Patents by Inventor Chirstopher Skelt

Chirstopher Skelt 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).

  • Device and method for generating a beam of acoustic energy from a borehole, and applications thereof
    Patent number: 8559269
    Abstract: In some aspects of the invention, a method of generating a beam of acoustic energy in a borehole is disclosed. The method includes generating a first acoustic wave at a first frequency; generating a second acoustic wave at a second frequency different than the first frequency, wherein the first acoustic wave and second acoustic wave are generated by at least one transducer carried by a tool located within the borehole; transmitting the first and the second acoustic waves into an acoustically non-linear medium, wherein the composition of the non-linear medium produces a collimated beam by a non-linear mixing of the first and second acoustic waves, wherein the collimated beam has a frequency based upon a difference between the first frequency range and the second frequency, and wherein the non-linear medium has a velocity of sound between 100 m/s and 800 m/s.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignees: Chevron U.S.A., Inc., Los Alamos National Security LLC
    Inventors: Cung Khac Vu, Dipen N. Sinha, Cristian Pantea, Kurt T. Nihei, Denis P. Schmitt, Chirstopher Skelt