Patents Assigned to Sensor Developments AS
  • Patent number: 9899129
    Abstract: A tubular cable fitting which is capable of providing strain relief for Tubular Electric Cables (“TEC”) and is designed to protect end fittings from loss of circuit continuity. The TEC end fittings may be of fiber optic or electric type service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: Sensor Development AS
    Inventor: Oivind Godager
  • Patent number: 9714567
    Abstract: A wellbore E-field wireless communication system, the communication system comprising a first E-field antenna, and a second E-field antenna, wherein the first antenna, and the second antenna are both arranged in a common compartment, such as an annulus of a wellbore and further arranged for transferring a signal between a first connector of the first E-field antenna and a second connector of the second E-field antenna by radio waves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: Sensor Development AS
    Inventors: Øivind Godager, Fan-Nian Kong
  • Patent number: 9708905
    Abstract: Wellbore wireless thermal conductivity quartz transducer comprising a thermal conductivity quartz transducer and a wireless communication system comprising an external device and an internal device, a cable, and a surface device. The thermal conductivity quartz transducer comprises a first quartz resonator, a heat dissipation element, a second quartz resonator, an electronics circuit and heat guiding means arranged for transferring a heat generated by said electronics circuit to said heat dissipation element, so that said dissipation temperature is higher than said ambient temperature. The invention is also a method for wirelessly performing transient response analysis of a formation in a wellbore with such transducer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: Sensor Developments AS
    Inventors: Øivind Godager, Mike Serrano, Ralph Theron Nelms
  • Patent number: 9677396
    Abstract: A pressure gauge system and a method for in-situ determination of a wellbore formation pressure through a layer of cement, where the pressure gauge system comprises: a housing arranged to be permanently installed in the cement on the outside of a wellbore casing, wherein said housing comprises a pressure sensor with an output pressure signal, wherein: the pressure gauge system further comprises: a first temperature sensor with a first temperature signal, a second temperature sensor with a second temperature signal; and a computer implemented compensation means arranged to receive the pressure signal, the first and second temperature signals, and calculate a temperature compensated output pressure signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: Sensor Developments AS
    Inventor: Øivind Godager
  • Patent number: 9534454
    Abstract: An apparatus for storing cable along a tubular in a wellbore using a first retainer for attachment to the tubular at a first location and a second retainer for attachment to the tubular at a second location. Each retainer is constructed and arranged to reverse the direction of the cable and to at least partially retain the cable due to elastic forces therein. In one embodiment, the cable is formed into a plurality of loops, each having an upper end retained by the first retainer and a lower end retained by the second retainer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: Sensor Developments AS
    Inventors: Øivind Godager, Lee Adams, Bruce H. Storm, Jr.
  • Patent number: 9400765
    Abstract: Apparatus for calculating service life expectancy of wellbore intervention tools comprising one or more sensors, power means, control means and wireless connectivity means. Also a method of the measuring and calculating the service life expectancy of wellbore intervention tools using this apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2016
    Assignee: Sensor Development AS
    Inventor: Oivind Godager
  • Patent number: 9310510
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for in-situ wellbore measurements wherein the apparatus includes one or more sensors arranged outside a wellbore, one or more actuators associated with the sensors, a wireless instrument unit situated outside the non-magnetic portion of wellbore conduit, and an electromagnetic transceiver situated inside a non-magnetic portion of wellbore conduit and mounted on an electric-line logging cable, each of the wireless instrument unit and the transceiver have a transmission antenna and a spaced apart receiver antenna, each transmission antenna disposed to be positioned to oppose through the non-magnetic casing a receiver antenna to form a phase-locked loop that verifies the relative positions of the transceiver and wireless instrument unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: Sensor Developments AS
    Inventor: Oivind Godager
  • Patent number: 8912852
    Abstract: A quartz transducer having four or more crystal-controlled oscillators intended for measurement of applied pressure and temperature. All four oscillators are controlled by crystal quartz resonators operating in the thickness-shear mode. Two crystals measure the pressure and temperature respectively. A third crystal is a reference, and the fourth crystal may be another reference crystal or a second temperature crystal. The output of the latter is either phase leading or phase lagging the thermal response of the main temperature sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: Sensor Developments AS
    Inventor: Oivind Godager
  • Publication number: 20140151088
    Abstract: A tubular cable fitting which is capable of providing strain relief for Tubular Electric Cables (“TEC”) and is designed to protect end fittings from loss of circuit continuity. The TEC end fittings may be of fiber optic or electric type service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2012
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: Sensor Developments AS
    Inventor: Oivind Godager
  • Patent number: 8689621
    Abstract: An apparatus and method to monitor parameters outside the wellbore casing of a well includes a Wireless Sensor Unit located outside a section of a non-magnetic casing of the well. The Wireless Sensor Unit includes a sensor device to measure parameters of the surroundings. The apparatus further includes an internal Sensor Energizer Unit inside the wellbore casing used for power and communication with the Wireless Sensor Unit. The Sensor Energizer Unit and the Wireless Sensor Unit are arranged to be at the same elevation, and they communicate data using electromagnetic modulation techniques.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Sensor Developments AS
    Inventor: Oivind Godager
  • Patent number: 8683859
    Abstract: An apparatus and method to provide monitoring of pressure outside the wellbore casing of a well in which a Wireless Sensor Unit is placed externally of a section of non-magnetic casing. An internal Sensor Energizer Unit is placed inside the wellbore casing. The Wireless Sensor Unit includes one or more sensors to measure the pressure and/or temperature of the surroundings. The Wireless Sensor Unit and the Sensor Energizer Unit communicate using electromagnetic modulation techniques, and the Wireless Sensor Unit may be powered by means of power harvesting from the Sensor Energizer Unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Sensor Developments AS
    Inventor: Oivind Godager
  • Publication number: 20120024050
    Abstract: An apparatus and method to monitor parameters outside the wellbore casing of a well includes a Wireless Sensor Unit located outside a section of a non-magnetic casing of the well. The Wireless Sensor Unit includes a sensor device to measure parameters of the surroundings. The apparatus further includes an internal Sensor Energizer Unit inside the wellbore casing used for power and communication with the Wireless Sensor Unit. The Sensor Energizer Unit and the Wireless Sensor Unit are arranged to be at the same elevation, and they communicate data using electromagnetic modulation techniques.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2010
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Applicant: Sensor Developments AS
    Inventor: Oivind Godager