Patents by Inventor Kirk Flight

Kirk Flight 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).

  • Monitoring tubing related equipment
    Patent number: 9932815
    Abstract: A technique facilitates monitoring of strain related effects along a tubing string, such as a tubing string extending from surface equipment toward a sea floor in a subsea well application. A monitoring module is employed to monitor the strain related effects and may have a tubular structure. The monitoring module also has a reduced wall thickness region constructed to concentrate strain in this reduced wall thickness region. Additionally, the monitoring module comprises at least one sensor mounted to the tubular structure in the reduced wall thickness region for monitoring of strains.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kirk Flight, John Yarnold, Matthew Niemeyer, Jeffrey Marabella
  • Monitoring Tubing Related Equipment
    Publication number: 20160160630
    Abstract: A technique facilitates monitoring of strain related effects along a tubing string, such as a tubing string extending from surface equipment toward a sea floor in a subsea well application. A monitoring module is employed to monitor the strain related effects and may have a tubular structure. The monitoring module also has a reduced wall thickness region constructed to concentrate strain in this reduced wall thickness region. Additionally, the monitoring module comprises at least one sensor mounted to the tubular structure in the reduced wall thickness region for monitoring of strains.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2015
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Inventors: Kirk Flight, John Yarnold, Matthew Niemeyer, Jeffrey Marabella