Patents by Inventor Phillip Edward Abshire

Phillip Edward Abshire 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).

  • Method of deployment for real time casing imaging
    Patent number: 8025445
    Abstract: A method for imaging a structure disposed in a borehole penetrating the earth, the method including: selecting a splice housing having a first port configured to seal the housing to a first fiber optic cable and a second port configured to seal the housing to a fiber optic sensor configured to image the structure, wherein the housing includes a sealed interior volume sufficient to contain a splice of optical fibers for protection and to enable a functional bend of at least ninety degrees for at least one spliced optical fiber; disposing a splice between an optical fiber of the first fiber optic cable and an optical fiber of the fiber optic sensor in the splice housing; disposing the splice housing containing the splice in the borehole; attaching the fiber optic sensor to the structure; and disposing the structure in the borehole after the splice housing is disposed in the borehole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2011
    Assignee: Baker Hughes Incorporated
    Inventors: Frederick Henry Kreisler Rambow, Brad W. Davis, Brooks Childers, Travis Hall, Phillip Edward Abshire