IP Library Granted Patent US 12,462,954
Granted Patent B2
US 12,462,954 · App. 17/476,693 · Granted Nov 4, 2025

Systems and methods for balancing unbalanced power cables

Inventors: Mitchell Lee Crane (Tulsa, OK); Stark Kremeier (Tulsa, OK); Robert McCoy (Tulsa, OK)
Assignee: National Oilwell Varco, L.P.
H01B9/006E21B43/128F04D25/0686H01B7/046
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Patent No.
US 12,462,954
App. No.
17/476,693
Granted
Nov 4, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Systems and methods for authentication may include balancing an unbalanced power cable using a transformer that has one or more phases by selecting a voltage on a tap handle; disposing a first bushing on one or more phases at a different voltage than the selected voltage; and balancing the unbalanced power cable based on the disposition of the first bushing on the one or more phases at the different voltage.

Claims (24)

1 . A power cable, comprising:

three or more conductors, wherein at least one of the three or more conductors comprises an impedance value differing from impedance values of each of the remaining three or more conductors, wherein the cable is converted from an unbalanced mode to a balanced mode by disposing a bushing on one or more of three phases at a voltage for an electrical application.

2 . The power cable of claim 1 , wherein a length of the cable exceeds about 5,000 feet.

3 . The power cable of claim 1 , wherein a length of the cable exceeds about 10,000 feet.

4 . The power cable of claim 1 , further comprising one or more additional bushings disposed at each of second and third phases.

5 . The power cable of claim 1 , wherein the voltage exceeds a value than that selected by a tap handle.

6 . The power cable of claim 1 , wherein the cable is configured to transmit power to an electrical load.

7 . The power cable of claim 6 , wherein the electrical load comprises a permanent magnet, induction motor, a servomotor, or a switch reluctance motor.

8 . The power cable of claim 1 , wherein the three or more conductors are sequentially arranged on a horizontal axis.

9 . The power cable of claim 1 , wherein the cable comprises a width of about 1.5 inches and a thickness of about 0.5 inches.

10 . The power cable of claim 1 , wherein the cable is injected into a length of coiled tubing.

11 . The power cable of claim 1 , wherein the cable is round.

12 . The power cable of claim 1 , wherein the cable is flat.

13 . The power cable of claim 1 , wherein the electrical application is a downhole application.

14 . A system comprising:

an electrical submersible pump operably connected to a power supply by a power cable, wherein at least a portion of said power cable comprises:

three or more conductors, wherein at least one of the three or more conductors comprises an impedance value differing from impedance values of each of the remaining three or more conductors, wherein the cable is converted from an unbalanced mode to a balanced mode by disposing a bushing on one or more of three phases at a voltage for the electrical submersible pump.

15 . The system of claim 14 wherein the power supply comprises a transformer.

16 . The system of claim 14 further comprising a variable speed drive operably connected to the power supply and the electrical submersible pump.

17 . The system of claim 14 further comprising a step up transformer operably connected to the power supply and the electrical submersible pump.

18 . The system of claim 14 further comprising a voltage balancing device operably connected to the power supply and the electrical submersible pump.

19 . The system of claim 14 further comprising a phase balancing device operably connected to the power supply and the electrical submersible pump.

20 . The system of claim 14 wherein the power supply comprises a transformer and wherein the system further comprises an operably connected variable speed drive, an operably connected step up transformer, and an operably connected phase balancing device.

21 . The system of claim 14 wherein the power supply comprises a transformer and wherein the system further comprises an operably connected variable speed drive, an operably connected step up transformer, and an operably connected voltage balancing device.

Assignments (6)
MERGER Recorded May 5, 2025
From: EXTRACT COMPANIES, LLC; EXTRACT PRODUCTION SERVICES, LLC; EXTRACT SURFACE SYSTEMS, LLC
To: NATIONAL OILWELL VARCO, L.P.
Reel/Frame 071025/0946 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 5, 2024
From: EXTRACT MANAGEMENT COMPANY, LLC; EXTRACT PRODUCTION SERVICES LLC; EXTRACT SURFACE SYSTEMS LLC
To: EXTRACT COMPANIES LLC
Reel/Frame 066028/0513 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 19, 2023
From: KREMEIMER, STARK
To: EXTRACT MANAGEMENT COMPANY, LLC
Reel/Frame 065910/0804 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 19, 2023
From: CRANE, MITCHELL LEE
To: EXTRACT MANAGEMENT COMPANY, LLC
Reel/Frame 065910/0620 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 11, 2023
From: MCCOY, ROBERT
To: EXTRACT MANAGEMENT COMPANY, LLC
Reel/Frame 065182/0642 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 28, 2022
From: CRANE, MITCHELL LEE; KREMEIER, STARK
To: EXTRACT MANAGEMENT COMPANY, LLC
Reel/Frame 061893/0851 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation In Part 17096414 · Nov 12, 2020
Related Publication 20220148761A1 · May 12, 2022
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