Celebrity Inventors
Lawrence Welk, the bandleader who entertained millions of Americans over a generation of broadcasting his TV show, once received a patent: for a music-themed design of an ashtray.
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 |
| 8188881 | System and method for controlling multiple well tools Systems and methods for downhole completions. A downhole running tool can have a body having a bore formed therethrough. A latch member can be disposed on a first portion of the body. A reset member can be disposed on a second portion of the body. A conduit can be f... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8044819 | Coal boundary detection using an electric-field borehole telemetry apparatus A method to detect the relative position of a drill bit with respect to a coal seam boundary using an electric-field borehole telemetry apparatus, that includes the steps: providing a measure-while-drilling apparatus that includes inclination sensors, directional se... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8022838 | Logging system, method of logging an earth formation and method of producing a hydrocarbon fluid A logging system for use in a wellbore formed in an earth formation. A tubular conduit is provided extending from surface into the wellbore, as well as a surface communication and control device located at the surface. A telemetry device located inside the wellbore ... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8009059 | Downhole power generation and communications apparatus and method Apparatuses and methods to power and communicate with downhole sensors are presented. Preferred embodiments of the present invention includes energizing a downhole sensor with a surface pressure wave generator and a downhole mechanical to electrical energy converter... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7737863 | Common interface architecture for horizontal directional drilling machines and walk-over guidance systems A system and method of interfacing a drilling machine with one of a number of different walk-over guidance systems involves receiving an ID signal from a particular walk-over guidance system selected for use with the drilling machine. A protocol library associated w... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7642926 | Control system of an actuator for the actuation of submarine devices Electronic control system for a submarine actuator, said actuator comprising a container body, from which a drive shaft projects that is suitable for inserting in a seat of said submarine device. The system comprises an electronic control board for at least one elec... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7492279 | System for managing borehole information A method and a system for managing information relating to boreholes and further an identifier utilized by the method and the system. An identifier which includes machine-readable information is arranged in connection with a borehole under examination. The readable ... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7490428 | High performance communication system A system for communicating information in a borehole between tool assemblies in a tool string includes receiving an information signal and separating a first signal that may be a power and low speed signal. A second signal is separated and demodulated from the infor... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7477161 | Bidirectional telemetry apparatus and methods for wellbore operations A system and method for communicating data between a downhole tool and a surface controller is provided that comprises a rotating drill string extending in a borehole and having a downhole telemetry module disposed proximate a bottom end thereof and transmitting a f... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7420475 | Well site communication system A well site communication system for providing communication from downhole devices to surface systems and from surface system to downhole systems, and methods of using are presented. The communication system is particularly applicable for use with spooled conveyance... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7411864 | Method for processing signals in a cement bong logging tool A longitudinally segmented acoustic transducer for a cement bond logging (CBL) tool having a plurality of adjoining PZT ring-like segments driven synchronously in parallel by one or more pulses and caused to vibrate in an anti-resonant mode, substantially below the ... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7397388 | Borehold telemetry system A system that is usable with a subterranean well includes an assembly and a telemetry tool. The system includes an assembly that performs a downhole measurement. The system also includes a downhole telemetry tool to modulate a carrier stimulus that is communicated t... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7348892 | Pipe mounted telemetry receiver Methods and apparatus for receiving a telemetry signal with a receiver that is moveably disposed within a drillstring. In certain embodiments, the system comprises a surface module coupled to the upper end of a drillstring, an upper module detachably connected to th... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7331469 | Vibratory separator with automatically adjustable beach A vibratory separator having a basket for supporting screen apparatus for treating material, the basket pivotably mounted on a base, vibratory apparatus connected to the basket for vibrating the basket, the material forming a pool on the screen apparatus, and a beac... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7327634 | Rotary pulser for transmitting information to the surface from a drill string down hole in a well A rotary pulser for transmitting information to the surface from down hole in a well by generating pressure pulses encoded to contain information. The pressure pulses travel to the surface where they are decoded so as to decipher the information. The pulser includes... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7322410 | Controllable production well packer An apparatus and method for operating an electrically powered device in a packer using the piping structure of the well as an electrical conductor for providing power and/or communications. The electrically powered device may comprise an electrically controllable va... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7312720 | Multi-loop transmission system A transmission system between a voltage source and a wireline tool comprising a first loop to transmit a signal between the voltage source and the wireline tool. The first loop has a first transformer coupled to the voltage source. The system also comprises a second... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7303007 | Method and apparatus for transmitting sensor response data and power through a mud motor Apparatus and methods for establishing electrical communication between an instrument subsection disposed below a mud motor and an electronics sonde disposed above the mud motor in a drill string conveyed borehole logging system. Electrical communication is establis... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7298285 | Rotary downlink system A method for downlink communication with a downhole tool having a mud-powered downhole motor that includes receiving a sensor signal related to a rotational speed of a rotor in the mud-powered downhole motor, and interpreting the sensor signal to derive a downlink s... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7278540 | Adjustable basket vibratory separator A vibratory separator having a base, a basket movably mounted on the base and for supporting screen apparatus for treating material introduced into the vibratory separator, the basket on a base and pivotable with respect thereto, vibratory apparatus connected to the... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7274304 | System for loading executable code into volatile memory in a downhole tool A system for loading an executable code into volatile memory in a downhole tool string component comprises a surface control unit comprising executable code. An integrated downhole network comprises data transmission elements in communication with the surface contro... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7261162 | Subsea communications system A subsea communications module includes an interface to communicate with a surface facility over a communications link using a packet-based protocol. The communications link can be implemented with a fiber optic line, wire-based line, and/or other types of communica... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7259688 | Wireless reservoir production control A reservoir production control system includes a plurality of wells for producing a reservoir linked to a central computer over a downhole communication network and a surface communication network. Both the downhole and the surface communication networks are wireles... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7253745 | Corrosion-resistant downhole transmission system An apparatus in accordance with the invention may include a downhole tool and a data transmission path incorporated into the downhole tool. The data transmission path may include one or more contact surfaces providing electrical continuity to the data transmission p... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7250873 | Downlink pulser for mud pulse telemetry A mud pulse telemetry system comprises a surface located fluid supply line having a drilling fluid flowing therein. A non-venting pulser is disposed in the drilling fluid in the supply line, and the non-venting pulser is adapted to generate pressure fluctuations in ... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7251590 | Dynamic vibrational control A method for reducing vibration of a drilling tool assembly is disclosed. The method includes modeling the drilling tool assembly based on input parameters, simulating a vibration of a drill string coupled with a vibration of a drill bit, determining an initial tota... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7245229 | Drill string rotation encoding A method for communicating with a downhole device is provided. The method includes predefining an encoding language including codes understandable to the device, the codes represented in the language as predefined value combinations of drill string rotation variable... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7242317 | Wireless well communication system and method Well data and production control commands are transmitted from a remote central data store to wells at a remote location with a well hopping system and method, preferably through a radio frequency (RF) network. Request packets are sent through a field station to one... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7231969 | Wellbore top drive power systems and methods of use A top drive system having a drive motor, a gear system coupled to the drive motor, a drive quill coupled to the gear system, a top drive support system for supporting the drive motor, the gear system, and the drive quill, a lower support apparatus connected to the t... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7230541 | High speed communication for measurement while drilling A communication system for communication with a downhole tool comprising: a first communication transceiver in a first tool for measurement while drilling and a second communication transceiver in at least one of the first tool, a second tool for measurement while d... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7230542 | Streamlining data transfer to/from logging while drilling tools The invention provides a more efficient way to transfer data to or from a logging tool during a drilling process. A memory module is provided for rapid insertion and retrieval from a logging while drilling tool between drilling runs. The memory module records and st... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7228465 | Bit rate agile onboard telemetry formatter A bit rate Agile Onboard Telemetry formatting system addresses the increased demands on the efficiency of telemetry systems. The present invention thins and reorders data streams, adjusting bit rates of a PCM stream using a bit-locked loop to match the desired infor... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7224289 | Slickline data transmission system A slickline data transmission system for a high pressure oil-field well comprises inductive couplers at opposite ends of a slickline in order to establish real-time radio communication between down-the-hole logging toolstrings and supervisory control and data acquis... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7222681 | Programming method for controlling a downhole steering tool A method for communicating with a downhole tool located in a subterranean borehole is disclosed. Exemplary embodiments of the method include encoding data and/or commands in a sequence of varying drill string rotation rates and drilling fluid flow rates. The varying... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7219752 | System and method for damping vibration in a drill string A system for damping vibration in a drill string can include a valve assembly having a supply of a fluid, a first member, and a second member capable of moving in relation to first member in response to vibration of the drill bit. The first and second members define... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7219749 | Single solenoid guide system Measurement of the location and direction of a drill head in a borehole extending beneath an obstacle such as a body of water utilizes a single AC solenoid at a known location but having an unknown orientation. The measurements are used to direct the path of the bor... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7218244 | Common interface architecture for horizontal directional drilling machines and walk-over guidance systems A system and method of interfacing a drilling machine with one of a number of different walk-over guidance systems involves receiving an ID signal from a particular walk-over guidance system selected for use with the drilling machine. A protocol library associated w... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7212131 | Controlling an underground object In order to control the sonde of an underground object, such as an underground boring tool, a predetermined sequence of rotation steps is applied to the object and that sequence is detected. The detection of the appropriate sequence causes the sonde to change its fu... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7209516 | ADSL system with improved data rate An improved ADSL system with improved data rate is disclosed. In one embodiment, the upstream data bit rate is increased by extending the upstream transmission band. In another embodiment, the downstream data is also increased by extending the downstream transmissio... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7207396 | Method and apparatus of assessing down-hole drilling conditions A method and apparatus for use in assessing down-hole drilling conditions are disclosed. The apparatus includes a drill string, a plurality of sensors, a computing device, and a down-hole network. The sensors are distributed along the length of the drill string and ... | 04/24/2007 |
