Patents by Inventor Lauchlin A. McLaurin

Lauchlin A. McLaurin 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).

  • Instrument locking and port bundle carrier
    Patent number: 4570481
    Abstract: This invention provides a bundle carrier for deep drill stem testing in oil well drilling. The bundle carrier has an eccentric passage for permitting instruments and other apparatus to be passed therethrough during drilling and logging operations. A plurality of slots are formed in the thicker wall portion of the bundle carrier for receiving instrument bundles therein for making measurments of well borehole parameters. A locking device for securing measuring instruments in the slots and parts for communicating fluid to the measuring instrument are provided by this invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 1984
    Date of Patent: February 18, 1986
    Assignee: V.E. Kuster Company
    Inventor: Lauchlin A. McLaurin