Patents by Inventor Vasel R. Slover, Jr.

Vasel R. Slover, 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).

  • Acoustic energy transmitter for borehole logging
    Patent number: 4742495
    Abstract: An acoustic transmitter for borehole logging includes a flexure disc acoustic source affixed to one end of an open-ended pipe. A rubber boot surrounds the pipe and flexure disc source and fluidly isolates them from the surrounding borehole fluid. Oil fills the rubber boot and pipe, such that the borehole fluid pressure is transmitted through the rubber boot to the oil. The flexure disc source is electrically excited to cause the transmitter to generate acoustic energy tube waves at one of the resonances of the flexure disc source within the seismic frequency range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 1986
    Date of Patent: May 3, 1988
    Assignee: Mobil Oil Corporation
    Inventors: William L. Medlin, Vasel R. Slover, Jr.