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Jeffrey J. Miller
Jeffrey J. Miller, Spring, TX US
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| 20080227670 | Drilling Fluids Containing Biodegradable Organophilic Clay - Methods are provided including methods of treating a well bore with drilling fluids comprising organophilic clays treated with quaternary ammonium surfactants having at least two amide linkages. In some embodiments, the methods comprise: providing a drilling fluid comprising a nonaqueous phase and an organophilic clay treated with a quaternary ammonium surfactant having at least two amide linkages; and placing at least a portion of the drilling fluid into the well bore. In other embodiments, the methods comprise combining an organophilic clay with a quaternary ammonium surfactant having at least one amide linkage to form a mixture, and combining the mixture with a fluid comprising a nonaqueous phase to form a drilling fluid. Additional methods are also provided. | 09-18-2008 |
| 20090176666 | Drilling Fluids Containing Biodegradable Organophilic Clay - Drilling fluids are provided that comprise an organophilic clay treated with a quaternary ammonium surfactant having an amide linkage. The quaternary ammonium surfactant may comprise a compound generally represented by the following formula: | 07-09-2009 |
| 20110031024 | METHODS OF USING DRILLING FLUIDS CONTAINING BIODEGRADABLE ORGANOPHILIC CLAY - Methods of treating a wellbore comprise displacing a drilling fluid comprising an organophilic clay treated with a quaternary ammonium surfactant having an amide linkage into the wellbore. Methods of drilling a wellbore comprise: applying torque to a bit within the wellbore and concurrently applying force to urge the bit to extend through the wellbore; and circulating a drilling fluid past the bit to remove cuttings therefrom, the drilling fluid comprising an organophilic clay treated with a quaternary ammonium surfactant having an amide linkage. Methods of preparing a drilling fluid comprise: forming an organophilic clay treated with a quaternary ammonium surfactant having an amide linkage; and combining the organophilic clay with an oil-based fluid. | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110053808 | Suspension Characteristics in Invert Emulsions - Among the methods provided is a method of drilling a subterranean well with an invert emulsion fluid comprising: providing an invert emulsion fluid formed by combining components that comprise: an oil-based continuous phase; an aqueous discontinuous phase; and a polar hydrophobic additive that comprises a polar hydrophobe, wherein the polar hydrophobic additive may substantially increases the yield point, the low-shear yield point, or both of the invert emulsion fluid relative to a fluid without a polar hydrophobic additive while limiting the change in the plastic viscosity to no more than about 35% of the change in the property with the largest increase; and placing the invert emulsion fluid in a subterranean formation. | 03-03-2011 |
Jeffrey J. Miller, Northville, MI US
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| 20090167851 | Imager Assembly For Remote Inspection Device - An imager assembly for a remote inspection device includes an imager body. A circuit board retainer is slidably received through an end of the imager body. The circuit board retainer has deflectable legs separated by a slot. A circuit board assembly has an imager device connected to a first circuit board. A second circuit board is electrically connected to the first circuit board. The second circuit board is received in the slot of the circuit board retainer and frictionally engaged by the deflectable legs. A flexible tube has a first end connected to an end of the imager body using a first ferrule. A male connector is connected to a second end of the flexible tube using a second ferrule. A wiring harness is disposed through a bore of the flexible tube. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20090196459 | Image manipulation and processing techniques for remote inspection device - A remote inspection apparatus has an imager disposed in an imager head and capturing image data. An active display unit receives the image data in digital form and graphically renders the image data on an active display. Movement tracking sensors track movement of the imager head and/or image display unit. In some aspects, a computer processor located in the active display unit employs information from movement tracking sensors tracking movement of the imager head to generate and display a marker indicating a position of the imager head. In additional aspects, the computer processor employs information from movement tracking sensors tracking movement of the active display unit to control movement of the imager head. In other aspects, the computer processor employs information from movement tracking sensors tracking movement of the active display unit to modify the image data rendered on the active display. | 08-06-2009 |
| 20090198990 | Accessory support system for remote inspection device - A remote inspection apparatus has an active display unit receiving image data in digital form and graphically rendering the image data on an active display. A communication medium connects devices to the active display unit, such as an imager head capturing the image data. A computer readable medium records one or more instances of software for operating the one or more devices. A computer processor located in the active display unit that operates a boot loader program to detects and sequentially interrogate the devices by different protocols in order to determine appropriate software to load and operate the devices. | 08-06-2009 |
Jeffrey J. Miller, Orchard Park, NY US
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| 20090113091 | Digital Arts and Crafts Computer Peripheral Toy Device - A computer peripheral toy device is provided that connects to a personal computer and enables a child user to create drawings, animated figures, cards, posters, and other projects and items. The device includes a housing having a drawing tablet and a stylus that connects to the housing for use on the drawing tablet. There a plurality of buttons on the top surface of the housing that a user depresses when engaging in a drawing activity. Computer software is provided for installation on the personal computer in order to display data associated with a drawing activity. When executed by the computer, the computer software causes the computer to respond to the messages received from the controller to engage in a drawing activity using drawing style parameters based on which of the drawing style buttons, color palette buttons and design tool buttons are selected by a user. | 04-30-2009 |
Jeffrey J. Miller, Cary, NC US
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| 20080277312 | Reconfigurable Packaging Material and Packages - Packaging materials are disclosed which are reconfigurable into two different shipping configurations: one for bulk shipment of electronic products, and one for individual shipment of the same electronic products. | 11-13-2008 |