Patents by Inventor Andrew John Parry

Andrew John Parry has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 6131470
    Abstract: The invention concerns a fluid meter including a body comprising a fluid intake opening and a fluid evacuation opening aligned along a first direction A, a measuring unit formed of a fluid oscillator including at least one obstacle disposed into an oscillation chamber and which is provided with one fluid inlet and one fluid outlet, characterized in that the inlet and outlet of the fluidic oscillator are aligned along a second direction C approximately perpendicular to the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2000
    Assignee: Schlumberger Industries, S.A.
    Inventors: Jean-Luc Guizot, Luc Hernoux, Andrew John Parry
  • Patent number: 5983943
    Abstract: The invention relates to a fluidic oscillator which is symmetrical with respective to a longitudinal symmetry plane, comprising a fluid inlet intended to form a bidimensional fluid jet which oscillates transversally with respective to the symmetry plane, an obstacle wherein is arranged a cavity which faces said fluid inlet and which is scavenged by the oscillation jet, characterized in that the obstacle has a front wall which has two so-called front surfaces substantially planar and framing the cavity, the plane of each surface being substantially perpendicular to the symmetry plane, said cavity being defined by a surface which is substantially parallel to said plane at the points where said surface joins each of said front surfaces, the obstacle also having two side walls of which said side surfaces are substantially parallel to the symmetry plane at the points where each of them joins the corresponding front surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 16, 1999
    Assignee: Schlumberger Industries, S.A.
    Inventors: Andrew John Parry, Philippe Hocquet
  • Patent number: 5959216
    Abstract: A method of conditioning a fluid flow from a first area to a second area downstream from the first area. The flow coming from the first area is directed in a longitudinal direction. The cross-section of flow is increased, and the flow is split by means of an impact surface substantially perpendicularly to the longitudinal flow direction. The split is caused to flow symmetrically relative to the longitudinal flow direction over a predetermined distance from the splitting to the second area without reducing the rate. The split flow is accelerated over at least a portion of said predetermined distance. The flow is mixed to achieve a conditioned fluid flow in the second area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 28, 1999
    Assignee: Schlumberger Industries, S.A.
    Inventors: Philippe Hocquet, Andrew John Parry
  • Patent number: 5889213
    Abstract: An apparatus measures the flow rate of a fluid. The apparatus comprises a fluidic oscillator provided with an elongate slot in a direction Oz and suitable for forming a jet of fluid that oscillates in a plane Oxy perpendicular to the Oz direction, and an obstacle located upstream from the slot to modify the distribution of speeds in the flow. The obstacle is in the flow at least in the central portion thereof and is implemented in the form of a substantially plane plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 30, 1999
    Assignee: Schlumberger Industries, S.A.
    Inventors: Jean-Luc Guizot, Andrew John Parry