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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 02, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Vladimir Dubinsky, Houston, TX (US);
David Schneider, Spring, TX (US);
Terry Seyler, The Woodlands, TX (US);
Assignee:
Baker Hughes Incorporated, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04H 9/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04H 9/00 ;
Abstract
The present invention includes a well system having a sensor; a controller for converting the sensor output, a signal conducting mass, a magnetostrictive actuator for inducing an acoustic wave the signal conducting mass, a reaction mass being greater than the signal conducting mass, an acoustic wave receiver up-hole, and a processor for processing a signal from the acoustic wave receiver and for delivering the processed signal to an output device.