Patents by Inventor Robert H. Kelly, Jr.

Robert H. Kelly, Jr. 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).

  • Shock and vibration environmental recorder for wellbore instruments
    Patent number: 8186212
    Abstract: A wellbore instrument includes a housing configured to traverse a subsurface wellbore. A shock and vibration sensor disposed in the housing and is mounted on a carrier disposed in the housing. The carrier includes at least two, laterally movable elements each having an outer surface configured to contact an inner surface of the housing. The carrier includes an adjustable wedge disposed between the opposed elements. The wedge is arranged such that longitudinal movement thereof causes lateral separation of the laterally movable elements into frictional engagement with the inner surface of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Edgar Romero, Robert H. Kelly, Jr., Thomas J. Rebler