Patents by Inventor Derek Crocker

Derek Crocker 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).

  • Environmental monitoring of logging-while-drilling tool components
    Patent number: 10031257
    Abstract: A method and system for environmental monitoring of logging-while-drilling (LWD) components. In one embodiment the system includes a formation sensor configured to generate a signal related to a property of a surrounding rock formation, and a first environmental sensor fastened to the formation sensor and configured to generate a signal related to a first environmental condition experienced by the first environmental sensor. The formation sensor and first environmental sensor may be contained in a package of an LWD tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: CBG Corporation
    Inventors: Paul L. Sinclair, Thomas A. Springer, Derek Crocker
  • Environmental Monitoring of Logging-While-Drilling Tool Components
    Publication number: 20160025892
    Abstract: A method and system for environmental monitoring of logging-while-drilling (LWD) components. In one embodiment the system includes a formation sensor configured to generate a signal related to a property of a surrounding rock formation, and a first environmental sensor fastened to the formation sensor and configured to generate a signal related to a first environmental condition experienced by the first environmental sensor. The formation sensor and first environmental sensor may be contained in a package of an LWD tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2015
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Inventors: Paul L. Sinclair, Thomas A. Springer, Derek Crocker