Patents by Inventor Mark A. Fredette

Mark A. Fredette 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: 11933320
    Abstract: A dishwasher appliance or pump assembly may include a fluid pump and a vibration damper. The fluid pump may define a center of gravity. The vibration damper may be attached to the fluid pump. The vibration damper may include first and second spring beams and first and second damper masses. The first spring beam may extend longitudinally between a fixed end and a free end and be offset from the center of gravity at a first radial side. The first damper mass may be disposed on the free end of the first spring beam. The second spring beam may extend longitudinally between a fixed and a free end and be offset from the center of gravity at a second radial side. The second damper mass may be disposed on the free end of the second spring beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Kyle Brewer, Mark Fryman, Craig Curtis, Steven Koepke, Luke Fredette, Scott Noll
  • Patent number: 11815352
    Abstract: A downhole borehole imaging tool and methods for determining a borehole size includes a magnetoresistive system and a hub moveably coupled to a fixed tool string. The hub includes a magnet. The magnetoresistive system includes magnetoresistive sensors disposed within the fixed tool string and segregated from the magnet. During operation, a routine scan of all sensors measures, for example, the output voltage V, angle ? of magnetic field, and temperature. Measurements from each sensor may then be characterized to account for temperature and input voltages variation of the sensors. The most accurate measurement can be used to derive the position of the hub 44 using the previous baseline parameters stored in the tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Julien Toniolo, Alan J. Sallwasser, Peter Wells, Mark A. Fredette
  • Publication number: 20210239448
    Abstract: A downhole borehole imaging tool and methods for determining a borehole size includes a magnetoresistive system and a hub moveably coupled to a fixed tool string. The hub includes a magnet. The magnetoresistive system includes magnetoresistive sensors disposed within the fixed tool string and segregated from the magnet. During operation, a routine scan of all sensors measures, for example, the output voltage V, angle ? of magnetic field, and temperature. Measurements from each sensor may then be characterized to account for temperature and input voltages variation of the sensors. The most accurate measurement can be used to derive the position of the hub 44 using the previous baseline parameters stored in the tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Inventors: Julien Toniolo, Alan J. Sallwasser, Peter Wells, Mark A. Fredette
  • Patent number: 10605949
    Abstract: An imaging tool that includes an array of pads. The array of pads are in communication with a hot terminal of a single phase electrical alternating current power source in communication with the array of pads. The single phase electrical alternating current power source includes two return electrodes. One of the return electrodes is located above the array of pads, and the other return terminal is located below the array of pads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Peter Wells, Mark Fredette, Julien Toniolo, Alan J. Sallwasser
  • Patent number: 10370961
    Abstract: A tool for use in a borehole in a geological formation may include a chassis, a drill collar surrounding the chassis, a port plug coupled between the drill collar and the chassis, RF antennas carried by the drill collar, and a multi-chip module (MCM) electronics package(s). The electronics package(s) may include a hermetically sealed electronics housing positioned between the chassis and the drill collar, a substrate within the electronics housing, RF transmitter circuitry on the substrate to cooperate with at least one first RF antenna to transmit RF signals into the geological formation, and RF receiver circuitry on the substrate to cooperate with at least one second RF antenna to receive RF signals from the geological formation. Furthermore, an electronics housing mount may couple the electronics housing with the port plug, and the electronics housing mount may have a passageway extending therethrough for receiving the port plug.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Amanda Olivio, Gary A. Hazen, Fernando Garcia-Osuna, Robert Monroe Lowe, Jr., Jason Guernsey, Tao Xu, Michael C. Sakach, Mark A. Fredette, Ricardo Y. Torres, Arturo Mejia, Mia Pommier
  • Patent number: 10030503
    Abstract: A downhole tool includes a logging tool. The logging tool includes a spring integral with a sensor. The spring applies the sensor to a formation wall. Additionally, the spring includes a groove formed along a neutral axis thereof. In addition, a wire is located within the groove and is operatively connected with the sensor and at least one other component of the logging tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Alan J. Sallwasser, Julien Toniolo, Peter Wells, Mark A. Fredette
  • Publication number: 20180073354
    Abstract: A tool for use in a borehole in a geological formation may include a chassis, a drill collar surrounding the chassis, a port plug coupled between the drill collar and the chassis, RF antennas carried by the drill collar, and a multi-chip module (MCM) electronics package(s). The electronics package(s) may include a hermetically sealed electronics housing positioned between the chassis and the drill collar, a substrate within the electronics housing, RF transmitter circuitry on the substrate to cooperate with at least one first RF antenna to transmit RF signals into the geological formation, and RF receiver circuitry on the substrate to cooperate with at least one second RF antenna to receive RF signals from the geological formation. Furthermore, an electronics housing mount may couple the electronics housing with the port plug, and the electronics housing mount may have a passageway extending therethrough for receiving the port plug.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2016
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Inventors: Amanda Olivio, Gary A. Hazen, Fernando Garcia-Osuna, Robert Monroe Lowe, Jr., Jason Guernsey, Tao Xu, Michael C. Sakach, Mark A. Fredette, Ricardo Y. Torres, Arturo Mejia, Mia Pommier
  • Publication number: 20170293045
    Abstract: An imaging tool that includes an array of pads. The array of pads are in communication with a hot terminal of a single phase electrical alternating current power source in communication with the array of pads. The single phase electrical alternating current power source includes two return electrodes. One of the return electrodes is located above the array of pads, and the other return terminal is located below the array of pads.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2016
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventors: Peter Wells, Mark Fredette, Julien Toniolo, Alan J. Sallwasser
  • Publication number: 20160245069
    Abstract: A downhole tool includes a logging tool. The logging tool includes a spring integral with a sensor. The spring applies the sensor to a formation wall. Additionally, the spring includes a groove formed along a neutral axis thereof. In addition, a wire is located within the groove and is operatively connected with the sensor and at least one other component of the logging tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2015
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Inventors: Julien Toniolo, Alan J. Sallwasser, Peter Wells, Mark A. Fredette
  • Publication number: 20160237809
    Abstract: A downhole tool includes a position system. The position system includes a hub moveably coupled to a fixed tool string. The hub includes a sensor component. The position system also includes a position sensor disposed within the fixed tool string and segregated from the sensor component. Additionally, the sensor component is at a first pressure and the position sensor is at a second pressure, different than the first pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2015
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Inventors: Julien Toniolo, Alan J. Sallwasser, Peter Wells, Mark A. Fredette
  • Publication number: 20160178780
    Abstract: Systems and methods for antenna transmitter health determinations and borehole compensation for an electromagnetic measurement tools are provided. The input current to an antenna transmitter of an electromagnetic measurement tool may be measured using a current measurement circuit. An output voltage proportional to the input current may be provided and compared to a threshold to determine the health of the antenna transmitter. A replacement borehole compensation matrix for calculating a combined attenuation measurement may be selected based on an identified unhealthy antenna transmitter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2015
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Inventors: Joshua W. Gibson, Libo Yang, Gary A. Hazen, Mark A. Fredette, Fernando Garcia-Osuna
  • Patent number: 9182747
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method to determine the phase of a signal when transmitter and receiver circuits use separate clocks. A discrepancy between the separate clocks is determined, as is a correction factor between the separate clocks. The phase is determined using a measured time of arrival of the signal, the determined discrepancy, and the determined correction factor. A drift factor and an expected start time of a pulse sequence may be used to determine the discrepancy. A start time of a pulse within the pulse sequence is determined and used to determine the correction factor. The method works by either absolute synchronization of the separate clocks, or by making the measurements independent of clock synchronization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Jean Seydoux, Libo Yang, Mark Kuchenbecker, Reza Taherian, Emmanuel Legendre, Jian Yang, Mark A. Fredette
  • Publication number: 20150218929
    Abstract: A well-logging system may include a tool assembly to be positioned within a borehole of a subterranean formation and to store second data including a second time marker related to a first time marker. The well-logging system may include a controller above the subterranean formation. The controller may process first data including the first time marker, recover the second data, and synchronize the second data based upon the second time marker and the first time marker.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2014
    Publication date: August 6, 2015
    Applicant: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Bharat Narasimhan, Mark Fredette, Raphael Gadot, Remi Hutin, David Conn
  • Patent number: 8794318
    Abstract: Subsurface formation evaluation comprising, for example, sealing a portion of a wall of a wellbore penetrating the formation, forming a hole through the sealed portion of the wellbore wall, injecting an injection fluid into the formation through the hole, and determining a saturation of the injection fluid in the formation by measuring a property of the formation proximate the hole while maintaining the sealed portion of the wellbore wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Edward Harrigan, Yves Barriol, Andrei I. Davydychev, Andrew J. Carnegie, Dean M. Homan, Srinand Karuppoor, Yi-Qiao Song, Tim Hopper, Henry N. Bachman, William B. Vandermeer, Anthony L. Collins, Mark A. Fredette
  • Publication number: 20130080102
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method to determine the phase of a signal when transmitter and receiver circuits use separate clocks. A discrepancy between the separate clocks is determined, as is a correction factor between the separate clocks. The phase is determined using a measured time of arrival of the signal, the determined discrepancy, and the determined correction factor. A drift factor and an expected start time of a pulse sequence may be used to determine the discrepancy. A start time of a pulse within the pulse sequence is determined and used to determine the correction factor. The method works by either absolute synchronization of the separate clocks, or by making the measurements independent of clock synchronization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2012
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Inventors: Jean Seydoux, Libo Yang, Mark Kuchenbecker, Reza Taherian, Emmanuel Legendre, Jian Yang, Mark A. Fredette
  • Patent number: 8400160
    Abstract: A combined resistivity tool incorporating both induction/propagation antennas and lateral resistivity antennas disposed in recesses of downhole tubulars, in which a lateral resistivity antenna includes an insulating base layer disposed in the recess; a toroidal antenna disposed over the insulating base layer; and a shield disposed over the recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Mark A. Fredette, James Stephen Hall, Mark T. Frey, Dominique Dion
  • Publication number: 20110198078
    Abstract: Subsurface formation evaluation comprising, for example, sealing a portion of a wall of a wellbore penetrating the formation, forming a hole through the sealed portion of the wellbore wall, injecting an injection fluid into the formation through the hole, and determining a saturation of the injection fluid in the formation by measuring a property of the formation proximate the hole while maintaining the sealed portion of the wellbore wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2009
    Publication date: August 18, 2011
    Inventors: Edward Harrigan, Yves BarrioL, Andrei I. Davydychev, Andrew J. Carnegie, Dean M. Homan, Srinand Karuppoor, Yi-Qiao Song, Tim Hopper, Henry N. Bachman, William B. Vandermeer, Anthony L. Collins, Mark A. Fredette
  • Publication number: 20090179648
    Abstract: A combined resistivity tool incorporating both induction/propagation antennas and lateral resistivity antennas disposed in recesses of downhole tubulars, in which a lateral resistivity antenna includes an insulating base layer disposed in the recess; a toroidal antenna disposed over the insulating base layer; and a shield disposed over the recess.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2009
    Publication date: July 16, 2009
    Inventors: Mark A. Fredette, James Stephen Hall, Mark T. Frey, Dominique Dion
  • Patent number: 7525315
    Abstract: A combined resistivity tool incorporating both induction/propagation antennas and lateral resistivity antennas disposed in recesses of downhole tubulars, in which a lateral resistivity antenna includes an insulating base layer disposed in the recess; a toroidal antenna disposed over the insulating base layer; and a shield disposed over the recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2009
    Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Mark A. Fredette, James Stephen Hall, Mark T. Frey, Dominique Dion
  • Patent number: 7436185
    Abstract: An apparatus for logging a formation traversed by a borehole includes a plurality of logging tools adapted for conveyance inside the borehole. The plurality of logging tools includes a tool body, a sensing pad responsive to a density property of the formation coupled to the tool body, a current emitting measure electrode responsive to a lateral resistivity property of the formation incorporated on the sensing pad, a mechanism for urging the sensing pad in contact with a side of the borehole coupled to the tool body, and a pair of mass isolation bands disposed about the tool body to isolate a mass of the tool body adjacent the measure electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2008
    Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Mark A. Fredette, Martin E. Poitzsch