Patents by Inventor Lance A. Beckner

Lance A. Beckner 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).

  • Multi-gap interferometric sensors
    Patent number: 8793102
    Abstract: An apparatus for estimating a property includes a hollow core tube and an input light guide disposed at least partially within hollow core tube. The apparatus also includes a second gap disposed within the hollow core tube and separated from the input light guide by an air gap width. The second gap is formed of a first solid material and has a second gap width. The apparatus also includes a third gap disposed at least partially within the hollow core tube and being further from the input light guide than the second gap. The third gap is formed of a second solid material and has a third gap width.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: Baker Hughes Incorporated
    Inventors: Brooks A. Childers, Robert M Harman, Daniel S. Homa, Lance A. Beckner
  • MULTI-GAP INTERFEROMETRIC SENSORS
    Publication number: 20130311095
    Abstract: An apparatus for estimating a property includes a hollow core tube and an input light guide disposed at least partially within hollow core tube. The apparatus also includes a second gap disposed within the hollow core tube and separated from the input light guide by an air gap width. The second gap is formed of a first solid material and has a second gap width. The apparatus also includes a third gap disposed at least partially within the hollow core tube and being further from the input light guide than the second gap. The third gap is formed of a second solid material and has a third gap width.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2013
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicant: BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Brooks A. Childers, Robert M. Harman, Daniel S. Homa, Lance A. Beckner
  • MULTI-GAP INTERFEROMETRIC SENSORS
    Publication number: 20110172959
    Abstract: An apparatus for estimating a property includes a hollow core tube and an input light guide disposed at least partially within hollow core tube. The apparatus also includes a second gap disposed within the hollow core tube and separated from the input light guide by an air gap width. The second gap is formed of a first solid material and has a second gap width. The apparatus also includes a third gap disposed at least partially within the hollow core tube and being further from the input light guide than the second gap. The third gap is formed of a second solid material and has a third gap width.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2010
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicant: BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Brooks A. Childers, Robert M. Harman, Daniel S. Homa, Lance A. Beckner