Patents by Inventor Jack J. Traver

Jack J. Traver 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: 4624306
    Abstract: An apparatus which comprises an upper sub for connectable engagement with the wire line, a microprocessor component for directing the various functions of the overall apparatus down hole; a motor section having a plurality of thrust directional motors and ball screw assembly for movement of steering gates; a motor driven impeller means for providing thrust and flow through a portion of the apparatus and in combination with the flow gates providing steering in a certain direction; an electrical transducer portion for providing ultrasonic vibrations around the circumference of the apparatus in discongealing molecular substrate adjacent the apparatus; a mechanical vibration coil assembly means on the lower end of the apparatus for discongealing larger areas of congealing in a substrate around the apparatus, and a lower sub for connectably engaging the electrical logging unit to be steered down hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 1985
    Date of Patent: November 25, 1986
    Assignee: Traver Tool Company
    Inventors: Jack J. Traver, C. Dale Palmer, Richard Hughes