Apparatus, systems, and methods relying on non-flashable circuitry for improving security on public or private networks

    公开(公告)号:US12088735B1

    公开(公告)日:2024-09-10

    申请号:US18646607

    申请日:2024-04-25

    申请人: ZECURITY, LLC

    IPC分类号: H04L9/40 H04L9/32

    CPC分类号: H04L9/3247

    摘要: A hardware unit relies on non-flashable circuitry for improving security on a public or private network. The hardware unit can be added to a network without substantial modifications to the other devices already connected to the network. The hardware unit detects and blocks or drops data packets or frames that contain an instruction of a known file-sharing protocol other than a reading instruction that are not digitally signed by a recognized source. Thus, a cyber attack may be prevented instantaneously by what it attempts to do, typically the creation, insertion, deletion, update, renaming, or writing of files to compromise code or data.

    Telemetry system combining two telemetry methods

    公开(公告)号:US11542814B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-01-03

    申请号:US17104747

    申请日:2020-11-25

    摘要: A combined telemetry system that can be used while drilling a wellbore consists of a multi-hop telemetry method and a single-hop telemetry method combined in parallel. The multi-hop and single-hop methods can be operated in parallel, for example, so that each telemetry method caries data concurrently from the Measuring-While-Drilling tool located in the Bottom-Hole-Assembly. The multi-hop and single-hop methods can also be operated in series, for example, so that data from the Measuring-While-Drilling tool located in the Bottom-Hole-Assembly are first carried with the single-hop telemetry method and then transferred to the multi-hop telemetry method at one or more node(s) close to the surface. Preferably, the multi-hop telemetry method can also carry data from along-string sensors. Another combined telemetry system that can be used while drilling a wellbore consists of two single-hop telemetry methods combined in parallel.

    Overpressure protection apparatus

    公开(公告)号:US11480034B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-10-25

    申请号:US16957437

    申请日:2018-12-20

    摘要: An overpressure control apparatus is used to control jets of high-pressure fracking fluid or other stimulation fluid released from a treatment flowline in cases of overpressure. The apparatus includes a collection tank and one or more valves, which can all be mounted on or integrated to a skid. The sizes and weights of the collection tank and the skid may help to keep the apparatus on the ground during an overpressure event. The apparatus can be provided with an offline testing system that allows an operator to close off the communication between the apparatus and the treatment flowline, and instead, pump a clean fluid such as water at high-pressure to test the proper functioning of the valve.

    Expansion system usable with shoeless expandable tubular

    公开(公告)号:US11408246B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-08-09

    申请号:US16861538

    申请日:2020-04-29

    发明人: Eric Connor

    摘要: An expansion system is capable of expanding a tubular that has no shoe or plug. The tubular is expanded by a cone coupled to a mandrel, which is energized by a jack actuator to effect a plurality of strokes. The jack actuator is supported by a support member. The jack actuator releasably engages and locks to an operational pipe at predetermined length intervals corresponding to the length of each actuator stroke. The actuator jack is reset and moved to a new locking location between strokes. The operational pipe holds the expandable tubular in place during expansion. After expansion, the cone, mandrel, actuator jack, and operational pipe are free of the expandable tubular and can be pulled out of the wellbore. The expansion system can be used for applications of patches having a small size in wellbores where milling debris may be detrimental.

    Method and apparatus for expanding wellbore casing

    公开(公告)号:US11346189B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-05-31

    申请号:US16768853

    申请日:2018-11-15

    IPC分类号: E21B43/10

    摘要: A tool for expanding a liner in a wellbore includes a cone assembly that is moveable between a retracted position and an extended position. The tool also includes a jack assembly that is operable by fluid pressure to move the cone assembly from the retracted position to the extended position. The fluid pressure is also applied to expansion cup seals to generate axial load that urges the cone assembly to move through the expandable liner and radially expand of the expandable liner. A latch assembly axially fixes the liner while the cone assembly moves to the extended position. Once the cone assembly is fully moved to the extended position, the latch assembly releases the liner, allowing the cone assembly to move through the liner and radially expand the liner.

    Lashing system and method for use in cargo ships

    公开(公告)号:US11312454B1

    公开(公告)日:2022-04-26

    申请号:US17503703

    申请日:2021-10-18

    摘要: A lashing system is usable on cargo ships that are transporting shipping containers, optionally as a supplement to standard lashing bridges provided on cargo ships. The lashing system includes a support that can interface with the pre-existing interlocking system provided on the shipping containers. The support can be lifted and placed on a stack of shipping containers using the same cranes used for loading and unloading shipping containers. The lashing system includes lashings that are attached to the support and are releasably connectable to another shipping container or to a structure of the cargo ship. The tension in the lashings is preferably monitored during the trips of the cargo ships.

    Injection device and method
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    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11173256B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-11-16

    申请号:US17357043

    申请日:2021-06-24

    摘要: An injection device is used for “tattooing” markers inside the heart of a patient at specific locations. Placement within the heart of markers, such as points marked with a radiopaque dye, may reduce the use of x-ray dye and echocardiography, may allow a quicker cardiac procedure, and thus may improve the procedure outcome for the patient. Alternatively or additionally to cardiac marking with a radiopaque dye, cardiac tissue fibrosis, cardiac tissue contraction, and/or cardiac tissue stiffening (or hardening) can be promoted at specific locations by delivering a suitable substance.

    Hydraulic excavation and delivery device

    公开(公告)号:US11162240B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-11-02

    申请号:US16081281

    申请日:2017-03-03

    摘要: The present invention is a hydraulic excavation and delivery device capable of hydraulically removing soil overburden from a buried structure, like a pipeline, and delivering an article, such as an electro-mechanical connector for attachment to the buried structure. Hydraulic excavation is achieved by directing a stream of fluid at soil adjacent to and inside an open bottom region of the device to simultaneously dislodge adjacent soil, suspend dislodged soil in the accumulating fluid and form a pit that the device may fit within. Delivery of article is achieved by: (1) loading an article into the tool; (2) advancing the device toward the buried structure by deepening the pit without significant failure (slumping or sagging) of the pit walls until a portion of the buried structure is exposed and within the device; (3) landing the device on the exposed portion of the structure; (4) fixing the article to the exposed portion of the structure; and (5) releasing the article from the device.