Patents by Inventor Stanley R. Thomas

Stanley R. Thomas 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: 7252143
    Abstract: A free point tool has at least one sensor to measure deformation of a stuck conduit in a borehole. A set of anchors is located adjacent to and on each side of the sensor. The anchors include anchor arms that move from a stowed position to an extended position. Each of the anchor arms has a pad, which pad has a contact face. The contact face is structured and arranged to engage the conduit. The pad is coupled to the respective anchor arm in an articulating manner, such as by a pin joint or a ball and socket joint. The pad can be easily coupled to or disconnected from the arm. This allows the pad to be selected for the downhole conditions, including conduit physical characteristics and environmental conditions downhole. The anchors also include cam arms coupled between the anchor arms and an actuator. There are provided at least two sets of anchor linkages of cam arms and anchor arms so as to adapt to the conduit inside diameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2007
    Assignee: Computalog USA Inc.
    Inventors: Freddie L. Sellers, Stanley R. Thomas, Jr., Lucio N. Tello
  • Patent number: 6300762
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to the use of polyaryletherketone-based thermoplastic materials in high pressure, high temperature, production logging applications. A polyaryletherketone resin bonded with glass fibers is formed into a housing for formation evaluation sensors permanently located downhole. The housing is constructed by any of the following processes: filament winding, fiber placement, or compression molding or injection molding. When used in a production well, the housing encloses the formation evaluation sensors and protects the sensors from borehole fluids. Housing properties can be modified with changes in materials added to the resin in order for the housing to function as casing or coiled tubing. This would allow wireline or logging-while-drilling conveyed sensors passing through the casing or coiled tubing to sense the formation and borehole fluid properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2001
    Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Stanley R. Thomas, Jr., Brian Clark
  • Patent number: 6102115
    Abstract: This disclosure sets out an induction logging tool enclosed in a cylindrical shell between top and bottom located end connected subs of larger diameter. The ends are larger; they define a standoff distance above a specified minimum to enable operation in a well borehole without centralizers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2000
    Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Gary A. Hazen, Stanley R. Thomas, R. David Mathison, Jr., James Joseph Walulik
  • Patent number: 6084052
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to the use of polyaryletherketone-based thermoplastic materials in the fabrication of logging tools employed in high pressure, high temperature, downhole logging applications. A polyaryletherketone resin bonded with glass fibers is formed into a housing for the logging tool. The housing is constructed by any of the following processes: filament winding or compression molding. When used with a logging tool, the housing encloses the operative components of the logging tool, such as sensors and sources, and protects the operative components from borehole fluids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2000
    Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Carl Aufdermarsh, Monib M. Monib, Stanley R. Thomas
  • Patent number: 6002257
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for navigating a tool string down a subsurface borehole to its intended location while simultaneously measuring or sensing the borehole environment, electrically, acoustically, mechanically, or by nuclear means, for a characteristic parameter. The hole-finder apparatus incorporating a locally flexible body adapted for attachment to the tool string. As the tool string is navigated through the borehole, the flexible body provides extreme local flexibility to lessen the likelihood of jamming the tool string while tripping down the borehole by providing a lateral force at the obstruction. The hole-finder apparatus further including a sensor or probe measuring means attached to or within the tip of the flexible body for measuring the characteristic parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 14, 1999
    Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Stanley R. Thomas, Gary A. Hazen