13 patents
Utility
Projectile drilling system
8 Aug 23
Geologic material in a borehole is weakened by accelerating a projectile into contact with the material.
Mark C. Russell, Lance D. Underwood, Leon Vanstone, Parker Bailey, Desiree Elizabeth Bernhard, Tristen Cutshall, Kaito J. Durkee, Kordell Newberg, Aaron J. Abeyta
Filed: 23 Mar 22
Utility
Projectile Drilling Systems and Methods
13 Jul 23
Spherical projectiles may be used to form one or more holes in geologic or other material.
Mark Russell
Filed: 2 Sep 22
Utility
Ram accelerator augmented drilling system
11 Apr 23
Systems for drilling or tunneling include an assembly for accelerating a projectile into a region of geologic material.
Mark C. Russell, Lance D. Underwood, Tristen Cutshall
Filed: 16 Aug 21
Utility
Projectile Drilling System
6 Oct 22
Geologic material in a borehole is weakened by accelerating a projectile into contact with the material.
MARK C. RUSSELL, LANCE D. UNDERWOOD, LEON VANSTONE, PARKER BAILEY, DESIREE ELIZABETH BERNHARD, TRISTEN CUTSHALL, KAITO J. DURKEE, KORDELL NEWBERG, AARON J. ABEYTA
Filed: 23 Mar 22
Utility
Projectile drilling systems and methods
6 Sep 22
Spherical projectiles may be used to form one or more holes in geologic or other material.
Mark Russell
Filed: 8 Aug 18
Utility
Tunneling and Mining Method Using Pre-conditioned Hole Pattern
12 May 22
Systems for forming or extending a tunnel or shaft within geologic material may include a ram accelerator assembly for accelerating one or more projectiles into geologic material to weaken a region of the geologic material.
MARK C. RUSSELL, CHARLES T. RUSSELL
Filed: 30 Nov 21
Utility
Ram Accelerator Augmented Drilling System
24 Feb 22
Systems for drilling or tunneling include an assembly for accelerating a projectile into a region of geologic material.
MARK C. RUSSELL, LANCE D. UNDERWOOD, TRISTEN CUTSHALL
Filed: 16 Aug 21
Utility
Projectile Augmented Boring System
20 May 21
Systems for forming or extending a tunnel or shaft within a working surface may include a ram accelerator assembly for accelerating a projectile into geologic material to weaken a region of the geologic material.
MARK C. RUSSELL
Filed: 12 Nov 20
Utility
System for acoustic navigation of boreholes
9 Feb 21
Methods for generating boreholes used for generating geothermal energy or other purposes include forming the borehole by accelerating a projectile into contact with geologic material.
Hossam Elbadawy, Mark C. Russell, Charles T. Russell, Timothy John Elder, Minh Button
Filed: 15 Jan 18
Utility
Enhanced endcap ram accelerator system
2 Nov 20
One or more ram accelerator devices may be used to form one or more holes in geologic or other material.
Mark C. Russell
Filed: 25 Feb 19
Utility
Ram accelerator system with baffles
29 Jun 20
One or more ram accelerator devices may be used to form one or more holes in geologic or other material.
Mark C. Russell, Timothy John Elder, Jonathan M. Wolff
Filed: 20 Apr 16
Utility
Augmented drilling system
16 Mar 20
A drill string comprises a mechanical drill bit and a ram accelerator with a launch tube proximate to the mechanical drill bit.
Mark C. Russell, Timothy J. Elder, Hossam Elbadawy, Jeffrey B. Lasater, John Benjamin Hinkey
Filed: 6 Sep 17
Utility
Projectile drilling system
10 Feb 20
A hole in geologic material, such as a wellbore, may be extended by impacting the working face of the hole with high velocity projectiles.
Mark C. Russell
Filed: 31 Oct 16
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