Patents by Inventor Hong Li Hou

Hong Li Hou 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).

  • Acoustic source apparatus, systems, and methods
    Patent number: 9158014
    Abstract: In some embodiments, an apparatus and a system, as well as a method and an article, may operate to rotate a rotatable driving member having at least one driving lobe, and to periodically contact at least one cam on a unitary driven member with the at least one driving lobe during rotation of the rotatable driving member, to set the driven member in motion. This motion can be used to launch an acoustic wave along an axis substantially orthogonal to the axis of rotation of the driving member, where the driving member disposed completely within the driven member. The signature of the acoustic wave can be at least partially determined by the profile of the cam and the rotation rate of the driving member. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Clovis Bonavides, Batakrishna Mandal, Arthur Cheng, Wei Zhang, Philip William Tracadas, Gary Kainer, Hong Li Hou, Burkay Donderici
  • ACOUSTIC SOURCE APPARATUS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20150083518
    Abstract: In some embodiments, an apparatus and a system, as well as a method and an article, may operate to rotate a rotatable driving member having at least one driving lobe, and to periodically contact at least one cam on a unitary driven member with the at least one driving lobe during rotation of the rotatable driving member, to set the driven member in motion. This motion can be used to launch an acoustic wave along an axis substantially orthogonal to the axis of rotation of the driving member, where the driving member disposed completely within the driven member. The signature of the acoustic wave can be at least partially determined by the profile of the cam and the rotation rate of the driving member. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2012
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Clovis Bonavides, Batakrishna Mandal, Arthur Cheng, Wei Zheng, Philip William Tracadas, Gary Kainer, Hong Li Hou, Burkay Donderici