Patents by Inventor Derek Shelby Bale

Derek Shelby Bale 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).

  • Signal transmission system and method
    Patent number: 10958358
    Abstract: A signal transmission system including a first transducer mounted to a surface of a member, a second transducer movable into contact with a second surface of the member, a material disposed between the second transducer and the second surface of the member. A method for communicating acoustic energy through a member including pressing a second transducer to a second surface of the member, the member having a first transducer mounted to an opposite surface thereof, sandwiching a material between the second transducer and the second surface of the member, and transmitting a signal between the first transducer and the second transducer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: BAKER HUGHES, A GE COMPANY, LLC
    Inventors: John Ellis Britt, Derek Shelby Bale, James Joseph Freeman
  • Downhole tools and methods of controllably disintegrating the tools
    Patent number: 10677008
    Abstract: A method of controllably disintegrating a downhole article comprises disposing a first article in a downhole environment, the first article being the downhole article to be disintegrated; disposing a second article in the downhole environment after the first article is disposed, the second article carrying a device, a chemical, or a combination comprising at least one of the foregoing; and disintegrating the first article with the device, chemical, or the combination comprising at least one of the foregoing from the second article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: BAKER HUGHES, A GE COMPANY, LLC
    Inventors: YingQing Xu, Zhihui Zhang, Rajani Satti, Levi Oberg, Derek Shelby Bale, Kim Ann Noren, Dawne Doxey
  • SIGNAL TRANSMISSION SYSTEM AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20190363801
    Abstract: A signal transmission system including a first transducer mounted to a surface of a member, a second transducer movable into contact with a second surface of the member, a material disposed between the second transducer and the second surface of the member. A method for communicating acoustic energy through a member including pressing a second transducer to a second surface of the member, the member having a first transducer mounted to an opposite surface thereof, sandwiching a material between the second transducer and the second surface of the member, and transmitting a signal between the first transducer and the second transducer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2018
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Applicant: Baker Hughes, a GE company, LLC
    Inventors: John Ellis Britt, Derek Shelby Bale, James Joseph Freeman
  • DOWNHOLE TOOLS AND METHODS OF CONTROLLABLY DISINTEGRATING THE TOOLS
    Publication number: 20180252063
    Abstract: A method of controllably disintegrating a downhole article comprises disposing a first article in a downhole environment, the first article being the downhole article to be disintegrated; disposing a second article in the downhole environment after the first article is disposed, the second article carrying a device, a chemical, or a combination comprising at least one of the foregoing; and disintegrating the first article with the device, chemical, or the combination comprising at least one of the foregoing from the second article.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2017
    Publication date: September 6, 2018
    Applicant: Baker Hughes Incorporated
    Inventors: YingQing Xu, Zhihui Zhang, Rajani Satti, Levi Oberg, Derek Shelby Bale, Kim Ann Noren, Dawne Doxey