Patents by Inventor Benjiman R. McCarty

Benjiman R. McCarty 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: 4122387
    Abstract: A method and apparatus is disclosed wherein simultaneous logs may be made at different lateral distances through a formation from a borehole by guard electrode systems located on a sonde which is lowered into the borehole by a logging cable. A single oscillator controls the frequency of two formation currents flowing through the formation at the desired different lateral depths from the borehole. The armor of the logging cable acts as the current return for one of the guard electrode systems, and a cable electrode in a cable electrode assembly immediately above the logging sonde acts as the current return for the second guard electrode system. Two embodiments are also disclosed for measuring reference voltages between electrodes in the cable electrode assembly and the guard electrode systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 1977
    Date of Patent: October 24, 1978
    Assignee: Halliburton Company
    Inventors: Sami O. Ajam, Benjiman R. McCarty