Patents by Inventor Malcolm E. Cummings

Malcolm E. Cummings 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).

  • Optical seismic sensor systems and methods
    Patent number: 9207339
    Abstract: Disclosed is an optical seismic sensor system for measuring seismic events in a geological formation, including a surface unit for generating and processing an optical signal, and a sensor device optically connected to the surface unit for receiving the optical signal over an optical conduit. The sensor device includes at least one sensor head for sensing a seismic disturbance from at least one direction during a deployment of the sensor device within a borehole of the geological formation. The sensor head includes a frame and a reference mass attached to the frame via at least one flexure, such that movement of the reference mass relative to the frame is constrained to a single predetermined path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: Magi-Q Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: A Craig Beal, Malcolm E Cummings, Anton Zavriyev, Caleb A Christensen, Keun Lee
  • OPTICAL SEISMIC SENSOR SYSTEMS AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20140202786
    Abstract: Disclosed is an optical seismic sensor system for measuring seismic events in a geological formation, including a surface unit for generating and processing an optical signal, and a sensor device optically connected to the surface unit for receiving the optical signal over an optical conduit. The sensor device includes at least one sensor head for sensing a seismic disturbance from at least one direction during a deployment of the sensor device within a borehole of the geological formation. The sensor head includes a frame and a reference mass attached to the frame via at least one flexure, such that movement of the reference mass relative to the frame is constrained to a single predetermined path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2013
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Inventors: A Craig Beal, Malcolm E. Cummings, Anton Zavriyev, Caleb A. Christensen, Keun Lee