Patents by Inventor Stuart Anthony Large

Stuart Anthony Large 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).

  • Folding ultrasonic borehole imaging tool
    Patent number: 7975541
    Abstract: A borehole logging tool includes a housing oriented along a longitudinal axis, and a centralizer assembly that positions the housing substantially at the center of the borehole. In one example, the centralizer assembly includes a plurality of centralizer arms radially extendable outward from the longitudinal axis. The borehole logging tool further includes a scanning head that rotates a plurality of scanning sensors axially within the borehole about the longitudinal axis. The scanning head further includes a plurality of linkage arms coupled to the plurality of scanning sensors such that the scanning sensors are radially extendable outward from the longitudinal axis. The borehole logging tool further includes an extension assembly adapted to substantially concurrently control the radial extension of the centralizer arms and the plurality of sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2011
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Stuart Anthony Large, Scott Ronald Kennedy, Richard Harvey Wood
  • FOLDING ULTRASONIC BOREHOLE IMAGING TOOL
    Publication number: 20110138903
    Abstract: A borehole logging tool includes a housing oriented along a longitudinal axis, and a centralizer assembly that positions the housing substantially at the center of the borehole. In one example, the centralizer assembly includes a plurality of centralizer arms radially extendable outward from the longitudinal axis. The borehole logging tool further includes a scanning head that rotates a plurality of scanning sensors axially within the borehole about the longitudinal axis. The scanning head further includes a plurality of linkage arms coupled to the plurality of scanning sensors such that the scanning sensors are radially extendable outward from the longitudinal axis. The borehole logging tool further includes an extension assembly adapted to substantially concurrently control the radial extension of the centralizer arms and the plurality of sensors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2009
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Stuart Anthony Large, Scott Ronald Kennedy, Richard Harvey Wood