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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. 23, 1988
Filed:
Dec. 27, 1985
Applicant:
Inventors:
Edward A Clerke, Missouri City, TX (US);
Brent H Larson, Sugarland, TX (US);
Assignee:
Shell Oil Company, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
367911 ; 367 35 ; 181105 ;
Abstract
A borehole televiewer scans forwardly to produce images of objects longitudinally ahead of the televiewer. The transducer is orbited around the bottom of the televiewer housing and simultaneously moves radially inwardly and outwardly thereacross to image an entire solid angle across a transverse section of the borehole ahead of the televiewer.