Patents by Inventor Rick Kaufman

Rick Kaufman 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).

  • Apparatus with thermal stress relief mechanism for heat generating coil and associated methods
    Patent number: 10605934
    Abstract: Embodiments related to marine acoustic vibrator for marine geophysical surveys. An embodiment may include an apparatus, wherein the apparatus may comprise: a coil element comprising a coil; a coil clamp constraining motion of the coil element in at least one direction; and a spring disposed in a load path of the coil clamp. Additional apparatus and methods are disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: PGS Geophysical AS
    Inventors: Rick Kaufman, Aaron McGregor, Todd Allan Reinders
  • Apparatus with Thermal Stress Relief Mechanism for Heat Generating Coil and Associated Methods
    Publication number: 20170059725
    Abstract: Embodiments related to marine acoustic vibrator for marine geophysical surveys. An embodiment may include an apparatus, wherein the apparatus may comprise: a coil element comprising a coil; a coil clamp constraining motion of the coil element in at least one direction; and a spring disposed in a load path of the coil clamp. Additional apparatus and methods are disclosed herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2016
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Applicant: PGS Geophysical AS
    Inventors: Rick Kaufman, Aaron McGregor, Todd Allan Reinders
  • Convex folded shell projector
    Publication number: 20050152222
    Abstract: An acoustic projector comprising a pair of spaced apart end plates with an acoustic driver positioned between the end plates. The end plate's edges are secured to an outer one-piece thin walled shell that provides an enclosure for the driver. That thin walled shell has a convex outwardly bent surface between the end plates and a plurality of axially extending corrugations to provide a predetermined axial compliance and radial-to-axial transformation ratio.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2004
    Publication date: July 14, 2005
    Inventors: Rick Kaufman, Steven Saint-Vincent, Richard Fleming, Christopher Purcell