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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.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 1998

Filed:

Jun. 05, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:

Thomas E Ritter, Katy, TX (US);

James Robert Birchak, Spring, TX (US);

James W Stroud, Houston, TX (US);

Mack H Brown, Houston, TX (US);

James E Masino, Houston, TX (US);

John W Minear, Houston, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
367 35 ; 367 86 ; 367911 ; 367912 ; 181104 ; 181105 ; 7315217 ; 175 50 ;
Abstract

An apparatus for logging a borehole comprises a non-rotating component and a rotating component that is flexibly attached to the non-rotating component and includes a logging head. The rotating component is centralized independently from the non-rotating component such that the rotating component remains centralized as it rotates, regardless of whether the non-rotating component is centralized. The logging head includes at least one signaling device, a hydrostatic pressure balancing system, a sealed, variable-volume fluid reservoir in fluid communication with said transducer, and a motor housed in said logging head for rotating the rotating component. The apparatus can further include a second non-rotating component suspended below the rotating component.


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