Patents by Inventor Jean-Paul Lecann

Jean-Paul Lecann 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: 6443001
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an extraction, analysis and measuring method and system intended for constituents carried along by a well fluid during drilling operations. The system comprises in combination: draw-off means (4) for taking a volume of the fluid, extraction means (3) for extracting in vapour form the constituents contained in the fluid, comprising a space placed under underpressure, a transport line (14), sampling means (27) comprising a sampling loop allowing to take a determined amount of the vapors circulating in the line, distribution means (40) that inject the amount into analysis and measuring means (31), control means (33) for controlling the temperature of the sampling means so as to prevent condensation of said amount of vapors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2002
    Assignee: Institut Francais du Petrole
    Inventors: Gilbert Duriez, Jean-Paul LeCann, Jérôme Breviere, Jean-Charles de Hemptinne
  • Patent number: 6410862
    Abstract: This invention relates to a device for measuring the flow rate of spoil from a drilling brought to the surface by means of a drilling fluid. The device comprises means of collecting the spoil and means of continuously measuring the weight of spoil collected. The means of collecting the spoil comprise a receptacle in the shape of bucket articulated about a spindle and means of tilting the receptacle in such a way that the bucket is emptied. The measurement means comprise a measuring cell connected to the tilting means in order to measure a stress proportional to the weight of the spoil collected. The invention also relates to a method for the application of a measurement of the spoil flow rate from a drilling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2002
    Assignee: Geoservices S.A.
    Inventor: Jean-Paul Lecann