51st week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 26 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150361669 | THERMOPLASTIC FLASHING LAMINATE - A flashing laminate includes a non-reinforced thermoplastic sheet having a bottom surface, a first longitudinal edge, and a second longitudinal edge. The flashing laminate also includes an adhesive layer on a longitudinally extending portion of the bottom surface adjacent to one of the longitudinal edges. In one or more embodiments, the laminate also includes a release liner positioned over the adhesive tape. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361670 | WOOD FLOOR NOSING AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME - A wood floor nosing comprising: a wood plank of length having a prefinished top surface, a bottom surface, a pair of opposing end faces each extending between the prefinished top surface and the bottom surface, a first side face, a second side face, and a plank bevel extending along the length between the first side face and the prefinished top surface, and a cap moulding having a first cap face mounted along the length to the first side face, a second cap face extending along the length and adjacent to the first cap face, and a cap bevel extending along said length between the first cap face and the second cap face; wherein the cap bevel and the plank bevel cooperate to form a groove between the wood plank and the cap moulding. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361671 | Interchangeable Bracket Flange System - The interchangeable bracket flange system is designed to connect any type of bracket to any type of material (wood, concrete, glass, steel, sheet rock etc.) using the wall, glass or steel adaptor flange. The design has a smooth look, no screw is exposed to the user. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361672 | Installable graffiti and tagging inhibiting panels - A baffle formed of square tubing having four faces, each face having a series of openings therein, The baffles are joined in off set rows and offset columns, with a space between each pair of baffles, vertically and horizontally, preferably in rows of six to form an anti-graffiti baffle assembly that has thirty six baffles therein. The individual baffles can be welded or otherwise attached to each other to form the baffle assembly, and which assembly is attached to either a substrate to be protected, or attached to a pair of spaced mounting posts which in turn are mounted to a substrate by four flat plates that are strategically attached to the baffle assembly to act as a mounting means. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361673 | MOLDED WALL UNIT - A bathroom wall unit includes a molded wall panel formed of a polymer and defining a recessed pocket. A flexible substrate supporting mosaic tiles is illustratively coupled to a rear wall of the recessed pocket. Surface treatment is illustratively provided within linear indentations in the wall panel to simulate grout lines. A connecting bracket illustratively includes first and second pairs of arms supporting seals and defining first and second recesses for receiving mounting flanges of a pair of the wall panels. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361674 | JOINING SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a joining system comprising a locking device ( | 2015-12-17 |
20150361675 | Synthetic Modular Flooring Apparatus - A modular tile is disclosed having a substantially rigid top surface supported above a ground surface by an understructure. The rigid top surface is defined by sidewalls forming an outer perimeter and four corners. Four modular tiles can be disposed adjacent one another at common adjoining corners. A bottom side of each of the four modular tiles has at least first and second cavities disposed about the corner of the tile. One of two bridge connectors is disposed about the common adjoining corners of the plurality of four modular tiles. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361676 | METHODS AND ARRANGEMENTS RELATING TO SURFACE FORMING OF BUILDING PANELS - Semi-floating floorboards/building panels having mechanical joint systems, a core with curved edge portions so the surface layer on top of the core will be located below the panel surface, and where the edges of the floorboard have a bevel such that in which the joint system, when two floorboards are joined and pressed towards each other, the surface layer | 2015-12-17 |
20150361677 | NARROW LINED MODULAR FLOORING ASSEMBLIES - This specification describes a tray substrate for tile flooring that can be used in narrow grout line modular floating tile assemblies. The tray is preferably made of plastic and has vertical tray edges around the top of the tray substrate with upward and downward tabs protruding from the sides of the tray substrate wherein some of the tabs are at least partially recessed under the surface of the tray. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361678 | LUXURY VINYL TILE FLOORING SYSTEM - A flooring system may comprise a top floor layer, a subfloor, and/or an underlayment material disposed between the sub-floor and the top floor layer. The top floor layer may include a plurality of luxury vinyl tiles, configured such that respective tile joints may be formed between adjacent luxury vinyl tiles. The underlayment material may comprise a cross-linked, polyolefin foam. The composition of the underlayment material may be such that the tile joints between the adjacent luxury vinyl tiles may bend by less than about 45 degrees over a twelve hour period when 3.1 pounds per square inch (psi) of pressure is applied. The underlayment material may have a compressive creep of less than fifty percent of an original thickness associated with the underlayment material at a load of 3.1 psi and/or a compressive strength of more than 15 psi. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361679 | Suspended Deck Systems, Kits, and Methods of Installing, Inspecting, and Repairing a Suspended Deck System - Suspended deck systems, kits, methods of installing a suspended deck system, and methods of inspecting and/or repairing a suspended deck system are described herein. An example embodiment of a suspended deck system comprises a plurality of bosses, a plurality of links, and a deck. Each boss of the plurality of bosses is attached to a tower section between the tower section first flange and the tower section second flange. Each link of the plurality of links has a link first end that is attached to a boss of the plurality of bosses and a link second end. The deck is attached to the link second end of each link of the plurality of links. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361680 | ANCHORING MECHANISMS FOR A BINISHELL - Described is an assembly for erecting a reinforced structure of a hardening building material using a pneumoform. The assembly includes an anchor bar having a first portion secured to a foundation and a second portion; a clamp bar configured to be aligned with the second portion of the anchor bar; a fixation element configured to extend through the clamp bar and the second portion of the anchor bar; and a pneumoform having an outer perimeter incorporating a keder. The outer perimeter of the pneumoform is positionable within a space between the second portion of the anchor bar and the clamp bar such that upon locking the clamp bar to the anchor bar with the fixation element the keder is captured by the clamp bar creating a first seal and forming a fluid-tight internal volume configured to be inflated. Related assemblies and methods are described. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361681 | COMBINATION OF CONCRETE SPREADER AND CRANE TOWER - The invention mentions to the complex of concrete spreader (A) and the crane tower (B), including: concrete pump ( | 2015-12-17 |
20150361682 | NOSEMOUNT SEATING SYSTEM - A bleacher seating system provides a seatback locking and release mechanism that allows for rapid simultaneous repositioning of the seat back portions in each row of seating to aid in setting up and collapsing sets of seating rows. The locking and release mechanism may be actuated to substantially simultaneously unlock all seat back portions in a row from a single location. The bleacher seating system may be readily set up or collapsed by a single operator, such as by manually or remotely unlocking and locking the seat back portions in rows so that the seat backs may be pivoted between raised and lowered positions. Optionally, deck nosemount clamps allow for increased walking space behind the seats and a particularly compact seating storage configuration. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361683 | RE-DEPLOYABLE MOBILE ABOVE GROUND SHELTER - A protective shelter including an enclosure having at least a floor, at least one sidewall coupled to the floor, a door, and a roof coupled to the at least one sidewall. The protective shelter further includes one or more members coupled to the enclosure that support the protective shelter on a substrate and a resilient grouser attached to at least one of the one or more members and in contact with the substrate. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361684 | SLEEVES FOR SIGN POSTS - A sleeve for a post that is generally rectangular in horizontal cross-section, may have two or three panels, may have perforation which allow portions of one or more panels to be removed, may incorporate retroreflective materials, may have holes, bushings, and/or adhesive layers to facilitate attaching the sleeve to a post, may have top-bottom and side-to-side connectors to facilitate connecting the top of one sleeve to the bottom of another or the edge of one sleeve to an edge of another, may be accompanied by spacers to allow the sleeve to be connected to posts of different size and geometry. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361685 | LATTICE TOWER - This invention relates to lattice tower for actuate under high load conditions, more particularly to lattice towers utilized for wind turbines and other applications comprising three metallic legs arranged in a triangular configuration around a vertical axis of the lattice tower, wherein each metallic leg has a closed cross-section profile, a distance between the center of metallic legs in a bottom portion of the tower is greater than 4 meters, an angle of inclination of a central longitudinal axis of each metallic leg in relation to the vertical axis of the tower is between −1.7 degree and +1.7 degrees, and the height of the lattice tower is greater than 60 meters, a plurality of bracing members and auxiliary bracing members and a support platform disposed at a top portion of the tower. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361686 | Base for Supporting an Upstanding Mast - A portable base is provided for supporting an upstanding mast and particularly a davit with a jib where the jib includes a load connecting point arranged such that on application of a load beyond a predetermined limit the spacing of the load connecting point from the mast is reduced to reduce a side load on the base. The base includes bottom and side panels connected edge to edge to form a container with a hollow interior filled by concrete where at least one side by side panels forming a top wall has a sleeve extends from the panel at least partly through the hollow interior to the base. The sleeve which is welded to reinforcing bars passing through the material receives and supports the mast and is held in place by forces contributed both by the set filling material and the panels. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361687 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF CONCRETE TOWERS AND RESULTING CONCRETE TOWER - The system comprises a limited number of equal groups of formwork pieces, each group comprising: —intermediate pieces ( | 2015-12-17 |
20150361688 | Fence Apparatus - A barrier material that includes a plurality of frame members adapted to form a frame, a plurality of support rods positioned in between the frame members, a barrier positioned within the frame, and a replacement barrier mat adapted to replace the barrier. The replacement barrier mat includes a plurality of intertwined material adapted to provide a wall and a plurality of tubes surrounded by the intertwined material. The tubes are adapted to receive the support rods inserted into the tubes. When the support rods are inserted into their respective tubes, the replacement barrier mat is positioned within the frame and forms a framed well. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361689 | KEYS AND CORRESPONDING KEY ASSEMBLIES - A key whose blade is made of interchangeable elements with different bitting, which are mounted by inserting them one into the other along a central shaft which is common to all the elements and is fixed inside the bow or handle of the key. At the free end of the key opposite the bow, the shaft is solid with an end element that bears a locksmith's key code that is specific to a particular production series of keys and corresponding cylinders. Between the bow and the blade, there is a blade base which is integral with the bow and does not have a bitting. In flat keys, particularly those said to be symmetrical, guide ribs will be provided advantageously on the blade base, on the different interchangeable elements and on the end elements of the shaft, to guide the blade into the keyway of the corresponding lock cylinder. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361690 | APPLIANCE LOCK WITH VOLTAGE ENCODED WIRING - A lock system for an appliance providing multiple detection switches for lid closure and lid locking encodes the switch states as different voltages on a single signal line to reduce wiring harness costs. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361691 | CABLE LOCKING SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a cable locking system which comprises a cable and a cable clamp having a first lever with a planar surface and having a second lever with a planar surface. The second lever is connected to the first lever in an articulated manner such that the two levers can be moved between a release position in which they are angled toward one another and a clamping position in which their planar surfaces contact one another and together define an opening for clamping the cable whose clear opening area decreases with an increasing approach to the clamping position. The first lever is interspersed in a locking region by a plurality of passage openings which are aligned with corresponding passage openings in the clamping position by which the second lever is interspersed in a locking region. The first lever furthermore has at least one angled section which rises from the planar surface such that it clampingly engages around a marginal section of the second lever in the clamping position and which is spaced apart from the joint at which the two levers are connected to one another by a smaller amount than each of the passage openings, but by a larger amount than the cable clamping opening defined by the two levers. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361692 | HOOP LOCK WITH DUAL LOCKING - A hoop lock including a shackle, a crossbar, and a locking assembly operable to secure the shackle to the crossbar. The shackle may include a straight foot and a bent foot, and the locking assembly may engage the straight foot and the bent foot to secure the shackle to the crossbar. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361693 | VEHICLE HOOD RETAINER - A number of variations may include a product including a retainer for holding a hood in a partially open position and for releasing the hood to permit full opening movement. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361694 | LATCH ASSEMBLY FOR LATCH OPERATION OF CLOSURE PANELS FOR VEHICLES - A latch assembly is provided and has a latch housing containing latch components and is integrally coupled to an electronic control assembly having control electronics for controlling the latch components and sensors and switches external to the latch housing. The control housing includes an exterior wall defining an interior cavity for mounting the control electronics. The control housing provides a mechanical connector with an external connector including a set of double sided connectors for coupling an electrical connector to the control electronics. The double sided connectors have a first portion projecting away from the exterior wall and outside of the interior cavity and associated with the mechanical connector for connecting with an electrical system of the vehicle and a second portion projecting away from the exterior wall and into the interior cavity to connect to the control electronics. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361695 | Door Latch - A door latch may include an engaging link engaged with a door striker and turned forward by the door striker, a locking link preventing the engaging link from turning backward by coming in contact with the engaging link, when the engaging link turns forward over a predetermined angle, and a lever disposed coaxially with the locking link and turning in conjunction with the locking link in a same direction, as a door handle is operated, wherein the locking link and the engaging link are separated from each other by the turning of the lever. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361696 | FLEXIBLE DISPLAY COMPUTING DEVICE - The description relates to devices, such as computing devices that have hinged portions. One example can include a first portion and a second portion and a flexible display secured to the first and second portions. This example can also include a hinge assembly rotatably securing the first and second portions. The hinge assembly can be fixedly secured to the second portion and movably secured to the first portion such that a length of the hinge assembly can change when the first portion and second portion are rotated relative to one another. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361697 | Door System - A door system includes a non-folded door leaf ( | 2015-12-17 |
20150361698 | DOOR HINGE - A door hinge having two hinge leaves joined together at a knuckle defining a hinge axis about which the leaves are relatively pivotal and top and bottom sheet-metal parts forming a housing surrounding one of the hinge leaves. Two rotatable adjustment spindles are each journaled in the housing, rotatable about respective axes extending in a first direction perpendicular to the hinge axis, and operatively threadedly connected to the one leaf so that rotation of the spindles moves the one leaf in a first direction perpendicular to the hinge axis. A base plate between the parts is formed with respective threaded hole receiving the spindles, the base plate being secured to the one leaf for movement of the one leaf in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction relative to the base plate. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361699 | Shell Having At Least Two Elements, Which Totally Encloses A Hinge For Furniture - The shell having at least two elements, totally encloses a hinge for furniture and has a female element ( | 2015-12-17 |
20150361700 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GARAGE DOOR COUNTERBALANCE - A tool for use in installation, adjustment and removal of an energy storage device for a counterbalance system. The tool includes a member rotatable to manipulate a spring carriage. One embodiment includes a threaded shaft, an engagement member which engages the slidable carriage, a locking nut disposed on the threaded shaft, and a bearing member disposed to the threaded shaft between the locking nut and the engagement member. A position of the slidable carriage between compressed and extended positions relative the track housing is adjustable by rotation of the threaded shaft. Another embodiment includes a frame, a cable spool rotatably attached to the frame, and having a gear attached in a co-axial arrangement to the cable spool, and a worm gear attached to the frame. The spool gear is rotatable by the worm gear to apply axial force to the slidable carriage by winding the counterbalance cable. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361701 | INVERTED CONSTANT FORCE WINDOW BALANCE FOR TILT SASH - A window balance may include a shoe body with an elongate portion and an enlarged portion. The elongate portion may include at least one carrier section for supporting a coil spring and an enlarged portion may include a locking element and a cam in communication with the locking element. The width of the enlarged portion may be greater than the width of the elongate portion. The spring may rest in the carrier section and may be secured to a window jamb with a fastener or a mounting element. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361702 | MODULAR WINDOW BALANCE ASSEMBLY - A set of components is provided that may be adapted for constructing a plurality of window balance assemblies. The set of components may include a spring module and a carrier module. The spring module may include a housing engaging a first portion of a spring member. The housing may have a first engagement feature disposed at a first end and a second engagement feature disposed at a second end opposite the first end. The carrier module may be configured to receive a portion of a window sash and may include a third engagement feature. The third engagement feature may be connectable with the first engagement feature. The third engagement feature may also be connectable with the second engagement feature. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361703 | WIND RESISTANT DOOR ASSEMBLY - An industrial door assembly includes a wind resistant door system having a frame and a door. The door is mounted to the frame for movement between an open position and a closed position. The door includes a front fabric panel, a rear fabric panel, a plurality of horizontally extending structural members, and a plurality of vertically extending members. The plurality of horizontally extending structural members are disposed between the front and rear fabric panels. The front and rear fabric panels are both secured to each of the horizontally extending structural members. The plurality of vertically extending members are disposed between the front and rear fabric panels. The plurality of horizontally extending structural members and the plurality of vertically extending members cooperate to subdivide the door into segments that are more resistant to wind. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361704 | Door Assembly - Improved door assemblies and related methods of use are provided. More particularly, the present disclosure provides advantageous systems/methods for the design and use of door assemblies configured to mount with respect to a mounting structure associated with a rack or the like. The present disclosure provides for mechanisms for mounting, opening, closing and releasing a door assembly relative to a mounting structure. The present disclosure provides for a rack-mounted door assembly having alternative pivoting axes. Exemplary door assemblies of the present disclosure are configured so as to be simultaneously hinged at the left and at the right, and to permit easy opening from either the right or left, as well as to allow for the complete removal of the door from its mounting structure. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361705 | ACTUATOR FOR A FURNITURE FLAP - The invention relates to an actuator for moving a flap of a furniture item, having a pivotally mounted actuating arm for moving the flap, a spring device for acting on the actuating arm having a pivoting moment in the opening direction, an adjustment device for adjusting the actuator, wherein the adjustment device comprises a gear mechanism having a pinion and a crown gear, the crown gear axis of which forms an angle, preferably a right angle, with the pinion axis, wherein the gear mechanism comprises a second pinion, which engages with the same crown gear as the first pinion. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361706 | Door Stop Assembly with Decorative Member - The invention relates to a doorstop having an interchangeable decorative member. The doorstop has an elongated rectangular post that is designed for securing behind an interior door of a building. The decorative member carries a fitting member on the back surface, which allows the decorative member to snap onto the post. Decorative indicia can be imprinted on the front surface of the decorative member. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361707 | Door Stop Device And Method - A door stop device is described, having a first magnet connected to a door and a second magnet connected to a floor. The first magnet can be mounted on a movable arm so as to allow the first magnet to move upwards and downwards. The arm can be bias in an upward position via a spring or a third magnet so as to be maintained in an upward position when the first and second magnets are not aligned, but moves downward when the first and second magnets are aligned. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361708 | A SLOW-CLOSING DOOR HINGE - A slow-closing door hinge, includes a first foldout and a second foldout having a shaft sleeve respectively. A fixed rod mounted in the sleeve of the first foldout, and a rotating rod mounted in the sleeve of the second foldout are connected by a connecting rod. The connecting rod and the fixed rod are movably connected, with a hollow groove at the joint. A restoring spring in contact with the fixed rod and fixed to the connecting rod in the hollow groove. The connecting rod is connected with the rotating rod in a coaxial, rotationally actuating manner. The forward and backward rotation of the fixed rod and the rotating rod cooperates with the restoring spring to drive the connecting rod in a reciprocal motion within the shaft sleeve. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361709 | MULTI-LINK HINGE WITH DAMPING - The invention relates to a multi-link hinge for furniture, with a fastening element which can be secured indirectly or directly to a furniture body and is connected to a pivotable door bearing via a plurality of link levers connected to one another in a scissors-like manner, wherein a linear damper which damps both a closing movement and an opening movement of the door bearing is provided. The multi-link hinge is distinguished in that the linear damper is ineffective in a central portion of the pivoting range of the door bearing. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361710 | POWER CLOSURE SYSTEM - The tailgate drive includes a motor assembly in operable communication with a pickup tailgate that is adjustable between a manual mode of operation and an automatic mode of operation, where the motor assembly permits free rotation of the tailgate between the open and closed positions during manual mode of operation and wherein the motor assembly drives the tailgate body between the open and closed position during the automatic mode of operation. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361711 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR POSITIONING A VEHICLE DOOR - A method and a system are provided for positioning a vehicle door being movable in an opening direction and a closing direction along a travel path between an open position and a closed position. The system includes a plurality of command units and an electric positioning device, the latter moving the vehicle door using a motor. According to the method, through the use of one or more of the command units, at least one opening command and at least one closing command are created and transmitted to the electric positioning device for causing the electric positioning device to move the vehicle door in the respective opening direction or closing direction. Through the use the electric positioning device, the commands are processed upon receipt by virtue of a given set of priority rules, in dependence on the direction of movement of the vehicle door specified by the respective command. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361712 | PAULOWNIA BASED FENESTRATION STRUCTURES - The fenestration structures include external frame segments facing the interior and exterior surfaces of a building wall, and an internal frame segment “sandwiched” between the external frame segments. The external frame segments are made from a relatively hard, dense and/or resilient material, such as hard wood, while the internal frame segment is made from paulownia which is a moisture-resistant, dimensionally stable thermal barrier material. The external frame segments therefore provide durable and attractive exterior and interior surfaces of the fenestration frame, while the internal paulownia segment provides superior resistance to thermal transfer across the frame, while also remaining dimensionally stable across a variety of moisture and temperature levels. Internal paulownia segments may be positioned around the entire periphery of the fenestration frame to create a comprehensive thermal barrier. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361713 | SPACER FRAME AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME - A spacer frame assembly and method of assembly includes a substantially linear channel having first and second ends. The substantially linear channel that when assembled includes at least four sides and corresponding corners between each of the sides. The spacer frame assembly also has a connecting structure located at one of the first and second ends and an opposite frame end located at the other of the one of first and second ends. The opposite frame end has an inner channel for receiving a nose portion of the connecting structure. The spacer frame assembly also includes a stop extending from the connecting structure for locating the opposite frame end when in the assembled position. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361714 | DRY CONTAINMENT CURTAIN DEVICE - A confinement mechanism that includes a dry curtain of dimensions greater than the dimensions of a discharge surface to be re-confined, formed by an opening in a building, such as, for example, a door, the curtain deploying in response to a high-pressure wave emitted by an explosion. Advantageously, the curtain is arranged in an envelope and is released from the envelope and deployed in response to the high-pressure wave emitted by the explosion. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361715 | Roller Shutter for Opening and Closing a Doorway - The invention relates to a roller shutter ( | 2015-12-17 |
20150361716 | CORDLESS CURTAIN ASEMBLY - A cordless curtain assembly includes a head box, a control unit, a fixed part, a movable part, a spring, an operation cord and a bottom bar. The curtain body is connected between the head box and the bottom bar. The fixed part is fixed to the head box and the movable part is located between the fixed part and the spring which is connected between the movable part and a fixed member of the head box. The user pulls or pushes the bottom bar move the movable part and the spring so as to operate the operation cord to control the position of the curtain body. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361717 | BLIND ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF ATTACHING A SHADE MATERIAL TO A WINDING CORE OF A BLIND - Blind assembly comprising a shade material, a winding core and/or a bottom rail, and compensation means. The shade material is attached to the winding core and/or the bottom rail by attaching the compensation means to the shade material in a first condition in which the compensation means extend along a first line with a first shape. The compensation means can be attached to the winding core and/or the bottom rail in a second condition in which the first line has a second shape, different from the first shape. As a result, the shade material is loaded with compensation forces that can counteract any sagging forces exerted on the shade material by the sagging winding core and/or bottom rail. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361718 | RETRACTABLE FLEXIBLE-PANEL DOOR - A retractable, flexible-panel door is mountable to a door frame attached to a building and includes a first side rail, a second side rail, a top rail mountable to and between the first and second side rails, a bottom rail mountable to and between the first and second side rails, a handle coupled to and between the top and bottom rails, a flexible panel extending between the handle and one of the first and second side rails, and at least one biasing member carried by at least one of the first side rail, the second side rail, the top rail and the bottom rail to apply a force to draw the handle toward the one of the first and second side rails, wherein the top and bottom rails are each expandable in length to accommodate mounting of the retractable, flexible panel door to door frames of different widths. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361719 | Shading Control Network Using a Control Network - A control system ( | 2015-12-17 |
20150361720 | PIVOTING STAIRS - A swiveling staircase is provided for access to a device disposed above the ground at a distance that a person of an ordinary height is not able to reach. The staircase includes an immobile upright stanchion and a staircase assembly pivotally coupled to the stanchion. The staircase assembly includes a platform on the top of a plurality of stairs. The staircase assembly rotates between a first position where the staircase is docked out of way for storage and a second position where the staircase assembly is facing the front side of the device so that an operator standing on the platform may be able to reach the device. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361721 | Aerial-Ladder Truck with Bed Extensions - This disclosure pertains to industrial trucks, and in particular to aerial-ladder trucks with bed extensions. An aerial-ladder truck consistent with the present disclosure includes a cab at a front thereof and a truck bed at a rear thereof. The back end portion of the truck bed includes bed extensions that are slidably coupled in a transverse direction to the back end portion of the truck bed. When the bed extensions are engaged, the width of the truck bed increases by a length that the bed extensions extend from the truck bed. The aerial-ladder truck further includes a ladder turret provided to the truck bed to pass there through. The aerial-ladder truck further includes an extensible post fixedly passing through the ladder turret, an extensible ladder connected to a top portion of the extensible post, and a carrier provided at the top thereof. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361722 | Elevated free stand platform - A portable free standing elevated observation platform incorporates a dual A-frame extension ladder with an upper elevated platform, the elevated platform serving as a framework for a wheeled axle and having a pivotal floor for below platform access, the dual A-frame extension ladder providing an extending rear frame support, a front frame support and a plurality of guy wires and anchors providing the platform with an elevated view of an area without the attachment or support of a tree. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361723 | TUBULAR DRIVE SYSTEM - Present embodiments are directed to tubular drive system including a gripping device configured to couple with a length of tubular, a rotational system configured to drive rotation of the gripping device, and a load support feature coupled to the gripping device and the rotational system, wherein the load support feature is configured to support the gripping device and the rotational system. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361724 | ICE DRILL - An ice drill. The ice drill includes a power head. The power head is configured to allow the user to control operation of the ice drill. The ice drill also includes an engine. The engine includes a propane carburetor. The propane carburetor includes a plunger valve. The plunger valve includes a body, a set of flutes on the body, and a tip. The ice drill further includes a cutting blade. The cutting blade configured to be moved by the engine to create a hole in ice. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361725 | Directional Drilling Control Devices And Methods - The instant invention provides apparatus and methods for directional drilling. One embodiment of the invention provides a drill control system including an uphole control device and a downhole control device. The uphole control device is configured to: transmit a reference trajectory to the downhole control device and receive information about an actual trajectory from the downhole control device. The downhole control device is configured to: receive the reference trajectory from the uphole control device, measure the actual trajectory, correct deviations between the reference trajectory and the actual trajectory, and transmit information about the actual trajectory to the uphole control device. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361726 | EXTENDABLE DRILLING TOOL - Disclosed is an extendable drilling tool, the extendable tool moving in a drilling direction and including a body with a longitudinal axis and at least one arm that is mobile relative to the body in a direction of movement that forms a first angle with the longitudinal axis that is non-zero, less than 45°, and open upstream according to the direction of drilling. The extendable tool includes a piston that is mobile in a direction parallel to the longitudinal axis, the piston being located downstream according to the direction of drilling relative to the arm, the piston including at least one bearing surface that works with at least one arm and that forms with the longitudinal axis a second angle that is non-zero, less than 90°, and open downstream according to the direction of drilling. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361727 | POLYCRYSTALLINE DIAMOND COMPACT, AND RELATED METHODS AND APPLICATIONS - Embodiments of the invention relate to polycrystalline diamond compacts (“PDCs”) including a polycrystalline diamond (“PCD”) table in which cobalt is alloyed with phosphorous to improve the thermal stability of the PCD table. In an embodiment, a PDC includes a substrate and a PCD table including an upper surface spaced from an interfacial surface that is bonded to the substrate. The PCD table includes a plurality of diamond grains defining a plurality of interstitial regions. The PCD table further includes an alloy comprising at least one Group VIII metal and phosphorous. The alloy is disposed in at least a portion of the plurality of interstitial regions. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361728 | Cold Forming and Heat Treatment Process for Tubulars - A method for forming an elongated tubular member for use with hydrocarbon production includes forming a blank member of a steel material having an outer diameter equal to a first outer diameter. The blank member is mounted on a rotating mandrel. A tubular member is formed by engaging a rotary disk with an outer surface of the blank member and moving the rotary disk in a first axial direction, lengthening the blank member in a second axial direction and reducing the outer diameter of the blank member until the outer diameter of a central portion of the blank member is equal to a second outer diameter and the outer diameter of end portions of the blank member is equal to a third outer diameter. The tubular member is heat treated to reduce a residual stress. A mechanical connection is formed in each of the end portions. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361729 | DRILL STRING ELEMENT WITH A FLUID ACTIVATION AREA - A tubular element ( | 2015-12-17 |
20150361730 | COMPRESSION SET DOWNHOLE CLUTCH - Compression set downhole clutch ( | 2015-12-17 |
20150361731 | ROLLER DEVICE - A roller device for incorporation into a wireline tool string for use in an oil or gas well has a body with rollers comprising captive bearings arranged on the outer surface of the body to rotate around more than one axis relative to the body, and wherein the rollers are arranged in at least one or more helix around the body. Each helix completes at least one full circumferential turn around the body. The rollers circumferentially overlap one another on the body, so that when the body engages the inner wall of the wellbore, the entire circumference of the body is supported by at least one roller. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361732 | INDEXABLE TUBING STABILIZER AND PROTECTOR - An indexable tubing stabilizer and protector to support a plurality of elongated structures around a portion of production tubing comprising an elongated body, where the elongated body includes a pair of lateral portions and a central portion; a clamp within each lateral portion, where the clamp is C-shaped and envelops the production tubing; a central clamp within the central portion, where the central clamp receives the production tubing; and an opening running along the elongated body, within the pair of lateral portions and the central portion, where the opening receives the plurality of elongated structures to protect them from wear against the production tubing. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361733 | WEAR BAND FOR DOWNHOLE TOOLS - Herein disclosed is a downhole tool comprising a 360-degree wear band placed circumferentially around a portion of the largest outer diameter (OD) of the tool. In some embodiments, the wear band comprises fiber, resin, and a hard mineral. In some embodiments, the hard mineral comprises alumina oxide, carbide, poly crystalline diamond, or combinations thereof. In some embodiments, the wear band has a thickness of from about 0.001 inch to about 0.5 inch or wherein the wear band has a width of from about 0.01 inch to about 1.0 inch or wherein the wear band is flush with the largest OD of the tool. In some embodiments, the portion of the largest outer diameter of the tool is a part of a mule shoe, or a gage ring, or a bottom sub. Methods of making such a wear band is also disclosed. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361734 | System for Conveying Fluid from an Offshore Well - The riser system of the present invention includes an external production riser for floating structures with interfaces to the dry and subsea wellheads, internal tieback riser with a special lower overshot/slipping connector for elevated temperatures. The seals can be metallic and/or non-metallic dynamic seals. Special centralizing pipe connectors and a special subsea wellhead tubing hanger are also included. This riser system avoids the penalty of pipe within pipe differential thermal growth and the resulting unwanted effects on the floating structure. This is accomplished by allowing an overshot sealing slipping connector to swallow an expanding polished rod as thermal conditions cause pipe elongation axially. When elevated temperatures fall to ambient the opposite occurs as the pipe shrinks axially. Alternatively, a system is possible where a two pipe drilling riser is needed. The internal pipe in this case would be an inner riser rather than a tubing string. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361735 | HOISTING SYSTEMS WITH HEAVE COMPENSATION - Various hoisting systems with heave compensation are provided. In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a hoisting system having a crown block and a drawworks. The drawworks includes a rotatable drum for reeling in and reeling out a hoisting line that is wound on the rotatable drum and reeved over the crown block. The hoisting system includes active heave control at the drawworks and a passive heave compensation system. Additional systems, devices, and methods are also disclosed. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361736 | HEAVE COMPENSATION WINCHES - Various hoisting systems with heave compensation are provided. In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a winch having a rotatable drum and a heave compensation system with both active and passive drive input devices. The heave compensation system can be coupled to the rotatable drum so that the active and passive drive input devices can each be used to drive rotation of the rotatable drum in response to heaving motion of the winch. Additional systems, devices, and methods are also disclosed. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361737 | ELEVATOR ASSEMBLY WITH REVERSIBLE INSERT - An elevator assembly such as, for example, a single joint elevator apparatus having a removable load supporting insert member for gripping the outer surface of a pipe section. The load supporting insert member has at least two different shoulder profiles; the load supporting insert member can be quickly and easily removed, inverted and re-installed to accommodate and facilitate gripping of pipe sections having different outer configurations (including, without limitation, outer configurations associated with threaded connection members). | 2015-12-17 |
20150361738 | LARGE DIAMETER TUBULAR LIFTING APPARATUSES AND METHODS - A lifting elevator includes a first elevator segment having a first plurality of slips, a second elevator segment having a second plurality of slips, and a hinge about which both the first elevator segment and the second elevator segment are rotatable with respect to each other. The first elevator segment and the second elevator segment each have a swept angle of about 180°, and each of the first plurality of slips and the second plurality of slips includes a die configured to grip an external surface of a pipe. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361739 | GRIPPER ASSEMBLY FOR A COILED TUBING INJECTOR - A gripper assembly for a coiled tubing injector is provided. The assembly comprises a gripper block coupled to a carrier at a working position using complementary mating structures. The assembly further comprises a releasable locking structure which secures the gripper block to the carrier at the working position and prevents displacement of the gripper block from the carrier during operation. In a locking position of the locking structure, at least one component of the locking structure extends between the carrier and the gripper block to contact a receiving component in the carrier or the gripper block for preventing decoupling of the gripper block from the working position. A release tool for actuating the locking structure to a released position for disengaging the gripper block from the carrier is also provided. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361740 | METHOD OF FILLING A CORING TOOL INNER BARREL WITH A CORING FLUID - A method for obtaining a core sample from a wellbore using a coring tool is disclosed. The method includes providing an outer barrel in the wellbore. The wellbore and outer barrel are at least partially filled with a drilling fluid. The method further includes lowering an inner barrel partially into the drilling fluid and displacing the drilling fluid in the inner barrel with a coring fluid. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361741 | High Pressure Downhole Pump Assembly - A downhole bore hole reciprocating pump apparatus and assembly which provides both a high pressure drilling fluid and a low pressure drilling fluid to the preceding drill bit or preceding downhole equipment or only a high pressure drilling fluid to the preceding drill bit or preceding downhole equipment for an expedient and more efficient removal of the material or rock formation being drilled while providing sufficient fluid volume to remove cuttings from the bore hole and cooling and lubricating of the downhole equipment. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361742 | KICK DETECTION SYSTEMS AND METHODS - An apparatus for detecting potential kicks in a well is provided. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a drill string positioned in a well, a mud circulation system coupled to supply drilling mud to the drill string, and a mud analyzer. The mud analyzer includes a sensor that is positioned along a drilling mud return path closer to a wellhead assembly installed at the well than to a mud tank of the mud circulation system, and the mud analyzer enables identification of a potential formation kick based on data acquired by the sensor. Additional systems, devices, and methods are also disclosed. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361743 | ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD FOR FEEDING FLUSHING FLUID - The present disclosure relates to a flushing system and a method of controlling the feeding of flushing fluid. The flushing system includes a pump unit for feeding pressurized flushing fluid to a feed duct connected to a rock drilling machine. The flow rate of the flushing fluid to be fed is controlled by controlling the pumping of the flushing fluid. The flow rate is determined by one or more sensing devices. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361744 | Downhole Pressure Compensator - The techniques herein relate to a pressure compensation system. The system includes a downhole tool and one or more pressure compensators positionable in the downhole tool. Each pressure compensator includes a first compensating fluid section having a first compensating fluid, at least one second compensating fluid section having a second compensating fluid, and a convoluted membrane between the first and second fluids in the first and second compensating fluid sections, respectively. The first or second compensating fluid sections, or both, may include a porous disk positioned at a hole in the fluid section. The pressure compensator may also include a switch configured to indicate a fluid condition in the pressure compensator and a relief valve configured to release fluid from the pressure compensator. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361745 | Positive Displacement Pump - A positive displacement fluid pump with increased service life is described. The positive displacement pump includes a plunger, a suction bore and a discharge bore. The plunger, the suction bore and the discharge bore form a pumping chamber. The diameter of the suction bore is greater than the diameter of the discharge bore. The difference in the diameters of the suction bore and the discharge bore allows for less fluid to be discharged through the discharge valve than what is being put into the bore through the suction valve and helps in increasing the service life of the pump. A method of operation of such a positive displacement pump is also provided. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361746 | TWO PHASE MUD FLOW USAGE WITH DUAL-STRING DRILLING SYSTEM - Systems and methods for controlling fluid contact with a borehole wall during drilling operations include introducing an outer pipe into a borehole and positioning an inner pipe within the outer pipe, wherein the inner pipe may be axially disposed within the outer pipe. The annular isolator may be disposed within an annulus between the outer pipe and the borehole wall. The method may include placing a control fluid in the annulus between the outer pipe and the borehole wall. The method may further include circulating a drilling fluid to a drill bit using the inner pipe and the annulus between the inner pipe and the outer pipe. The drilling fluid may be separated from the control fluid by an annular isolator. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361747 | MULTISTAGE WELL SYSTEM AND TECHNIQUE - A technique that is usable with a well includes using untethered objects to operate a first plurality of tool of the string and using a string-conveyed tool to operate a second plurality of tools of the string. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361748 | HIGH PRESSURE GAS STORAGE - A storage wellhead allowing on-line system maintenance and testing is provided. Including at least two fluidically parallel gas passages adapted to allow testing or maintenance of one gas passage, while the other gas passage remains in service. The gas may be hydrogen. Also including at least two fluidically parallel liquid passages adapted to allow testing or maintenance of one liquid passage, while the other liquid passage remains in service. The liquid may be brine. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361749 | HIGH PRESSURE GAS STORAGE - A storage wellhead allowing on-line system maintenance and testing is provided. Including at least two fluidically parallel gas passages adapted to allow testing or maintenance of one gas passage, while the other gas passage remains in service. The gas may be hydrogen. Also including at least two fluidically parallel liquid passages adapted to allow testing or maintenance of one liquid passage, while the other liquid passage remains in service. The liquid may be brine. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361750 | HIGH POWER LASER IRIS CUTTERS - There are provided using deuterium oxide as a media for transmitting high power lasers to perform laser operations, such as cutting, boring and drilling, a target material. High power laser beams are transmitted through a deuterium oxide beam path to a target material, including material in a pressure containment vessel. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361751 | Jarring Tool - A jarring tool that includes a first portion and a second portion. An impact point is located between the first portion and the second portion. The jarring tool has an internal energy source that generates an internal force to move one of the portions or an inner mass to cause a jarring force. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361752 | DOWNHOLE FISHING TOOL - A fishing tool is provided to enable retrieval of a fish from a mineral extraction system. The downhole fishing tool includes a frustoconical member for guiding broken fish such as a broken pipe into a channel created by a sliding car and an edge of a body of the downhole fishing tool. The channel enlarges by sliding the sliding car along the body of the downhole fishing tool. The downhole fishing tool body and sliding car are aligned such that the sliding car slides diagonally across the body of the downhole fishing tool thus creating a larger channel at a first point along the diagonal than at a second point along the diagonal. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361753 | Wellhead System with Gasket Seal - An offshore well system for a subsea well. The system includes a floating platform, an external riser and an internal riser nested within the external riser. A external riser tension device tensions the external riser. The drilling system also includes a surface wellhead system that includes a wellhead, a collet, and a flange assembly. The wellhead, collet, and flange assembly are assembled to establish a common bore for receiving the top of the internal riser. A gasket located between the top of the internal riser and an inner shoulder of the flange assembly seals between the wellhead system and the top of the internal riser. The surface wellhead system also retains the internal riser in tension with the wellhead, the internal riser extending above the wellhead into the collet. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361754 | SHAPE MEMORY ALLOY POWERED HYDRAULIC ACCUMULATOR - A system, in certain embodiments, includes an accumulator. The accumulator includes a first cylinder configured to receive a fluid within an internal volume of the first cylinder. The accumulator also includes a piston configured to move axially within the first cylinder. Axial movement of the piston within the first cylinder adjusts the internal volume of the first cylinder. The accumulator further includes a plurality of shape memory alloy wires configured to cause the axial movement of the piston within the first cylinder. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361755 | MULTI-CAVITY BLOWOUT PREVENTER - An improved multi-cavity blowout preventer is disclosed. The improved multi-cavity blowout preventer includes a first cavity and a first actuator assembly coupled to the first cavity. A second cavity is disposed adjacent to the first cavity and a second actuator assembly is coupled to the second cavity. The second cavity is disposed at an angular offset from the first cavity. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361756 | BOTTOM SET DOWNHOLE PLUG - A plug for isolating a wellbore. The plug can include a body having a first end and a second end, wherein the body is formed from one or more composite materials and adapted to receive a setting tool through the first end thereof, at least one malleable element disposed about the body, at least one slip disposed about the body, at least one conical member disposed about the body, and one or more shearable threads disposed on an inner surface of the body, adjacent the second end thereof, wherein the one or more shearable threads are adapted to receive at least a portion of a setting tool that enters the body through the first end thereof, and wherein the one or more shearable threads are adapted to engage the setting tool when disposed through the body and adapted to release the setting tool when exposed to a predetermined axial force. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361757 | BOREHOLE SHUT-IN SYSTEM WITH PRESSURE INTERROGATION FOR NON-PENETRATED BOREHOLE BARRIERS - A borehole shut-in system with pressure interrogation for non-penetrated borehole barriers includes a first non-penetrated borehole barrier; a second non-penetrated borehole barrier in spaced relationship with the first non-penetrated borehole barrier. One or more sensors disposed downhole of one or more of the first and second borehole barriers; and a conductor disposed between the first and second borehole barriers and laminated into mandrels of the first and second barriers. The conductor in operable communication with the one or more sensors, the conductor configured to interrogate each of the one or more sensors and communicate data therefrom to a connector. A method of shutting in a borehole. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361758 | Disintegrating Packer Slip/Seal - An annularly shaped structure serves as a support and seal when pushed out on a ramp. A continuous seal in a groove is used on one or two sides to enhance sealing. A separate annular structure for sealing can be disposed adjacent to the shape having alternating longitudinal slots so that each structure is targeted to a different purpose. The structures disintegrate when made of a disintegrating material such as for example a controlled electrolytic material (CEM) so that removal of the barrier can occur after a treating operation such as fracturing where many such barriers are deployed. The slots have enlarged holes at their ends to reduce stress concentration that can lead to cracking. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361759 | A METHOD OF PLUGGING A WELL - A method of plugging a well extending into a hydrocarbon bearing formation fascilitates temporary or permanent abandonment of the well. The method includes detonating one or more explosive charges within a tubular or tubulars extending through the well in order to remove, fragment and or cut one or more sections of the tubulars around the entire circumference of the well to expose the surrounding formation or cement. The well is then filled in the region of the exposed surrounding formation or cement with a sealing material so as to form one or more plugs within the well to seal the well. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361760 | Materials with nanomaterials for well operations - Wellbore materials with nanomaterial therein, e.g., cements, polymers, composites, shape memory material, swellable material, and epoxies, and systems and methods using such materials, which, in certain aspects, are methods for cementing casing in a wellbore with such cement; the material being heatable material in some aspects, and being one or a combination of electrically resistively heatable material, microwave heatable material, and/or material heatable by the application thereto of a magnetic field. This abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract which will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure and is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims, 37 C.F.R. 1.72(b). | 2015-12-17 |
20150361761 | CABLE-CONVEYED ACTIVATION OBJECT - A technique that is usable with a well includes deploying a cable-conveyed object in a passageway of a string in the well; using the object to sense a property of an environment of the string and communicating an indication of the sensed property to an Earth surface of the well; remotely controlling an operation of the object to change a state of a first downhole valve assembly based at least in part on the communication; and using the object to control a state of the other downhole valve assembly(ies) during deployment of the object in the well. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361762 | CONFIGURABLE AND EXPANDABLE FLUID METERING SYSTEM - A configurable metering cartridge includes a body having a tortuous pathway between an inlet and an outlet, and the tortuous pathway includes a plurality of restrictors. At least one valve is in fluid communication with the tortuous pathway and is selectively positionable to allow or prevent fluid flow through one or more of the plurality of restrictors. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361763 | DUAL BARRIER INJECTION VALVE - A wireline retrievable injection valve for an oil or gas well has an internal valve that is initially moved to open a flapper safety valve and also opens to allow fluid flow through the valve. The internal valve includes a sleeve that opens the flapper safety valve and shields the flapper safety valve from fluid. In this manner the flapper valve is protected from being caused to “flutter” or “chatter” due to pressure variations in the fluid flow, which may damage the seat. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361764 | Multi-Circulation Valve Apparatus and Method - A valve apparatus for in a wellbore. The apparatus may include: a housing fluidly connected to a work string, with the housing having an internal portion having a guide pin; a mandrel concentrically disposed within the internal portion of the housing, the mandrel having a piston attached at a first end of the mandrel and a mandrel cap attached at a second end of the mandrel, and wherein the mandrel contains a circulation port and a jet positioned within the piston, the jet operatively configured to receive the fluid and create a pressure drop during fluid flow through the jet; a guide bushing disposed about the mandrel, the guide bushing having a predetermined guide path contained on the guide bushing and wherein the predetermined guide path is operatively associated with the guide pin; and, a spring operatively disposed within the mandrel. A method for setting a down hole tool in a wellbore is also disclosed. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361765 | Misalignment in Coupling Shunt Tubes of Well Screen Assemblies - A system for coupling a shunt tube of a first screen assembly to a shunt tube of a second screen assembly includes an elongate jumper tube and a misalignment joint. The misalignment joint has a first end coupled to the jumper tube. The first end is moveable relative to a second end of the misalignment joint. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361766 | DRILLING TURBINE POWER GENERATION - An example drilling turbine includes a turbine power section having a turbine shaft and a plurality of turbine stages axially arranged along the turbine shaft. A turbine bearing section is coupled to the turbine power section and has a drive shaft operatively coupled to the turbine shaft such that rotation of the turbine shaft rotates the drive shaft. The turbine bearing section includes a lower mandrel that houses a portion of the drive shaft rotatable with respect to the lower mandrel, one or more magnets disposed on an inner surface of the lower mandrel, a generator coil coupled to the drive shaft and aligned with the magnets, and one or more sensors coupled to the drive shaft and in electrical communication with the generator coil. The turbine shaft rotates the drive shaft, which rotates the generator coil with respect to the magnets, and thereby generates electrical power for the sensors. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361767 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF PLANNING LATERAL WELLBORES WITHIN IRREGULAR BOUNDARIES - Planning lateral wellbores within irregular boundaries. At least some of the illustrative embodiments are methods including: logically dividing an irregular polygon into a plurality of contiguous sub-areas, the irregular polygon representing an outer boundary of mineral rights; planning a first plurality of layouts of lateral wellbores residing in a first sub-area, each layout along a distinct azimuthal direction; selecting a layout of the first plurality of layouts based on a selection criteria, the selecting creates a first selected layout; planning a second plurality of layouts of lateral wellbores residing in a second sub-area, each layout of the second plurality of layouts along a distinct azimuthal direction; selecting a layout of the second plurality of layouts based on a selection criteria, the selecting creates a second selected layout; creating an overall layout for the irregular polygon by combining the first and second selected layouts; and displaying the overall layout on a display device. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361768 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RECOVERING OCEAN FLOOR HYDROTHERMAL MINERAL RESOURCES - The invention is a recovery method for recovering mineral resources from a hydrothermal fluid reservoir present beneath the ocean floor, the recovery method including the steps of: (A) providing a hydrothermal fluid well by drilling a hole reaching a hydrothermal fluid reservoir from an ocean floor surface via a guide base on the ocean floor surface, and then installing a casing in the drilled hole via the guide base; (B) precipitating minerals on the mineral-culturing device by installing a mineral-culturing device on the base guide so as to cover a well head of the hydrothermal fluid well, and bringing hot water ejecting from the well head into contact with sea water on the mineral-culturing device; and (C) recovering minerals precipitated on the mineral-culturing device together with the mineral-culturing device. | 2015-12-17 |