Patents by Inventor Charles E. Payton

Charles E. Payton 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: 4391336
    Abstract: A method for boring a hole so that its axis is substantially parallel to the axis of a previously bored hole for positioning an acoustical transmitter and receiver against the hole of the hole being bored so that their position on the wall lies on a horizontal plane through the axis of the bore hole being bored. Then transmitting an acoustical frequency acoustical signal into the wall of the hole. The reflected signal is then received from the adjacent wall along with other unwanted additional reflections. The phase shift is then determined between the transmitted and received signal and the changes in the distance between the wall of the bore hole is then determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 1981
    Date of Patent: July 5, 1983
    Assignee: Conoco Inc.
    Inventors: Julian B. Coon, James C. Fowler, Charles E. Payton, Kenneth H. Waters
  • Patent number: 4380806
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for shear wave logging which utilizes relatively high frequency sweep control transmission and subsequent correlation of received signals in order to define travel times of horizontally polarized shear and/or torsional wave energy. The apparatus includes specific sonde structure for effecting firm contact of transmitting and receiving elements with the borehole wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 1980
    Date of Patent: April 19, 1983
    Assignee: Conoco Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth H. Waters, John R. Hopkins, Charles E. Payton
  • Patent number: 4168485
    Abstract: A method for deriving seismic information through the simultaneous operation of a plurality of vibrational seismic energy source systems such that the information produced by each source system may be separated from the combined recorded information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1976
    Date of Patent: September 18, 1979
    Assignee: Continental Oil Company
    Inventors: Charles E. Payton, Kenneth H. Waters, Pierre L. Goupillaud