Ryan C Ward

US Patent:

20120097386, Apr 26, 2012

Filed:

Oct 26, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/912295

Inventors:

Ryan Ward - Cypress TX, US
Ron Williams - Houston TX, US
Roddie Robert Smith - Cypress TX, US

Assignee:

WEATHERFORD/LAMB, INC. - Houston TX

International Classification:

E21B 33/12
E21B 34/00

US Classification:

166192, 1663341

Abstract:

A downhole flow device has a sliding and ported sleeves. A seal has a first component on the sliding sleeve and a second component on the ported sleeve. These components engage one another to seal flow through the ports in the ported sleeve. The components move apart to allow fluid flow through the ports. The components are protected from abrasion and flow by virtue of the seal's structure and how it is opened. The sliding sleeve moves hydraulically along an axis of the ported sleeve to reveal successive ports defined along the sleeve's axis. Operation of the device and the seal address both erosion and damage from differential pressure problems. Thus, the seal prevent damage when unloading a differential pressure across it, and abrasive flow does not have the opportunity to impinge on the sealing surfaces to cause erosion.

US Patent:

20220325586, Oct 13, 2022

Filed:

Apr 7, 2022

Appl. No.:

17/715563

Inventors:

- Houston TX, US
Ryan Ward - Tomball TX, US
Benjamin Vascal Knight - Katy TX, US
Joe Noel Wells - Lindale TX, US
Brian Auer - Houston TX, US
Timmothy Lee - Tomball TX, US
Steven Zakharia - Houston TX, US
Charles Levine - Houston TX, US

Assignee:

G&H Diversified Manufacturing LP - Houston TX

International Classification:

E21B 17/02
E21B 43/119

Abstract:

A system for connecting a perforating gun to at least one other component in a perforating tool string includes a perforating gun that includes a gun housing and a charge carrier received within the gun housing wherein the charge carrier includes a first electrical connector, a tool connected end-to-end with the perforating gun where the tool includes an outer sleeve and a second electrical connector, a solid signal puck arranged with the perforating gun and the tool where the puck forms a pressure resistant barrier between the gun and the tool and wherein the solid signal puck includes a first endface oriented and a second endface and an outer periphery between the endfaces, and wherein the largest outer diameter of the outer periphery is at least 40% of the length between the first endface and the second endface of the puck.

US Patent:

20230127665, Apr 27, 2023

Filed:

Dec 21, 2022

Appl. No.:

18/085825

Inventors:

- Houston TX, US
James Edward Kash - Houston TX, US
Ryan Ward - Tomball TX, US

Assignee:

G&H Diversified Manufacturing LP - Houston TX

International Classification:

E21B 43/117
E21B 43/1185
E21B 43/116

Abstract:

A perforating gun deployable in a wellbore as part of a tool string includes an outer sleeve including a generally tubular wall structure having a peripheral surface around the outside, opposite ends thereof and a central passage therethrough extending from one end to the other end and further including a connection at each end to connect to other tools in the tool string, and at least one pressure sealed perforating module slidably positioned within the central passage of the outer sleeve having a shaped charge sealed from the portion of the central passage of the outer sleeve external the pressure-sealed perforating module.

US Patent:

20210223007, Jul 22, 2021

Filed:

Jan 20, 2021

Appl. No.:

17/153701

Inventors:

- Houston TX, US
Benjamin Vascal Knight - Houston TX, US
Ryan Ward - Houston TX, US

Assignee:

G&H Diversified Manufacturing LP - Houston TX

International Classification:

F42B 3/103
F42B 3/198
E21B 43/1185

Abstract:

An initiator assembly for a perforating gun includes a detonator configured to detonate a shaped charge of the perforating gun when ballistically coupled to the shaped charge, wherein the detonator includes a detonator housing that receives an explosive material and a detonator electrical connector extending from the detonator housing, and a switch assembly configured to detonate the detonator after receiving a firing signal, wherein the switch assembly includes a switch housing and a switch electrical connector received in the switch housing, wherein one of the detonator electrical connector and the switch electrical connector is insertable into the other of the detonator electrical connector and the switch electrical connector to form an electrical connection between the detonator and the switch assembly.

US Patent:

20210062626, Mar 4, 2021

Filed:

Aug 25, 2020

Appl. No.:

17/002637

Inventors:

- Houston TX, US
Ryan Matthew WARD - Tomball TX, US
Christian ATILANO - Houston TX, US

Assignee:

Liquid Rod Lift, LLC - Houston TX

International Classification:

E21B 43/12
E21B 33/12
E21B 33/124

Abstract:

A method of producing fluid from a wellbore includes operating a pump located proximate to a zone of fluid influx in the wellbore to draw a fluid from a reservoir into the wellbore at the zone of fluid influx. A first section of a tubing string is coupled to, and extends above, the pump, and a second section of the tubing string is coupled to, and extends below, the pump. A packer seals a first annular space around the first section of the tubing string. The method further includes operating the pump to move the fluid from the second section of the tubing string and into the first section of the tubing string.

US Patent:

20200077756, Mar 12, 2020

Filed:

Nov 12, 2019

Appl. No.:

16/680500

Inventors:

Ryan Thomas Ward - Arlington VA, US

International Classification:

A45B 25/00
A45B 25/14

Abstract:

Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage devices for providing directions haptically such that sight and hearing can continue unimpeded. In one exemplary embodiment, a wearable device (such as earphones, ear rings, gloves, glasses, or other wearable objects) configured as disclosed herein receives directions to an intended destination for a user, the directions comprising a movement action and a distance to the movement action. The wearable device has multiple haptic output units and generates, through one of those units, a haptic output based on the directions. This allows the user to receive the directions through touch rather than looking at their mobile device or from audio.

US Patent:

20180092444, Apr 5, 2018

Filed:

Nov 23, 2017

Appl. No.:

15/821835

Inventors:

Ryan Thomas Ward - Arlington VA, US

International Classification:

A45B 25/00
A45B 25/14

Abstract:

Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage devices for providing directions haptically such that sight and hearing can continue unimpeded. In one exemplary embodiment, a wearable device (such as earphones, ear rings, gloves, glasses, or other wearable objects) configured as disclosed herein receives directions to an intended destination for a user, the directions comprising a movement action and a distance to the movement action. The wearable device has multiple haptic output units and generates, through one of those units, a haptic output based on the directions. This allows the user to receive the directions through touch rather than looking at their mobile device or from audio.

US Patent:

20170146358, May 25, 2017

Filed:

Nov 21, 2015

Appl. No.:

14/948286

Inventors:

Ryan Thomas Ward - Arlington VA, US

International Classification:

G01C 21/36
G06F 3/01

Abstract:

Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage devices for providing directions haptically such that sight and hearing can continue unimpeded. In one exemplary embodiment, a system configured as disclosed herein receives directions to an intended destination for a user, the directions comprising a movement action and a distance to the movement action. The system generates, via a processor, a left signal component and a right signal component based on the directions. The system transmits the left signal component to a left haptic output unit and transmits the right signal component to a right haptic output unit, such that the directions are communicated to the user via the left haptic output unit and the right haptic output unit.