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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:
Oct. 22, 2002

Filed:

Apr. 24, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:

Marcel Boucher, Houston, TX (US);

Brian Peter Jarvis, Chipping Sodbury, GB;

Tim McCarthy, Houston, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 4/708 ; E21B 4/700 ; G01V 1/00 ; G01B 2/120 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 4/708 ; E21B 4/700 ; G01V 1/00 ; G01B 2/120 ;
Abstract

An accelerometer caliper while drilling arrangement comprising a drill bit having an axis of rotation and a gauge region, a caliper tool body, a first accelerometer mounted upon the caliper tool body and arranged to measure acceleration in a first direction, and a second accelerometer mounted upon the caliper tool body and arranged to measure acceleration in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, wherein the caliper tool body and the drill bit are coupled to one another in such a manner that the first and second accelerometers are mounted in a known relationship to the drill bit.


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