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7613543 Electronic demarcating system  
A method and an electronic search system for operating an automatic device, preferably an automatic lawnmower. The system comprises at least one first electrical cable ( 1,4,5,6 ) connected to at...
7573397 System and method for downhole telemetry  
A system and method are provided for providing electromagnetic (EM) measurement-while-drilling (MWD) telemetry capabilities using an existing mud-pulse MWD tool. An EM tool intercepts the output...
7540337 Adaptive apparatus, system and method for communicating with a downhole device  
A system, apparatus and method for adaptive communication with a downhole device is disclosed. The instant invention proposes an adaptive system of communicating information from the surface of the...
7518950 Method and apparatus for downlink communication  
The present invention provides a method and system in which signals from the surface are sent by changing flow rate of the drilling fluid supplied to the drill string during drilling of a wellbore....
7518528 Electric field communication for short range data transmission in a borehole  
The present invention concerns application of a unique conductive electrode geometry used to form an efficient wideband, one- or two-way wireless data link between autonomous systems separated by...
7489591 Drilling fluid pressure pulse detection using a differential transducer  
An apparatus for detecting mud pulse telemetry signals includes a differential transducer. In various exemplary embodiments, a high-pressure side of the differential transducer is in fluid...
7480207 Filtering and detection of telemetry  
The specification discloses systems and methods that provide improved capability to detect and decode encoded telemetry data. More particularly, the specification discloses embodiments for...
7468679 Method and apparatus for mud pulse telemetry  
An apparatus for mud pulse telemetry for transmitting information from a drill string positioned at a down hole location in a bore hole to a surface location, the drill string having a flow passage...
7460438 Downhole data communication  
A data communication technique for use in producing wells. Signals are transmitted through the product (p) by varying and monitoring flow rate at respective ends of the communication channel. At...
7453372 Identification of the channel frequency response using chirps and stepped frequencies  
The transfer function of the communication channel in a mud pulse telemetry system is determined by sending a known signal through the channel and spectral analysis of the received signal. The...
7430153 Downhole tool and method  
A downhole tool for generating a fluid pressure pulse, and to a method of generating a fluid pressure pulse downhole. One example being, an improved downhole tool and method for transmitting data...
7423931 Acoustic system for communication in pipelines  
A system for communication in a pipe, or pipeline, or network of pipes containing a fluid. The system includes an encoding and transmitting sub-system connected to the pipe, or pipeline, or network...
7423932 Well bore communication pulser  
The poppet portion of a signal valve is driven rotationally by a mud motor and the rotation is used, in conjunction with a rotary-to-linear motion converter, to cause the poppet to move axially...
7423550 Two sensor impedance estimation for uplink telemetry signals  
Measurements made with dual sensors (flow rate or pressure) are used to attenuate pump noise in a mud pulse telemetry system.
7417920 Reciprocating pulser for mud pulse telemetry  
A method of transmitting pressure pulses from a downhole location through a flowing fluid in a wellbore comprises using a linear actuator to controllably move a reciprocating member axially back...
7408837 Measurement while drilling tool and method  
An apparatus for telemetering a downhole parameter from a well. The apparatus comprises a housing having a bore. The apparatus further comprises an annular main valve with an enlarged end...
7400262 Apparatus and methods for self-powered communication and sensor network  
A system for communicating between a first location and a second location comprises a jointed tubular string having a first section and a second section connected at a connection joint, with the...
7397388 Borehold telemetry system  
A system that is usable with a subterranean well includes an assembly and a telemetry tool. The system includes an assembly that performs a downhole measurement. The system also includes a downhole...
7382686 Drilling signalling system  
A pressure pulse generator for use in transmitting pressure signals to surface in a fluid-based drilling system having a housing having an inlet to admit drilling fluid to the interior of housing,...
7345594 Noise attenuation apparatus for borehole telemetry  
A surface mud pipeline system is described with a mechanical acoustic filter ( 1245 ) tuned to a predetermined frequency band so as to attenuate pump noise ( 132 ) within this band. The filter can...
7330397 Electromagnetic anti-jam telemetry tool  
A mud-pulse telemetry tool includes a tool housing, a motor disposed in the tool housing, and a magnetic coupling coupled to the motor and having an inner shaft and an outer shaft. The tool may...
7327634 Rotary pulser for transmitting information to the surface from a drill string down hole in a well  
A rotary pulser for transmitting information to the surface from down hole in a well by generating pressure pulses encoded to contain information. The pressure pulses travel to the surface where...
7319638 Hydraulic oscillator for use in a transmitter valve  
An oscillating valve driven by the pressure in a mud pulser develops a pressure variation in the mud pulse signal that is at a frequency that is different than the frequencies of the mud system....
7313052 System and methods of communicating over noisy communication channels  
A system and methods of transmitting information between a first location and a second location comprise transmitting a data signal and a known signal from one of the first location and the second...
7295491 High impact communication and control system  
A system and method in accordance with the invention communicator remotely with remotely controllable down hole tools in a well bore at a drilling installation. At the surface, high energy pressure...
7250873 Downlink pulser for mud pulse telemetry  
A mud pulse telemetry system comprises a surface located fluid supply line having a drilling fluid flowing therein. A non-venting pulser is disposed in the drilling fluid in the supply line, and...
7230880 Rotational pulsation system and method for communicating  
Disclosed herein is a rotational pulsation system including a rotor having turbine blades to drive the rotor. A centralizer having coils and a stator package positioned to operably communicate with...
7201231 Apparatuses and methods for deploying logging tools and signalling in boreholes  
The apparatus includes a pump for circulating pressurized fluid in a wellbore. A control device controls the pump which a conduit interconnects to the wellbore. A downhole transducer detects...
7167101 Method and apparatus for telemetry  
A method and related apparatus for telemetry between downhole devices and surface devices. In particular, the methods and related apparatus may send a first datum of a first parameter in an...
7145834 Well bore communication pulser  
The preferred pulser is a mud powered oscillator powered by the pressure variation produced across the signal valve by the unstable action. The signal valve comprises a poppet and cooperating...
7138929 Method and apparatus for enhanced acoustic mud pulse telemetry during underbalanced drilling  
A method and system for telemetry through a compressible drilling fluid during underbalanced drilling is disclosed. A reflector ( 110 ) is positioned downstream from the gas inlet ( 84 ) and causes...
7133325 Apparatus and method for generating electrical power in a borehole  
An apparatus and related method generate electrical power in a tubular housing, such as a drill collar, disposed in a borehole when drilling fluid flows through the tubular housing. The apparatus...
7123161 Method and apparatus enhanced acoustic mud pulse telemetry  
A method and system for telemetry through a drilling fluid during drilling is disclosed. A reflector ( 110 ) is positioned downstream from the drilling mud pumps ( 80 ) and causes reflected...
7082078 Magnetorheological fluid controlled mud pulser  
A mud pulser controlled by a field applied to an electroactive fluid. The electroactive fluid is employed to act as a rapid-response brake to slow or interrupt the rotation of a mud motor or mud...
7068182 Method and apparatus for mud pulse telemetry  
A method and related apparatus for telemetry between downhole devices and surface devices. In particular, the methods and related apparatus may send a first datum of a first parameter in an...
7061830 Transducers coated with anechoic material for use in down hole communications  
A communication device is located within a well and includes a transducer that converts a first electrical signal into a first acoustic signal for transmission through the well and that converts...
7057524 Pressure pulse generator for MWD  
A pressure pulse generator to generate pressure signals in drilling fluid for transmission to surface includes an outer housing having an inlet and an outlet for supply to the drilling assembly; a...
6963290 Data recovery for pulse telemetry using pulse position modulation  
The specification discloses algorithms for error recovery in pulse position modulation-based mud pulse telemetry. More particularly, the specification discloses detection and attempted correction...
6958703 Drill string enabling information to be transmitted  
The present invention relates to a drill string fitted with information transmission means. The hollow rods of conductive material have their inside faces covered in an insulating material. The...
6952170 Hollow drilling rod for transmitting information  
The invention relates to a hollow drilling rod for transmitting information, said rod being for placing in a borehole filled with drilling mud. The rod comprises an electrically conductive...
6920085 Downlink telemetry system  
A downlink telemetry system providing improved apparatus and methods for communicating instructions via pressure pulses from surface equipment to a downhole assembly. The apparatus comprises a...
6909667 Dual channel downhole telemetry  
The present disclosure provides several methods for selecting and transmitting information from downhole using more than one channel of communication wherein data streams transmitted up each...
6898150 Hydraulically balanced reciprocating pulser valve for mud pulse telemetry  
A reciprocating pulser system for generating pressure fluctuations in a flowing drilling fluid comprising a reciprocating poppet and a stationary valve assembly with axial flow passages. The poppet...
6867706 Frequency regulation of an oscillator for use in MWD transmission  
An oscillating valve driven by the pressure in a mud pulser develops a pressure variation in the mud pulse signal that is at a frequency that is different than the frequencies of the mud system....
6850463 Borehole logging apparatus for deep well drilling  
The invention is directed to a borehole logging apparatus for deep well drilling, with a signal transmitter for transmitting measured data obtained while drilling from a borehole through the...
6795373 Permanent downhole resonant source  
A wellbore system and method for producing seismic waves in an earth formation. The system comprises a cavity containing fluid. The cavity is in a space between a wellbore tubular, which may be...
RE38567 Apparatus and method for self adjusting downlink signal communication  
An apparatus for sending signals downhole during drilling operations uses a main pump to pump mud from a mud pit at a substantially constant flow rate. The bulk of the pumped mud goes downhole to...
6757218 Semi-passive two way borehole communication apparatus and method  
The present invention provides a semi-passive two-way borehole communication system and method. The system includes a surface source signal generator for generating an acoustic signal. The acoustic...
6741185 Digital signal receiver for measurement while drilling system having noise cancellation  
A method is disclosed for reducing noise in a measured telemetry signal. The method includes tracking a characteristic of at least one harmonic of a noise component in the measured telemetry signal...
6636159 Borehole logging apparatus for deep well drillings with a device for transmitting borehole measurement data  
In a borehole logging apparatus ( 1 ) for deep well drillings having a device for transmitting measured data obtained while drilling from a borehole through the drilling fluid to the earth's...
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