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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2024
Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran, SA;
Dwight W. Swett, Cypress, TX (US);
Timothy Thiel, Houston, TX (US);
Richard Pye, Dhahran, SA;
Atallah N. Al-Harbi, Dhahran, SA;
Huseyin Rahmi Seren, Houston, TX (US);
Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran, SA;
Abstract
A metallic swarf sensor includes a housing configured to couple to a fluid conduit that includes a flowpath for a circulation of a wellbore fluid that includes metallic swarf; a magnetic tine assembly that includes a pair of magnetic tines that extend from the housing and connect through a magnetic flexure; a magnetic assembly at least partially enclosed within the housing and coupled to the magnetic tine assembly; and a piezoelectric actuator at least partially enclosed within the housing and coupled to the magnetic tine assembly. The magnetic assembly is configured to magnetize the magnetic tine assembly. The piezoelectric actuator is configured to resonate the magnetic tine assembly at a variable resonance frequency.