Bizarre Patents
Pillow with retractable umbrella
A pillow assembly having a supporting assembly and a retractable umbrella assembly that is easily transportable and allows a user to support his/her head while covering their face from sunlight.
PatentStorm News
Make the Most of Our Site
See this month's Top Inventors and Most Cited Patents.
Stay on top of the latest innovations by subscribing to an RSS feed.
Registered users: Manage your profile.
| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8082781 | Apparatus for pressure testing a pressure foot An apparatus for the testing of downhole an injection assembly prior to installation of the injection assembly in the completion string is disclosed. The apparatus is comprised an injection tubing, an injection sub, an injection valve, an injection sub test block, a... | 12/27/2011 |
| 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 |
| 7987708 | Apparatus for the testing of downhole injection assemblies An apparatus for the testing of downhole a injection assembly prior to installation of the injection assembly in the completion string. The apparatus is comprised an injection tubing, an injection sub, an injection valve, an injection sub test block, a pressure foot... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7716979 | Method and apparatus for the testing of downhole injection assemblies A method and apparatus for the testing of downhole a injection assembly prior to installation of the injection assembly in the completion string comprising an injection tubing, an injection sub, an injection valve, an injection sub test block, a pressure foot, a pre... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7600420 | Apparatus and methods to perform downhole measurements associated with subterranean formation evaluation A system for testing an underground formation penetrated by a well includes a downhole tool that is configured to be coupled to a work string and that includes an outer surface, a connection for coupling a stabilizing sub to the downhole tool, and at least one porti... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7594434 | Downhole tool system and method for use of same A downhole tool system includes a downhole tool operably positionable within a wellbore and a sensor positioned within the downhole tool. The sensor has a first mode and a second mode. In the first mode, the sensor is responsive to RF interrogation. In the second mo... | 09/29/2009 |
| 7438135 | Method of suspending, completing and working over a well Methods are provided in which reliance is placed on a first and second barrier respectively positioned in a well 10 to provide well control during well suspension, completion and/or workover operations. Each of the barriers is below the depth of the lowermost... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7392697 | Apparatus for downhole fluids analysis utilizing micro electro mechanical system (MEMS) or other sensors The present invention provides packaging for MEMS devices and other sensors for downhole application. The MEMS devices and/or other sensors may aid in characterizing formation fluids in situ. The packaging facilitates high temperature, high pressure use, which is of... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7363717 | System and method for using rotation sensors within a borehole A system and method for using a survey tool within a borehole is provided. The survey tool includes a plurality of rotation sensors each having a sensing axis and a direction of least acceleration sensitivity. The sensing axes of the plurality of rotation sensors ar... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7363971 | Method and apparatus for maintaining a multi-chip module at a temperature above downhole temperature Methods and systems for operating integrated circuits at temperatures higher than expected ambient temperatures. The heating may be of entire circuit boards, portions of the circuit boards (such as the components within a multiple-chip module) and/or single devices.... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7353112 | Input system based on a three-dimensional inertial navigation system and trajectory estimation method thereof An input system based on a three-dimensional inertial navigation system and a trajectory estimation method thereof is disclosed. The input system based on the three-dimensional inertial navigation system according to the present invention has acceleration sensors fo... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7347267 | Method and apparatus for cooling flasked instrument assemblies Method and apparatus are provided to accelerate the cooling of thermally sensitive components in a chamber of a downhole instrument assembly. In accordance with the invention, a passage is formed in the chamber and a fluid is conveyed through the passage to cool the... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7325327 | Method and apparatus for measuring angular or linear displacement An apparatus and method are disclosed for measuring the angular or linear displacement of an object. That displacement is transmitted to a movable conductive member, which, in response thereto, is moved to a position at which it electrically contacts one of a plural... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7281577 | Downhole measurement system and method One aspect of the present invention is a system and method to measure a pressure or other measurement at a source (e.g. a hydraulic power supply) and in or near a downhole tool and compare the measurements to verify that, for example, the supply is reaching the tool... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7256706 | Hybrid well communication system A hybrid, hardwired and wireless well communication system having a fiber optical, electrical or other signal transmission conduit extending from the wellhead into the well and one or more wireless signal transducers that are located at a distance from the conduit a... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7243732 | Zonal isolation using elastic memory foam A method and apparatus for forming an elastic memory foam into an expansion element with an outer diameter larger than a borehole, heating the expansion element to its transition temperature and compressing it to a smaller run-in diameter, cooling the compressed exp... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7245791 | Compaction monitoring system Methods for determining a preferred application of a plurality of transducers or sensors to a structure are disclosed for monitoring and imaging deformation of the structure as it is subjected to various forces. ... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7240546 | Method and apparatus for downhole detection of CO2 and H2S using resonators coated with CO2 and H2S sorbents A formation fluid sample is exposed to a rigidly-supported semi-permeable membrane such as silicone rubber to permit diffusion of gases and vapors from the formation fluid into a vacuum chamber, while at the same time, blocking the passage of any liquids. The membra... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7231989 | Drilling control arrangement A method and a control system for controlling rock drilling. A control unit of a rock drilling apparatus is provided with one or more control modes, each determining the drilling variables to be measured, their threshold values and the operating principles according... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7220709 | Process of diverting stimulation fluids A process for stimulating a formation is disclosed wherein a diverting fluid is used to divert an acid treatment package from a high permeability or damaged portion of a formation to a low permeability or undamaged portion of a formation. The fluid preferably forms ... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7204308 | Borehole marking devices and methods To reduce the surveying error in a wellbore, the creation of several reference points within a borehole is carried out by physically placing borehole markers in the borehole casing, the borehole wall or in the formation itself, and providing an accurate reference of... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7114565 | Measurement-while-drilling assembly using real-time toolface oriented measurements This invention provides a measurement-while-drilling (MWD) downhole assembly for use in drilling boreholes which utilizes directional formation evaluation devices on a rotating assembly in conjunction with toolface orientation sensors. The data from the toolface ori... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7107154 | Wellbore evaluation system and method A wellbore evaluation system evaluates mechanical wear and corrosion to components of a well system including a production tubing string positionable in a well and a sucker rod string movable within the production tubing string. A deviation sensor determines a devia... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7100686 | Controlled-pressure drop liner The invention relates to a controlled-pressure drop liner device comprising a circumscribed filter element (9) centred on a base tube (1) by longitudinal braces in relation to the axis of the tube and arranged according to the diameter of the tube so a... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7082993 | Means and method for assessing the geometry of a subterranean fracture during or after a hydraulic fracturing treatment A method is given of fracturing a subterranean formation including the step of a) pumping at least one device actively transmitting data that provide information on the device position, and further comprising the step of assessing the fracture geometry based on the ... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7069780 | Gravity techniques for drilling and logging Techniques for using gravity in applications such as drilling and logging. Techniques are present for (1) gravity well logging using gravity sensors arrays; (2) creating density pseudosections using gravity measurements; (3) performing Gravity Measurement While Dril... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7055599 | Electromagnetic coal seam gas recovery system A system for recovering gas trapped within the earth includes a casing (24) sized and configured to be positioned within a borehole in the earth, the casing (24) formed of a material that is transmissive to electromagnetic energy and gas within the ear... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7051587 | Traction apparatus The present invention generally relates to a method and apparatus for performing an operation in a tubular. In one aspect, a method comprises positioning an apparatus in the tubular, the apparatus having a tractor portion and an auxiliary module. The method further ... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7047653 | Depth correction A method of determining the depth of equipment in an underground borehole, the equipment being suspended in the borehole by means of a cable extending from the surface into the well, comprises: (i) determining the amount of cable introduced into the well at the surf... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7049821 | Determination of borehole geometry inside cased wells with crosswell electromagnetics A method is disclosed for locating a receiver in a borehole having a conductive liner by inducing an electromagnetic field from a transmitter in a first borehole, detecting at a first location by at least one receiver located in a second borehole having a conductive... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7028409 | Method for computation of differential azimuth from spaced-apart gravity component measurements A method is provided for computing the differential azimuth between two sets of spaced-apart gravity component measurement devices in a borehole, employing multiple rotation angles. The method includes modeling relationships of axes as defined; forming equations rel... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7000700 | Measurement-while-drilling assembly using real-time toolface oriented measurements This invention provides a measurement-while-drilling (MWD) downhole assembly for use in drilling boreholes which utilizes directional formation evaluation devices on a rotating assembly in conjunction with toolface orientation sensors. The data from the toolface ori... | 02/21/2006 |
| 7000903 | Wireline subsea metering head and method of use A system and method to measure positioning with respect to deploying a subsea load, the system comprising a subsea metering head having a position sensor; a controllable winch operatively connected to the winch flexible cable; and a controller operatively in communi... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6976386 | Tensiometer methods A method for collecting data regarding a matric potential of a media includes providing a tensiometer having a stainless steel tensiometer casing, the stainless steel tensiometer casing comprising a tip portion which includes a wetted porous stainless steel membrane... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6971265 | Downhole sensing apparatus with separable elements A sensing apparatus is provided for use downhole, comprising a housing and sensing means with the housing containing a plurality of separable elements to which data acquired by the sensing means is transferred. The separable elements are releasable from the housing ... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6957580 | System and method for measurements of depth and velocity of instrumentation within a wellbore A survey tool for use in a wellbore includes a downhole portion having an axis. The downhole portion is adapted to move within the wellbore with the axis generally parallel to the wellbore. The survey tool further includes a first acceleration sensor mounted at a fi... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6950034 | Method and apparatus for performing diagnostics on a downhole communication system A method for performing diagnostics on a wired drill pipe telemetry system of a downhole drilling system is provided. The method includes passing a signal through a plurality of drill pipe in the wired drill pipe (WDP) telemetry system, receiving the signal from the... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6941804 | Determining the PVT properties of a hydrocarbon reservoir fluid A method of determining an in situ PVT property of a hydrocarbon reservoir fluid that is present in a hydrocarbon-bearing formation layer traversed by a borehole, which method involves the steps of: a) calculating along the hydroca... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6943697 | Reservoir management system and method An apparatus and a method for controlling oilfield production to improve efficiency includes a remote sensing unit that is placed within a subsurface formation, an antenna structure for transmitting power and communicating signals to the remote sensing unit and for ... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6928864 | Tool assembly and monitoring applications using same The present invention provides a tool assembly for use in field applications to monitor at least one condition in a well or other hole. The tool assembly may include a computing unit for directing operation of the tool assembly and may be sized to be operable in a h... | 08/16/2005 |
