Patents by Inventor William A. Whitfill, Jr.

William A. Whitfill, 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).

  • Method for making a gas blocked logging cable
    Patent number: 4005168
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for forming a well logging cable that is gas-blocked by virtue of having solid outer conductors cabled around a stranded, filled center conductor and interred in a monolithic matrix material. Substantially all void spaces are thereby eliminated to prevent collection of gas anywhere within the cable at high temperatures and pressures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 1973
    Date of Patent: January 25, 1977
    Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: William A. Whitfill, Jr., Richard P. McNerney