Patents by Inventor Christopher John Kelley

Christopher John Kelley 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).

  • Integrity monitoring of conduits
    Patent number: 10753820
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of integrity monitoring of a conduit. An optic fibre is provided optic fibre along the path of the conduit, and a fluid in the conduit is pressurized and depressurized. The optic fibre is interrogated to provide a distributed acoustic sensor, and data is sampled from a plurality of longitudinal portions of the fibre during the pressurizing and depressurizing. The data is processed to detect a signal characteristic of the integrity of the conduit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignees: Optasense Holdings Limited
    Inventors: James Edward Roy, Christopher John Kelley
  • Integrity Monitoring of Conduits
    Publication number: 20140069173
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of integrity monitoring of a conduit. An optic fibre is provided optic fibre along the path of the conduit, and a fluid in the conduit is pressurized and depressurized. The optic fibre is interrogated to provide a distributed acoustic sensor, and data is sampled from a plurality of longitudinal portions of the fibre during the pressurizing and depressurizing. The data is processed to detect a signal characteristic of the integrity of the conduit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2012
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Applicant: OPTASENSE HOLDINGS LIMITED
    Inventors: James Edward Roy, Christopher John Kelley