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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8116920 | System, method, and program product for synthesizing non-thermodynamically constrained heat exchanger networks Systems, methods, and program product to synthesize a grass-roots heat exchanger network for non-thermodynamically constrained problems for a plurality of hot process streams to be cooled and a plurality of cold process streams to be heated according to a plurality ... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8095548 | Methods, program product, and system of data management having container approximation indexing Systems, program product, and methods of data management are provided. The system can include a computer having memory, a dataset including a relatively large number of records, and container approximation indexing program product stored in the memory of the compute... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8095320 | Method, program product, and system for suppression of residual water bottom energy in surface seismic data Systems, program product, and methods of suppressing residual water bottom energy in seismic data, are provided. An example of a system, program product, and method can be applied to post-stack datasets and can combine multi-channel deconvolution with novel sorting ... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8091633 | Tool for locating and plugging lateral wellbores A tool used for treating and/or maintaining a wellbore that includes acoustic transducers for locating a lateral wellbore that intersects a primary wellbore. The tool includes a sensor to sense water and/or gas, and if the water and/or gas enters the primary wellbor... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8078328 | System, program product, and related methods for performing automated real-time reservoir pressure estimation enabling optimized injection and production strategies Systems, program product, and methods for providing real-time reservoir management of one or more reservoirs across one or more fields are provided. A system can include multiple monitoring wells and at least one injection well in communication with a central facili... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8074737 | Wireless perforating gun initiation A perforating system and method for wellbore perforating. The system comprises a perforating string having a perforating gun with shaped charges, a communication module for receiving detonation signals, and a controller associated with each perforating gun. The modu... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8074712 | Stop collar friction clamping device A stop collar assembly used for axially securing and/or to resist axial sliding of a downhole tool device. The assembly provided on a housing of the downhole tool and includes a generally annular ring having an inner circumference beveled outward proximate to the ri... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8074511 | Use of flexible member for borehole diameter measurement The downhole tool disclosed herein comprises a body, a flexible member attached to the body, and a transducer housed in the body. The flexible member compresses against one side of the wellbore and urges the body against the other side. The transducer emits a signal... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8032262 | System, method, and program product for synthesizing non-constrained and constrained heat exchanger networks Systems, methods, and program product to synthesize a grass-roots heat exchanger network for a plurality of hot process streams to be cooled and a plurality of cold process streams to be heated according to a plurality of utilities targets, are provided. An exemplar... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8030946 | In-pipe coating integrity monitor for very long pipes Systems, methods and program products of instructions stored on a computer readable medium related to a tether free piggable inspection tool capable of detecting holidays and able to read and store non-conductive internal coating thickness values in very long conduc... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8020623 | Control module for subsea equipment A subsea control module for providing control of subsea equipment is provided. The design allows for replacement and retrieval of a subsea control module with a single remotely operated vehicle (“ROV”) deployment from a vessel. The subsea control module can prov... | 09/20/2011 |
| 7574847 | Method of forming a seal kit A seal kit for vehicle air conditioning systems and associated methods are provided. The seal kit includes a container and a set of a plurality of retrofit seals positioned in the container and adapted to retrofit a set of a plurality of existing seals of any one pr... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7400264 | Automated meter reading system, communication and control network for automated meter reading, meter data collector, and associated methods An automated meter reading system, communication and control for automated meter reading, a meter data collector, and associated methods are provided. The system includes at least one utility meter, at least one meter sensor interfaced with the utility meter, a mete... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7266187 | Caller ID system with retransmitted caller ID information Upon detecting an incoming call, a call screening system determines the CALLER ID information associated with the call and compares it to a database of allowable calling parties. If the calling party is to be allowed to ring through, the call screening system routes... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7231331 | Method and system to detect stress corrosion cracking in pipeline systems A method for predicting the location of stress corrosion cracking in a steel gas pipeline in which in-line stress corrosion cracking smart tool data, external low level metal loss data and soil characterization data are compiled to predict the location of stress cor... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7228604 | System, apparatus, and method of reducing production loss having compressor A yarn texturizing system, apparatus, and methods of reducing production loss or increasing production speed in a continuous textured yarn production process are provided. The system includes a yarn texturizer to texturize yarn, a chute positioned to receive and gui... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7227359 | Method and apparatus for phase-sensitive magnetic resonance imaging Systems and methods are described for phase-sensitive magnetic resonance imaging using an efficient and robust phase correction algorithm. A method includes obtaining a plurality of MRI data signals, such as two-point Dixon data, one-point Dixon data, or inversion r... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7213790 | Method and apparatus for supporting an insulated pipe A method and apparatus for supporting a portion of a length of insulated pipe by a girder or other support structure, includes at least two pipe clamps, a base member, and a load transfer member attached to each of the at least two pipe clamps, wherein substantially... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7149052 | Screw attachment from exterior of disk drive enclosure for motors with mount bracket screw bolt pattern diameter larger than the motor hub outside diameter A hard disk drive has a motor mounting bracket with mounting screws that attach from outside the drive and external to the seal with a screw bolt pattern diameter that is larger than an outer diameter of the motor hub. This configuration greatly reduces contaminatio... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7147427 | Utilization of spillover steam from a high pressure steam turbine as sealing steam A steam-driven turbine system for a power plant in which a high pressure and a low pressure turbine are coupled to a common shaft to drive an external generator. Process steam supply is used as gland sealing steam for the low pressure turbine and turbine driven stea... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7137188 | Method of constructing an integrated lead suspension An integrated lead suspension includes a solder ball that is placed between a lead wiring pad provided on a flexure of the suspension, and a bonding pad provided on a slider of a head gimbal section. The lead wiring pad and bonding pad are soldered by melting the so... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7137189 | Method of constructing an integrated lead suspension An integrated lead suspension includes a solder ball that is placed between a lead wiring pad provided on a flexure of the suspension, and a bonding pad provided on a slider of a head gimbal section. The lead wiring pad and bonding pad are soldered by melting the so... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7015490 | Method and apparatus for optimization of collimator angles in intensity modulated radiation therapy treatment A method and apparatus to determine an optimum collimator angle of a multi-leaf collimator having an opening and multiple leaf pairs for closing portions of the opening to form a radiation beam arrangement having multiple radiation beam segments. The method and appa... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6973979 | Drilling rig apparatus and downhole tool assembly system and method A drilling rig is provided which is adapted to selectively drill using coiled tubing and jointed-pipe. The rig includes a base, a mast, a top drive slidably mounted to said mast for performing jointed-pipe operations, and a tubing injector for performing coiled tubi... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6966382 | Secondary release for wellhead connector In a subsea wellhead assembly, a connector attaches a production riser or subsea tree to a wellhead housing. The connector includes a piston that cams a plurality of dogs into and out of engagement with the wellhead housing while sliding axially upward and downward ... | 11/22/2005 |
