Patents by Inventor Frederic Gicquiel

Frederic Gicquiel 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).

  • Electrode configuration for downhole nuclear radiation generator
    Patent number: 9155185
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices with improved electrode configuration for downhole nuclear radiation generators are provided. For example, one embodiment of a nuclear radiation generator capable of downhole operation may include a charged particle source, a target material, and an acceleration column between the charged particle source and the target material. The acceleration column may include several electrodes shaped such that substantially no electrode material from the electrodes is sputtered onto an insulator surface of the acceleration column during normal downhole operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Jani Reijonen, Luke T. Perkins, Frederic Gicquiel, Christian Stoller, Peter Wraight
  • ELECTRODE CONFIGURATION FOR DOWNHOLE NUCLEAR RADIATION GENERATOR
    Publication number: 20110114830
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices with improved electrode configuration for downhole nuclear radiation generators are provided. For example, one embodiment of a nuclear radiation generator capable of downhole operation may include a charged particle source, a target material, and an acceleration column between the charged particle source and the target material. The acceleration column may include several electrodes shaped such that substantially no electrode material from the electrodes is sputtered onto an insulator surface of the acceleration column during normal downhole operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2009
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Inventors: Jani Reijonen, Luke T. Perkins, Frederic Gicquiel, Christian Stoller, Peter Wraight