Patents by Inventor Marc S. Ramirez

Marc S. Ramirez 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: 10436018
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods for estimating a value of a downhole parameter of interest. Aspects include an apparatus for evaluating a tubular. The apparatus may include a sensor including an electromagnetic acoustic transducer (EMAT) device configured to be conveyed into the tubular. The EMAT device may include measurement circuitry comprising at least one conductive coil; and a magnet array comprising magnets arranged with a corresponding direction of magnetization of each magnet oriented according to a configuration producing a greater magnetic flux on a first side of the array than on a second side opposing the first side. The magnetic flux produced from the second side may be substantially zero. In embodiments, the configuration of magnets comprises at least a first set of permanent magnets in a linear Halbach configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: Baker Hughes, a GE company, LLC
    Inventors: Babak Kouchmeshky, Xiaochu Yao, Stanislav Forgang, Pawel J. Matuszyk, Marc S. Ramirez, Otto N. Fanini, Douglas J. Patterson, Vimal Shah
  • Patent number: 10145976
    Abstract: A nuclear magnetic resonance apparatus for estimating properties of an earth formation includes a carrier configured to be deployed in a borehole in the earth formation and at least one transmitting assembly disposed in the carrier and configured to generate an oscillating magnetic field in a volume of interest within the earth formation. The apparatus also includes at least one receiving assembly disposed in the carrier and configured to detect a nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) signal originating in the volume of interest. In this apparatus, the receiving assembly includes at least a first longitudinal region with a loop coil and a butterfly coil, the loop coil central axis being located over a region of the magnet assembly where a static magnetic field is predominantly along an azimuthal direction to the carrier and the butterfly coil being at least partially overlapped with the loop coil to reduce mutual coupling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: BAKER HUGHES, A GE COMPANY, LLC
    Inventors: Marc S. Ramirez, Carl M. Edwards, Stanislav W. Forgang, Babak Kouchmeshky
  • Publication number: 20180100387
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods for estimating a value of a downhole parameter of interest. Aspects include an apparatus for evaluating a tubular. The apparatus may include a sensor including an electromagnetic acoustic transducer (EMAT) device configured to be conveyed into the tubular. The EMAT device may include measurement circuitry comprising at least one conductive coil; and a magnet array comprising magnets arranged with a corresponding direction of magnetization of each magnet oriented according to a configuration producing a greater magnetic flux on a first side of the array than on a second side opposing the first side. The magnetic flux produced from the second side may be substantially zero. In embodiments, the configuration of magnets comprises at least a first set of permanent magnets in a linear Halbach configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2016
    Publication date: April 12, 2018
    Applicant: BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED
    Inventors: BABAK KOUCHMESHKY, XIAOCHU YAO, STANISLAV FORGANG, PAWEL J. MATUSZYK, MARC S. RAMIREZ, OTTO N. FANINI, DOUGLAS J. PATTERSON, VIMAL SHAH
  • Publication number: 20170343697
    Abstract: A nuclear magnetic resonance apparatus for estimating properties of an earth formation includes a carrier configured to be deployed in a borehole in the earth formation and at least one transmitting assembly disposed in the carrier and configured to generate an oscillating magnetic field in a volume of interest within the earth formation. The apparatus also includes at least one receiving assembly disposed in the carrier and configured to detect a nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) signal originating in the volume of interest. In this apparatus, the receiving assembly includes at least a first longitudinal region with a loop coil and a butterfly coil, the loop coil central axis being located over a region of the magnet assembly where a static magnetic field is predominantly along an azimuthal direction to the carrier and the butterfly coil being at least partially overlapped with the loop coil to reduce mutual coupling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2016
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Applicant: Baker Hughes Incorporated
    Inventors: Marc S. Ramirez, Carl M. Edwards, Stanislav W. Forgang, Babak Kouchmeshky