Patents by Inventor Grant Goodyear

Grant Goodyear 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).

  • Methods and systems for detecting epithermal and thermal neutrons
    Patent number: 9810807
    Abstract: A system includes a tool for measuring properties of a formation. The tool includes a tool body, a neutron source to emit neutrons disposed within the tool body, a neutron detector disposed within the tool body spaced apart from the neutron source, and a neutron shield arranged in operational relationship to the neutron detector, the neutron shield defines an exterior surface and an interior volume, the neutron shield to prevent neutrons having an energy below a first predetermined threshold from traveling from the exterior surface to the interior volume. The neutron shield is movably coupled to the tool body, wherein the neutron shield defines a non-occluded position relative to the neutron detector such that the neutron detector is at least partially outside the interior volume, and the neutron shield defines an occluded position relative to the neutron detector such that the neutron detector is disposed within the interior volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventor: Grant Goodyear
  • METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETECTING EPITHERMAL AND THERMAL NEUTRONS
    Publication number: 20150276974
    Abstract: A system includes a tool for measuring properties of a formation. The tool includes a tool body, a neutron source to emit neutrons disposed within the tool body, a neutron detector disposed within the tool body spaced apart from the neutron source, and a neutron shield arranged in operational relationship to the neutron detector, the neutron shield defines an exterior surface and an interior volume, the neutron shield to prevent neutrons having an energy below a first predetermined threshold from traveling from the exterior surface to the interior volume. The neutron shield is movably coupled to the tool body, wherein the neutron shield defines a non-occluded position relative to the neutron detector such that the neutron detector is at least partially outside the interior volume, and the neutron shield defines an occluded position relative to the neutron detector such that the neutron detector is disposed within the interior volume.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2012
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Inventor: Grant Goodyear