Patents by Inventor Donald Keith Love

Donald Keith Love 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).

  • Apparatus and methods for acoustically determining fluid properties while sampling
    Patent number: 7377169
    Abstract: An apparatus and methods for acoustically analyzing a fluid sample and determining one or more properties of the sample are disclosed by the present invention. The apparatus comprises a chamber, a transmitter positioned within the chamber for transmitting an acoustic signal through the fluid, a reflector movably positioned within the fluid inside the chamber for reflecting the acoustic signal, and a receiver positioned within the chamber for detecting reflections of the acoustic signal. The methods employ the use of a transmitter, a reflector movably positioned within the fluid inside the chamber, and a receiver to characterize the fluid sample based on one or more of its acoustic properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2008
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: Michael Tolbert Myers, Donald Keith Love, Willem J. M. Epping, Mohamed Naguib Hashem