Patents by Inventor BENJAMIN LEVITT
BENJAMIN LEVITT 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).
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Patent number: 11931612Abstract: Methods and apparatus for launch and recovery of a remote inspection device within a fluid storage tank. In one embodiment, the tank is accessed by opening an entrance hatch and then injecting a vapor suppression foam across a surface of a stored liquid mass to form a foam layer. A launching system having a remote inspection device is attached to the entrance hatch to define a launch and recovery space sealed from an external environment and isolated from the stored liquid mass in the tank via a valve and the foam layer. The launch and recovery space is purged of hazardous vapors by injection of an inert gas prior to launch and recovery of the remote inspection device. Prior to removal of the launching system, the surface of the stored liquid mass is re-coated with vapor suppression foam.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2022Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: PHILLIPS 66 COMPANYInventors: Troy L. Staires, Benjamin C. Moore, Jerome Vaganay, Eric Levitt, William O'Halloran
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Patent number: 11925824Abstract: Methods and apparatus for launch and recovery of a remote inspection device within a liquid storage tank are described herein. In one embodiment, the tank is accessed by opening an entrance hatch and then injecting a vapor suppression foam across a surface of a stored liquid mass to form a foam layer. A launching system having a remote inspection device is attached to the entrance hatch to define a launch and recovery space sealed from an external environment and isolated from the stored liquid mass in the tank via a valve and the foam layer. The launch and recovery space is purged of hazardous vapors by injection of an inert gas prior to launch and recovery of the remote inspection device. Prior to removal of the launching system, the surface of the stored liquid mass is re-coated with vapor suppression foam.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2019Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: PHILLIPS 66 COMPANYInventors: Troy L. Staires, Benjamin C. Moore, Jerome Vaganay, Eric Levitt, William O'Halloran
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Patent number: 11810763Abstract: Embodiments presented provide for a distributed ground single antenna ion source used in scientific experimentation.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2021Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATIONInventors: Benjamin Levitt, Brian Munroe
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Publication number: 20220223376Abstract: Embodiments presented provide for a distributed ground single antenna ion source used in scientific experimentationType: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2021Publication date: July 14, 2022Inventors: Benjamin Levitt, Brian Munroe
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Patent number: 10522315Abstract: An ion generating device including a time-varying electromagnetic power source; and a multi-antenna ion source including a plurality of live antennas electrically coupled to the power source; and a grounded antenna.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2017Date of Patent: December 31, 2019Assignee: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATIONInventors: Benjamin Levitt, Brian Munroe
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Publication number: 20190080873Abstract: An ion generating device including a time-varying electromagnetic power source; and a multi-antenna ion source including a plurality of live antennas electrically coupled to the power source; and a grounded antenna.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2017Publication date: March 14, 2019Inventors: Benjamin Levitt, Brian Munroe
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Patent number: 9939551Abstract: A gravimeter, a gravimeter system, and a method for measuring gravitational acceleration within a borehole are described herein. The gravimeter includes a proof mass that is constrained by springs and an optical interferometer for measuring displacement of the proof mass. The optical interferometer generates a light path from a light source to a reflective surface on the proof mass. Spatial displacement of the proof mass from a reference position to a position of gravitational equilibrium is determined by measuring a change in length of the light path. In turn, gravitational acceleration can be determined from the spatial displacement of the proof mass. A number of such gravimeters can be used in a gravimeter system to make measurements of gravitational acceleration in variety of different directions.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2013Date of Patent: April 10, 2018Assignee: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATIONInventors: Benjamin Levitt, Martin E. Poitzsch, Bradley Albert Roscoe
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Patent number: 9671520Abstract: A dielectric loaded accelerator for accelerating charged particles, such as electrons, ions and/or protons, is described herein. The dielectric loaded accelerator accelerates charged particles along a longitudinal axis and towards an outlet of the accelerator. The dielectric loaded accelerator accelerates the charged particles using oscillating electromagnetic fields that propagate within the accelerator according to an electromagnetic mode. The dielectric loaded accelerator described herein includes an electromagnetic mode with a phase velocity that increases towards the outlet of the accelerator and matches a velocity of the charged particles being accelerated along the longitudinal axis of the accelerator. By matching the phase velocity of the oscillating electromagnetic fields to the velocity of the charged particles, the accelerator reduces phase slippage between the fields and the charged particles and, therefore, efficiently accelerates charged particle towards the outlet.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2014Date of Patent: June 6, 2017Assignees: Euclid Techlabs, LLC, Schlumberger Technology CorporationInventors: Tancredi Botto, Benjamin Levitt, Chunguang Jing, Sergey Antipov, Alexei Kanareykin
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Patent number: 9184019Abstract: An ion source for use in a radiation generator includes an active cathode configured to emit electrons on a trajectory away from the active cathode, at least some of the electrons as they travel interacting with an ionizable gas to produce ions. In addition, there is at least one extractor downstream of the active cathode having a potential such that the ions are attracted toward the at least one extractor.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2013Date of Patent: November 10, 2015Assignee: Schlumberger Technology CorporationInventors: Luke Perkins, Benjamin Levitt, Peter Wraight, Arthur D. Liberman
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Patent number: 9129770Abstract: An ion source for use in a radiation generator includes a sealed envelope containing an ionizable gas therein. The ion source also includes a RF antenna external to the sealed envelope, the RF antenna to transmit time-varying electromagnetic fields within the sealed envelope for producing ions from the ionizable gas. There is at least one extractor within the sealed envelope having a potential such that the ions are attracted toward the at least one extractor.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2013Date of Patent: September 8, 2015Assignee: Schlumberger Technology CorporationInventors: Luke Perkins, Benjamin Levitt, Peter Wraight, Arthur D. Liberman
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Publication number: 20150230326Abstract: A dielectric loaded accelerator for accelerating charged particles, such as electrons, ions and/or protons, is described herein. The dielectric loaded accelerator accelerates charged particles along a longitudinal axis and towards an outlet of the accelerator. The dielectric loaded accelerator accelerates the charged particles using oscillating electromagnetic fields that propagate within the accelerator according to an electromagnetic mode. The dielectric loaded accelerator described herein includes an electromagnetic mode with a phase velocity that increases towards the outlet of the accelerator and matches a velocity of the charged particles being accelerated along the longitudinal axis of the accelerator. By matching the phase velocity of the oscillating electromagnetic fields to the velocity of the charged particles, the accelerator reduces phase slippage between the fields and the charged particles and, therefore, efficiently accelerates charged particle towards the outlet.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2014Publication date: August 13, 2015Inventors: TANCREDI BOTTO, BENJAMIN LEVITT, CHUNGUANG JING, SERGEY ANTIPOV, ALEXEI KANAREYKIN
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Patent number: 9105436Abstract: A method of generating ions in a radiation generator includes emitting electrons from an active cathode and on a trajectory away from the active cathode, at least some of the electrons as they travel interacting with an ionizable gas to produce ions. The method also includes setting a potential of at least one extractor downstream of the active cathode such that the ions are attracted toward the at least one extractor.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2013Date of Patent: August 11, 2015Assignee: Schlumberger Technology CorporationInventors: Luke Perkins, Benjamin Levitt, Peter Wraight, Arthur D. Liberman
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Patent number: 9035237Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for determining a property, e.g., density, of a geological formation based on Einstein's theory of gravitation. A gravitational potential difference is determined between two positions of the geological formation by measuring a frequency shift of radiation travelling from a source to an absorber of a differential gravimeter. The differential gravimeter can be a part of a downhole tool. The gravitational potential difference determined can be used to determine the property of the geological formation.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2012Date of Patent: May 19, 2015Assignee: Schlumberger Technology CorporationInventors: Martin G. Luling, Benjamin Levitt, Martin Poitzsch, Tancredi Botto
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Publication number: 20140263998Abstract: A method of generating ions in a radiation generator includes emitting electrons from an active cathode and on a trajectory away from the active cathode, at least some of the electrons as they travel interacting with an ionizable gas to produce ions. The method also includes setting a potential of at least one extractor downstream of the active cathode such that the ions are attracted toward the at least one extractor.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2013Publication date: September 18, 2014Inventors: Luke Perkins, Benjamin Levitt, Peter Wraight, Arthur D. Liberman
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Publication number: 20140083186Abstract: A gravimeter, a gravimeter system, and a method for measuring gravitational acceleration within a borehole are described herein. The gravimeter includes a proof mass that is constrained by springs and an optical interferometer for measuring displacement of the proof mass. The optical interferometer generates a light path from a light source to a reflective surface on the proof mass. Spatial displacement of the proof mass from a reference position to a position of gravitational equilibrium is determined by measuring a change in length of the light path. In turn, gravitational acceleration can be determined from the spatial displacement of the proof mass. A number of such gravimeters can be used in a gravimeter system to make measurements of gravitational acceleration in variety of different directions.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 13, 2013Publication date: March 27, 2014Applicant: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATIONInventors: BENJAMIN LEVITT, MARTIN E. POITZSCH, BRADLEY ALBERT ROSCOE