Darrell J Jones

US Patent:

41825845, Jan 8, 1980

Filed:

Jul 10, 1978

Appl. No.:

5/923118

Inventors:

Narayana N. Panicker - Grand Prairie TX
Fredric L. Hettinger - Ojai CA
Darrell L. Jones - Ventura CA

Assignee:

Mobil Oil Corporation - New York City NY

International Classification:

F16L 100
B63B 3500

US Classification:

405195

Abstract:

A free-standing, marine production riser and a method of installing same for use in deep-water areas to conduct fluids between the marine bottom and the surface. The riser system is comprised of a lower rigid section and an upper flexible section. The lower rigid section has a casing extending from a preset base on the marine bottom to a point just below the zone of turbulence which exists near the surface of the water. A variable-buoyant buoy having a curved upper surface and a central passage therethrough is mounted on the upper end of the casing to support the casing in a substantially vertical position when the casing is in position on the preset base. A remotely actuated connector assembly is provided on the lower end of the casing for connecting the casing to the preset base. A plurality of conduits are run through the passage in the buoy and through guide means in the casing and are remotely connected to mating conduits on the base. Each of a plurality of flexible flowlines is connected to a respective conduit at a point within the passage in the buoy.

US Patent:

20160243768, Aug 25, 2016

Filed:

May 6, 2016

Appl. No.:

15/148177

Inventors:

- Chicago IL, US
Donald Chester Darrow - Grand Prairie TX, US
Kenneth M. Dull - Puyallup WA, US
William S. Hollensteiner - Kent WA, US
Jennifer Sue Noel - Kent WA, US
Brian G. Robins - Renton WA, US
Darrell D. Jones - Mill Creek WA, US

International Classification:

B29C 70/30

Abstract:

An apparatus for manufacturing composite parts. An expandable tool with a transfer system may be moved on a surface of the expandable tool into an outer mold line tool with a composite material laid up on the outer mold line tool. The expandable tool may be expanded in the outer mold line tool to change the surface from a retracted state to an expanded state. The transfer system may be transferred from the expandable tool with the surface in the expanded state to the outer mold line tool.