Patents by Inventor Gary Zane Fehrmann

Gary Zane Fehrmann 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).

  • Patent number: 6318463
    Abstract: Initially, signals relating to well bore fluids that are generated from sensors in presently available down-hole logging tools are analyzed and/or interpreted by an electronic circuit in a well logging tool. The interpretation of these signals can be direct, differential, or summation measurements from the sensors. The signal interpretations can be qualitative or quantitative, depending on how the tool is set up or programmed of the electronic circuit. When gas/oil, gas/water, or oil/water contacts are made in the well bore, the circuit will send a signal to a set of electromagnets or a drag mechanism that will momentarily grab the walls of the pipe. This will create a line tension spike on the load cell/weight indicator on the surface, and a well log can be generated to show where these line tension spikes occur, thus indicating the depth of various fluids in the well bore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2001
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Gary Zane Fehrmann, Pascal Menand