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Glam girl Heddy Lamar may have used her good looks to good effect on the silver screen, but she put her smarts to better use as an inventor. During World War II, she co-patented a frequency-switching system for torpedo guidance that was considered years ahead of its time.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7867432 | Load bearing insulation and method of manufacture and use A building material which comprises cement, cellulose fibers and admixtures is used in the fabrication of bricks, panels or other building products. The manufacture of this building material is accomplished by adding water, paper, a water repellant composed of calci... | 01/11/2011 |
| RE41759 | Lockable swivel apparatus and method A lockable swivel (4) for use in drilling applications which allows the operator to selectively engage and disengage the swivel (4). The lockable swivel (4) is comprised of a locking mandrel (7) carried in a body (3) which engages,... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7753350 | T-slot block modules for milling machines and method of use The present invention is a T-Slot block assembly that provides a plurality of attachment points for attachment to a milling machine worktable and to other T-Slot blocks for accommodating a variety of differing clamping or work piece holding jobs. Furthermore said in... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7690435 | Wellhead hold-down apparatus and method An apparatus (100) and method for removably mounting a lubricator assembly (106) to a component of the wellhead stack. The component of the wellhead stack is an annular blowout preventer (BOP) (50). Tool and communication conduit lubrication and... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7665550 | Underreamer and method of use The present invention discloses a collapsible drilling assembly having field-replaceable cutter or stabilizer blades (214) and method of using and installing new stabilizer blades while at a job location. The drilling assembly is deployed upon a distal end of... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7625230 | Apparatus to assist in removing an electrical plug from a socket A strap (110, 210, 410) connected from one lateral side to the opposing lateral side of a non-conductive plate (120, 220, 420) disposed on the prongs (443, 444, 445) of an electrical plug 440 to permit easy removal of the electrical plug ... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7587377 | Method of scoring and automatically qualifying search results based on a pre-defined scoring matrix relating to a knowledge domain of third-parties invoking a rule construction tool to construct scoring rules to answers for questions within the knowledge domain A computer driven information management system selectively ranks and qualifies third-parties, such as vendors, by utilizing user-defined and selected questions and qualification criteria from various data sources to utilize the database information available in pub... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7530401 | Tool trap assembly and method An apparatus (100) and a method to prevent undesired objects (not shown) when communication conduit (not shown) is disposed therethrough. The apparatus (100) and method include a flapper assembly (150) to selectively open and close when objects ... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7464773 | Enhanced drill bit lubrication apparatus and method A lubricating nutating single cone drill bit 10 includes bit shank 12 with an axially skewed journal 18 rotatably retaining cutter body 22. Bearings (26, 28, 30, 32) enable rotation of the cutter body 22. Lubrication flows t... | 12/16/2008 |
| 7240745 | Drill bit lubrication apparatus and method A lubricating nutating single cone drill bit 10 is disclosed. Bit 10 includes a bit shank 12 with an axially skewed bore 18 rotatably retaining a cutter body 22. A plurality of cutter elements (46, 48) are affixed to the cut... | 07/10/2007 |
| RE39509 | Top entry sub arrangement A top entry sub (ES) includes a tubular member (TM) with a main body section (8) and an enlarged external diameter upper end portion (11). A single passage (15) extends through the main body section (8) and terminates in a pair of spaced ... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7165635 | Deflection swivel and method A deflectable in-line swivel that permits axial deflection of a tubular string is presented. The in-line swivel is preferably constructed as a ball and socket design whereby the ball of a swivel mandrel is permitted to articulate within a socket of a retainer sub. T... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7133205 | Atmospheric stabilizer filter and method A diffracting optical filter for use with telescopes provides a plurality of cells separated by opaque lines on an translucent substrate, the spacing of the cells proportionally spaced to match the Airy disk of a specific optical system for the telescope to aid obse... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7131497 | Articulated drillstring entry apparatus and method Apparatuses and methods to allow tools disposed upon a conduit to enter the bore of a drillstring is presented. The apparatuses and methods include the use of one or more articulated knuckle joints at ends of an entry sub. The articulated knuckle joints are capable ... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7100699 | High tensile loading top entry sub and method This invention relates to an elongated wireline entry device (10) which allows a wireline tool or coiled tubing with a tool attached to be inserted in a well bore without disconnection form the drill string appended thereto without introducing bending moments... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7090034 | Reamer having toroidal crusher body and method of use The present invention provides a reamer (100) having at least one journal body (110) and at least one toroidal cutter body (116). The toroidal cutter body (116) has a maximum diameter (MD), an outer perimeter (OP) and a plurality of cutti... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7082996 | Method and apparatus to complete a well having tubing inserted through a valve A method and apparatus for inserting a small diameter continuous hydraulic conduit or capillary tube down a well bore is presented. The methods and apparatus allow either the injection of chemicals to enhance production of oil and gas, or to provide a conduit for pr... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7017998 | Adaptable transport The present invention relates to a motorized transport for transportation and delivery of a load of material. A preferred embodiment of the present invention provides an adaptable transport comprised of a hopper having an upper support and a lower support. The suppo... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7000696 | Method and apparatus for determining the temperature of subterranean wells using fiber optic cable Methods and apparatuses to determine the temperature profile of a pressurized wellbore using a fiber optic cable and an anchor are disclosed. Furthermore, a pressurized wellhead spool that couples to a standard Christmas tree structure on a well head to facilitate t... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6907934 | Universal top-drive wireline entry system bracket and method A bracket and tension rod device is mounted to a top-drive dolly to carry the weight of a sheave wheel assembly. The device is deployed by connecting the sheave wheel assembly to a rigid dolly arm with an adjustable tension rod to relieve a gooseneck from adverse te... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6892828 | Nutating single cone drill bit A nutating single cone drill bit includes a bit shank defining a bit axis, a journal defining a rotation axis skewed from the bit axis, and a cutter elements mounted upon a cutter body wherein the tip of each cutter elements is forward a plane defined normal to the ... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6865035 | XY finder The present invention relates to a device for positioning a finder on the guide telescope and adjusting the finder without introducing bending stresses on the guidescope which cause distortion of the tube holding the optics of both the guidescope and the main telesc... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6793020 | Mechanical torque table and method The present invention includes an apparatus and method to insert a small diameter pipe into a borehole while holding a larger diameter pipe. The apparatus includes a table attached to a centralized base which, in turn, provides a telescopic stop tower. The stop towe... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6717727 | Universal camera mounting adapter and method The present invention relates to a mounting system for mounting a camera, or other similar devices, for afocal photographic viewing through a telescope eyepiece providing an attachment for the telescope which allows attachment of the telescope eyepiece and a yoke wh... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6640900 | Method and apparatus to monitor, control and log subsea oil and gas wells A method for logging, controlling, or monitoring a subsea well or group of wells through a path not within production tubing. Preferred embodiments of the present invention allow logging tools, wire rope, optic fibers, electrical cables, monitoring and me... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6527066 | Hole opener with multisized, replaceable arms and cutters A hole opener (10) having a tubular body (11) with threaded ends (12, 14) for connection in a drill string. The hole opener provides slots or grooves (21, 21') along its longitudinal axis (16) into which are inserted cutter arm support members (30, 30', 6... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6244345 | Lockable swivel apparatus and method A lockable swivel (4) for use in drilling applications which allows the operator to selectively engage and disengage the swivel (4). The lockable swivel (4) is comprised of a locking mandrel (7) carried in a body (3) which engages, upon actuation, splined... | 06/12/2001 |
