Patents by Inventor Sam Dippold

Sam Dippold 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).

  • Device and method for discrete distributed optical fiber pressure sensing
    Patent number: 9476294
    Abstract: An apparatus for estimating at least one parameter includes: a deformable member configured to deform in response to the at least one parameter; a housing surrounding at least a portion of an external surface of the deformable member to define an isolated region around the portion and an isolated surface of the deformable member; and at least one optical fiber sensor disposed on the isolated surface and held in an operable relationship with the isolated surface, the at least one optical fiber sensor configured to generate a signal in response to a deformation of the deformable member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Robert M. Harman, Philippe Legrand, Brooks Childers, Roger Duncan, Alan Reynolds, Sam Dippold
  • DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DISCRETE DISTRIBUTED OPTICAL FIBER PRESSURE SENSING
    Publication number: 20110191031
    Abstract: An apparatus for estimating at least one parameter includes: a deformable member configured to deform in response to the at least one parameter; a housing surrounding at least a portion of an external surface of the deformable member to define an isolated region around the portion and an isolated surface of the deformable member; and at least one optical fiber sensor disposed on the isolated surface and held in an operable relationship with the isolated surface, the at least one optical fiber sensor configured to generate a signal in response to a deformation of the deformable member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2010
    Publication date: August 4, 2011
    Applicant: BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Robert M. Harman, Philippe Legrand, Brooks Childers, Roger Duncan, Alan Reynolds, Sam Dippold