Patents by Inventor Wayne Fleury

Wayne Fleury 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 and method for inspecting a pipeline
    Patent number: 10527590
    Abstract: It is described an apparatus for inspecting a pipeline, said apparatus including a cylindrical body (15) adapted to be transported inside said pipeline, an array of acoustical transducers (Tx,y) installed in the surface of the cylindrical body (15), the acoustical transducers being organized in columns and rows in a belt around the cylindrical body, a controller adapted to initiate a transmission of an acoustical signal from a first transducer (T2,2) and a reception of said acoustical signal from other transducers in said array surrounding the first transducer, the controller further being adapted to determine the direction to a flaw in the wall of said pipeline from the received acoustical signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: Halfwave AS
    Inventors: Petter Norli, Wayne Fleury, Paul Doust
  • AN APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INSPECTING A PIPELINE
    Publication number: 20180017533
    Abstract: It is described an apparatus for inspecting a pipeline, said apparatus including a cylindrical body (15) adapted to be transported inside said pipeline, an array of acoustical transducers (Tx,y) installed in the surface of the cylindrical body (15), the acoustical transducers being organized in columns and rows in a belt around the cylindrical body, a controller adapted to initiate a transmission of an acoustical signal from a first transducer (T2,2) and a reception of said acoustical signal from other transducers in said array surrounding the first transducer, the controller further being adapted to determine the direction to a flaw in the wall of said pipeline from the received acoustical signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2016
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Applicant: HALFWAVE AS
    Inventors: Petter Norli, Wayne Fleury, Paul Doust