according to the self-learning result and preset running parameters. The method enables the vertical pumping unit to adjust running parameters of the running phase according to the self-learning results, avoid the accumulation of errors effectively so that changes in stroke length and stroke frequency caused by the motor V-belt, load belt extension and retraction and other elastic links are limited to a minimum range so as to ensure the running accuracy of the vertical pumping unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: Forland Services LLC
    Inventor: Dong Yuan
  • Patent number: 12168918
    Abstract: A method includes operating a downhole electrical submersible (ESP) assembly arranged at a distal end of production tubing arranged within a wellbore, monitoring a real-time annulus pressure within an annulus defined between the production tubing and an inner wall of the wellbore, the ESP assembly including a power cable extending within the annulus, providing the real-time annulus pressure reading to a control system arranged at a well surface and in communication with a pressure regulator valve, comparing the real-time annulus pressure reading with a predetermined target pressure for the annulus, sending a command signal to the pressure regulator valve when the real-time annulus pressure exceeds the predetermined target pressure, and operating the pressure regulator valve in one or more steps and at predefined time intervals to thereby selectively bleed an annulus fluid from the annulus, which prevents rapid decompression of the annulus and thereby protects the power cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Alexandru Cosmin Ciufu, Sajid Mehmood
  • Patent number: 12168919
    Abstract: The method describes a way of improved oil recovery by the action of the electric field of the DC current and the electromagnetic field on the oil deposit (6) that is on the oil, the mentioned method comprises the following steps: a) Selection of the submerged rock clusters formations that contain the oil; b) Selection of one or more boreholes wells where the method will be applied; c) Extracting oil from at least one well borehole; Considering that the afore mentioned steps of the method further comprise of the following steps: A. Connected steel (17) and/or the upstream production tubing (16) of the boreholes wells with the DC electricity source 1 where the steel casings (17) and/or the upstream production tubing (16) assume the roles of the electrodes (7, 8); B. Connecting an electrical current source (1) with an electromagnetic field source (2); C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Inventor: Bruno Mlinar
  • Patent number: 12168920
    Abstract: A method of increasing hydrocarbon recovery from a wellbore penetrating a tight hydrocarbon formation is disclosed. The method involves inserting a hydro-jetting tool into the wellbore; jetting a thermally controlled fluid against the wall of the wellbore to create a cavity in the wall, using the hydro-jetting tool; injecting, using the hydro-jetting tool, a further amount of the thermally controlled fluid into the wellbore such that the pressure in the wellbore increases, wherein the increased pressure creates a fracture from the cavity, wherein injecting the further amount of the thermally controlled fluid cools the tight hydrocarbon formation surrounding the cavity by circulating the thermally controlled fluid within the cavity; withdrawing the hydro-jetting tool from the wellbore; and recovering the thermally controlled fluid and the hydrocarbons escaped from the fracture in the formation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Misfer J. Almarri, Murtadha J. AlTammar, Khalid Mohammed Alruwaili
  • Patent number: 12168922
    Abstract: Tuning fracture hydraulic conductivity can be provided so that high hydraulic conductivity in high temperature zones and low hydraulic conductivity in low temperature zones can be defined in enhanced geothermal systems (EGS). Uniform thermal gradient along flow paths can be provided or defined to help provide such conductivity zones. Experimentation performed to evaluate embodiments showed that embodiments could prevent appearance of dominant flow paths between the wells and maintain high heat extraction rates. Embodiments can greatly increase cumulative heat extraction. Embodiments can also be provided for application solely to the injection wells. Other embodiments can position tuning agents between the wells and still help provide control of the fluid flow in the reservoir and enhance heat extraction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: The Penn State Research Foundation
    Inventor: Arash Dahi Taleghani
  • Patent number: 12168923
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices are provided for controlling the operation of an industrial machine (e.g., a drill) based on a determined attribute of a pipe. A sensor is configured to generate an output signal related to a characteristic of the pipe. The characteristic of the pipe can be the presence or absence of a pipe, a weight of the pipe, etc. A controller receives the output signal from the sensor and determines an attribute of the pipe based on the output signal from the sensor. The controller is then configured to control the industrial machine or take a control action based on the attribute of the pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: Joy Global Surface Mining Inc
    Inventor: Samuel Haworth
  • Patent number: 12168924
    Abstract: A system and method for stall recovery of mud motors may be implemented in a steering control system. The stall recovery system and method may involve automatic detection of a stall of a mud motor during drilling controlled by the steering control system, and may respond to the stall in a rapid and controlled manner to avoid or minimize damage to the mud motor, such as by immediately reducing mud pressure and stopping rotary drilling, if used, faster than a typical human operator could perform. The stall recovery system and method may further take actions to automatically restart drilling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: HELMERICH & PAYNE, INC.
    Inventors: Fergus Hopwood, Christopher Robert Novosad
  • Patent number: 12168925
    Abstract: A method for determining gravity toolface azimuth that can include rotating a logging tool about a center axis; positioning an accelerometer sensor within the logging tool at a first radial distance from the center axis; positioning an angular gyroscope sensor within the logging tool at a second radial distance from the center axis; receiving, at a controller, accelerometer sensor data from the accelerometer sensor and angular gyroscope sensor data from the angular gyroscope sensor as the logging tool rotates; determining, via the controller, a radial acceleration component of the accelerometer sensor from the accelerometer sensor data; determining, via the controller, a gain and an offset of the angular gyroscope sensor based on the radial acceleration component; and determining, via the controller, the gravity toolface azimuth of the logging tool as a function of time based on the gain, the offset, and the angular gyroscope sensor data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: Nabors Drilling Technologies USA, Inc.
    Inventor: Dmitry Avdeev
  • Patent number: 12168926
    Abstract: Systems and methods for determining the orientation of the toolface of a rotating downhole tool using multiple sensors that measure different parameters related to the orientation of the toolface, where outputs of the different sensors are used by a Kalman filter which generates accurate predictions of the toolface orientation (state) at each of a series of time steps. The Kalman filter generates a state prediction based on a physical model and a previous state, and updates the prediction based on a received sensor output. Another sensor output is fed through a phase locked loop to generate a sine wave at the fundamental frequency of the sensor signal. The sine wave is used to synchronize another sensor signal that is provided to the Kalman filter for further adjustment of the state prediction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLC
    Inventor: William A. Hered
  • Patent number: 12168927
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to an apparatus, a system, and a method for detecting and indicating the operational position of a valve of wellsite equipment. The apparatus comprises a mount portion and a housing portion. The mount is operatively coupled to a non-moving part of the valve and the housing portion is configured to receive a sensor therewithin. The sensor is configured to detect the position of a moving part of the valve and to provide an output signal indicative of the position of the moving part of the valve. The position of the moving part of the valve is indicative of the operational position of the valve. The system comprises one or more such apparatus for detecting and indicating the operational position of one or more valves on a wellsite or well pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2024
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: Intelligent Wellhead Systems Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Duncan, Murad Mohammad, Lindsey William Harper
  • Patent number: 12168928
    Abstract: An optical system employs a method for measuring an acoustic signal in a wellbore. The optical system includes an optical interrogator and an optical fiber. The optical fiber has a plurality of nominal sites uniformly spaced apart along a longitudinal axis of the optical fiber. A plurality of gratings are formed in the optical fiber. Each of the plurality of gratings is associated with a nominal site and is separated from its associated nominal site by an offset distance. The offset distance is selected to reduce a destructive interference between reflections from the plurality of gratings. The optical interrogator transmits a light pulse into the optical fiber to measure the acoustic signal via a reflection of the light pulse from at least one of the plurality of gratings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLC
    Inventors: William Johnston, Paul Wysocki, Dan Provenzano
  • Patent number: 12168929
    Abstract: A method, system, and taggants (tracers) for quantifying zonal flow in a multi-lateral well having a wellbore with a first lateral and second lateral. The technique includes flowing first produced fluid from a formation via the first lateral into production tubing providing a first taggant through a first dosing tubing to the first lateral, and flowing second produced fluid from the formation via the second lateral into the production tubing and providing a second taggant through a second dosing tubing to the second lateral. A produced stream having the first produced fluid and the second produced fluid flows uphole through the production tubing and discharges from the wellbore. The produced stream may be analyzed to measure an amount of the first taggant in the produced stream and an amount of the second taggant in the produced stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Bora Yoon, Hooisweng Ow, Sehoon Chang, Wei Wang, Rena Shi
  • Patent number: 12168930
    Abstract: A short radius drilling tool and a trajectory-controllable lateral drilling tool and method, including a lateral drilling section with high passing ability and a power transmission section, wherein the lateral drilling section with high passing ability can drill the extension well section of a short to ultra-short radius well section that extends laterally from a main wellbore. The designed trajectory-controllable lateral drilling tool allows a wellbore to be subjected to directional drilling with a short to ultra-short radius from a tail end or any position of the original wellbore trajectory, and then implements lateral extension drilling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Inventor: Xiaoyue Wan
  • Patent number: 12168931
    Abstract: A mining method is provided without coal pillars with roof-cutting and roadway retaining. This includes, comprising: constructing a gas drainage roadway and eliminating outbursts in a working face transport gate area and track gate area on opposite sides of a first mining working face; constructing various components with an air return roadway. Another end is communicated with the gas drainage roadway by the first process roadway, one end of the working face track gate is communicated with the air return roadway, the other end is communicated with the gas drainage roadway. A ventilation system is formed. This makes full use of the existing gas drainage roadway to meet the roadway layout requirements using the 110 construction method, increasing the use function of the roadway and increasing the reuse rate of the roadway, reducing the roadway engineering quantity before production, shortening the construction period and reduce the cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: China University Of Mining and Technology, Beijing
    Inventors: Jiong Wang, Wenfei Li, Zimin Ma, Guangyuan Yu
  • Patent number: 12168932
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the technical field of mine ventilation, and in particular, to a three-dimensional ventilation method and system for mining by 110 construction method in coal and gas outburst mines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: China University Of Mining and Technology, Beijing
    Inventors: Jiong Wang, Wenfei Li, Zimin Ma, Guangyuan Yu, Manchao He, Gonghua Chen, Guoqiang Xiao
  • Patent number: 12168933
    Abstract: An engine housing includes a rotor housing and a side housing assembly. The rotor housing extends about an axis to form a rotor cavity of the engine housing. The side housing assembly includes a side housing body, a side plate, and an impingement cooling assembly. The side plate is disposed between the rotor housing and the side housing body. The side plate forms the rotor cavity. The impingement cooling assembly includes a first baffle plate. The first baffle plate is disposed between the side housing body and the side plate. The side housing body, the side plate, and the first baffle plate form a coolant passage. The coolant passage includes an inlet plenum and a plurality of impingement cooling holes. The first baffle plate forms the plurality of impingement cooling holes. Each impingement cooling hole of the plurality of impingement cooling holes is disposed at the inlet plenum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP.
    Inventors: Jeremie Barberger, Mathias Michaud, Michel Bousquet
  • Patent number: 12168934
    Abstract: Proposed is a turbine vane platform sealing assembly in which compressed air is prevented from leaking to a turbine vane to improve power generation efficiency. The turbine vane platform sealing assembly includes a first sealing member inserted into a first groove formed in a turbine vane platform in a first direction, the first sealing member extending in the first direction, a second sealing member inserted into a second groove formed in a second direction intersecting the first direction of the turbine vane platform, with an end part of the second sealing member being in contact with an upper surface of the first sealing member, and the third sealing member having a portion formed by extending in the first direction and a remaining portion formed by bending in the second direction at a bend line at which the first sealing member and the second sealing member contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: Doosan Enerbility Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hyuk Hee Lee
  • Patent number: 12168935
    Abstract: A method for mounting an annular abradable element in an annular groove of a member of a turbomachine. The annular abradable element extends along an axis and includes a cellular structure, the groove opening out at the radially inner periphery of the member. The method includes the steps of stressing the abradable element in such a way as to deform it in a plane perpendicular to the axis of the non-deformed annular abradable element, with the aid of a device; positioning the deformed abradable element axially opposite the annular groove, inside the member; freeing the abradable element in such a way that it inserts itself into the groove and recovers its annular shape there.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Quentin Alexandre Da Silva, Bastien Gilbert Assouly
  • Patent number: 12168936
    Abstract: An aircraft engine, has: an oil system, a component containing a baseline volume of oil during normal operation greater than a maximum volume of the oil for compliance with fire resistance requirements, the oil system having: an oil circuit, a de-priming port fluidly connected to a fluid source at a pressure sufficient to overcome a pressure drop through the component to drain the component to a volume of oil less than the maximum volume of the oil for compliance with the fire resistance requirements, and a valve connected to the de-priming port, the valve having a closed configuration preventing the fluid from entering the oil circuit and an open configuration permitting the fluid to enter the oil circuit via the de-priming port and through the valve, the valve movable from the closed configuration to the open configuration in response to the component being subjected to a fire event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP.
    Inventors: Kashif Mohammed, John Sgouromitis
  • Patent number: 12168937
    Abstract: A propulsor is described in which rotation of the frustum of a right circular cylinder generates thrust. Variants of this basic geometrical shape are also described that enable multiple means for propelling fluid past the propulsor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: 3SILK, INC.
    Inventors: Charles Anthony Pell, Hugh Charles Crenshaw, Ryan Moody
  • Patent number: 12168938
    Abstract: A turbine vane assembly for a gas turbine engine is disclosed herein. The turbine vane assembly includes a turbine vane including a leading edge, a pressure edge, a suction edge, and a trailing edge, a core defined by the turbine vane, an outer platform end wall connected to the turbine vane, the outer platform end wall defining an interior space, the interior space being in fluid communication with the core, and a plurality of cooling holes formed in the turbine vane, the plurality of cooling holes being in fluid communication with the core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: RTX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jeremy B. Fredette, Robin Michael Patrick Prenter, Dominic J. Mongillo, Jr., Christopher Parent, Vladimir Skidelsky, Domenico Valerio
  • Patent number: 12168939
    Abstract: A multi-piece radial turbine rotor includes a hub, turbine blades, and an intermediate ring that couples the turbine blades to the hub. Joints between the components of the rotor are adapted for inspection during manufacture to identify potential defects in the joints.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: Rolls-Royce North American Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Michael D. Wood, Matthew T. Kush, Timothy P. Fuesting, Douglas D. Dierksmeier
  • Patent number: 12168940
    Abstract: A turbomachine comprises a primary rotor part and a secondary rotor part mounted to the primary rotor part for joint rotation therewith. The primary part and secondary parts have a tight fit between a radially inner diameter surface of the secondary part and a radially outer diameter surface of the primary part. The primary part has a radial stop operable to limit centrifugal growth of the secondary part when a maximum operating speed of the primary rotor is exceeded. The radial stop includes a radially inner surface facing an associated radially outer surface of the secondary part. When an operating speed of the primary part is inferior to the maximum operating speed, the radial stop of the primary part and the associated radially outer surface of the secondary part are spaced by a radial gap sized to close when the maximum operating speed is exceeded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP.
    Inventor: Thierry Stocco
  • Patent number: 12168941
    Abstract: A turbine including a casing and a nozzle including an outer metallic shroud secured to the casing, an inner metallic shroud, and a plurality of nozzle segments made of CMC forming a crown extending between the outer shroud and the inner shroud, each segment including a strut, an inner platform, an outer platform and at least one airfoil having a hollow profile traversed by the strut, wherein for each airfoil, the outer platform includes an axial stop extending in outward radial protrusion from the outer platform, and the outer metallic shroud comprises a complementary axial stop extending in inward radial protrusion from the outer metallic shroud, the axial stop being upstream and axially bearing against the complementary axial stop, and machined with an angle of machining chosen to adjust the orientation of said at least one blade of the segment with respect to the axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Aurélien Gaillard, Clément Emile André Cazin, Sébastien Serge Francis Congratel, Clément Jarrossay, Pascal Cédric Tabarin
  • Patent number: 12168942
    Abstract: An annular intermediate casing for a turbomachine through which an aerodynamic airstream circulates, including a radially internal shroud, a radially external shroud, at least one stator blade including a vane with a leading edge, and at least one aero-dynamic member which is formed of a structural arm extending radially at least in part between the radially internal shroud and the radially external shroud. The aerodynamic member includes a leading edge which is aligned with the leading edge of the stator blade in one plane and which is borne by a profiled portion positioned upstream of the structural arm in the direction of circulation of the aerodynamic airstream, the profiled portion, the structural arm, the radially internal shroud and the radially external shroud being monobloc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Frederic Jacques Eugene Goupil, Francois Marie Paul Marlin, Kaelig Merwen Orieux, Philippe Verseux, Yacine Cheraga
  • Patent number: 12168943
    Abstract: An energy storage system converts variable renewable electricity (VRE) to continuous heat at over 1000° C. Intermittent electrical energy heats a solid medium. Heat from the solid medium is delivered continuously on demand. An array of bricks incorporating internal radiation cavities is directly heated by thermal radiation. The cavities facilitate rapid, uniform heating via reradiation. Heat delivery via flowing gas establishes a thermocline which maintains high outlet temperature throughout discharge. Gas flows through structured pathways within the array, delivering heat which may be used for processes including calcination, hydrogen electrolysis, steam generation, and thermal power generation and cogeneration. Groups of thermal storage arrays may be controlled and operated at high temperatures without thermal runaway via deep-discharge sequencing. Forecast-based control enables continuous, year-round heat supply using current and advance information of weather and VRE availability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2024
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: Rondo Energy, Inc.
    Inventors: John Setel O'Donnell, Peter Emery von Behrens, Matthieu Jonemann, Yusef Desjardins Ferhani
  • Patent number: 12168944
    Abstract: The present invention provides an absorption-desorption based Carnot battery designed to achieve a high-efficiency, large-density, and low-loss conversion battery system for power-heat-power purpose. Based on the rational operating strategies, the current Carnot battery system design demonstrates outstanding energy storage density and round-trip efficiency, while the self-discharging loss is minimal even after prolonged standby time. The battery system of the present invention also enables further designs with flexibility in adopting different operating modes for versatile functions to provide electricity, heating, and cooling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: City University of Hong Kong
    Inventors: Wei Wu, Yunren Sui, Haosheng Lin, Zhixiong Ding
  • Patent number: 12168945
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems and methods are disclosed including a breather remote from an engine housing. The breather can be configured to be in fluid communication with a blow-by gas of the engine, and an oil separating apparatus. The breather can be configured to separate oil from the blow-by gas with a first filter media. The oil separating apparatus can be configured to be in fluid communication with the blow-by gas and can be configured to further separate oil from the blow-by gas with a second filter media. The breather and the oil separating apparatus can be configured to be coupled directly together such that an outlet of the breather communicates directly with an inlet of the oil separating apparatus with no intermediate component therebetween facilitating communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Rodney Allen Lawrence, Joshua Amiel Lehe, Derek M. Heinis, Brandyn A Stack
  • Patent number: 12168946
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods for monitoring a catalyst health parameter are provided. A system includes one or more processing circuits having one or more memory devices coupled to one or more processors. The one or more memory devices store instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to: receive information indicative of at least one of a temperature of exhaust gas entering the aftertreatment system, a time at idle, or a mass flow of exhaust gas; determine a catalyst health management criteria based on the information; determine a catalyst health indicator based on the catalyst health management criteria being met; compare the determined catalyst health indicator to a predetermined health threshold criteria; and provide a notification based on the determined catalyst health indicator being less than the predetermined health threshold criteria.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: Cummins Inc.
    Inventors: Robert C. Borregard, Hasan Mohammed, Atin Tandon, Daniel J. Robinson, Matthew W. Isaacs, Benjamin Goldberger, Arturo Mendoza-Pinon, Douglas Carnecki, Frank Ruggiero, David L. Hirt
  • Patent number: 12168947
    Abstract: This relates to a method for diagnosing a sensor for a motor vehicle, and to the vehicle, the method including: a) a step of detecting errors in the measurements taken by the sensor; b) a first phase of commanding the cleaning of the sensor; and c) a step of cancelling the detection of measurement errors by the sensor if the difference between the first variation in the richness level determined on the basis of the parameter relating to the pumping current and the second variation determined on the basis of the variation in the voltage across the terminals of the sensor is: i) less than a predefined maximum tolerance threshold; and ii) greater than a predefined minimum tolerance threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: VITESCO TECHNOLOGIES GMBH
    Inventors: Hugo Missioux, Nicolas Oberti