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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 1977
Filed:
Jan. 26, 1976
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Standard Oil Company (Indiana), Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
340 / ; 340 / ; 181106 ; 175 40 ;
Abstract
A downhole seismic source for use when drilling a borehole in the earth using a rotating drill string through which a drilling fluid is circulated. In one embodiment, a section of the drill string has a slot in it and a sleeve rotatably surrounding the slot with a plurality of spaced-apart slots arranged to align with the slot in section of drill pipe during rotation of the sleeve with respect to the section. In operation this generates a controlled seismic signal. In another embodiment the bit is modified to have a fluid passage with a valve therein that opens and closes in a selected pattern during rotation of the drill bit.