Patents by Inventor Oliver Clay

Oliver Clay 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).

  • Downhole detection tool
    Patent number: 10520634
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a downhole cable or control line detection tool. More particularly, but not exclusively, this invention concerns a method and apparatus for the downhole detection of a cable or control line associated with the external wall of a well casing. A downhole tool for the detection of downhole cable or control lines is provided. The downhole tool comprises an eddy current sensor, the eddy current sensor being arranged to be proximate to the internal wall of a well casing. The eddy current sensor is arranged for pulsed operation. The downhole tool further comprises a mechanism for rotating the eddy current sensor, with an axis of rotation parallel with the longitudinal axis of a well casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: GUARDIAN GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
    Inventors: Oliver Clay, Iain Maxted, Jonathan Gore, Alexander Grigorov, Paul Moss
  • DOWNHOLE DETECTION TOOL
    Publication number: 20160245947
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a downhole cable or control line detection tool. More particularly, but not exclusively, this invention concerns a method and apparatus for the downhole detection of a cable or control line associated with the external wall of a well casing. A downhole tool for the detection of downhole cable or control lines is provided. The downhole tool comprises an eddy current sensor, the eddy current sensor being arranged to be proximate to the internal wall of a well casing. The eddy current sensor is arranged for pulsed operation. The downhole tool further comprises a mechanism for rotating the eddy current sensor, with an axis of rotation parallel with the longitudinal axis of a well casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2014
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Inventors: Oliver Clay, Iain Maxted, Jonathan Gore, Alexander Grigorov, Paul Moss