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Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2005

Filed:

Mar. 16, 2000
Applicants:

Peter Maxwell, Missouri City, TX (US);

Lawrence P. Behn, Houston, TX (US);

Eugene D. Bednar, Austin, TX (US);

Jeffery C. Gannon, Houston, TX (US);

Michael Arthur Corrigan, The Woodlands, TX (US);

Glen Ragan, Sugar Land, TX (US);

Dale J. Lambert, Mandeville, LA (US);

Henry Thomas Polk, Houston, TX (US);

Steven L. Roche, Sugar Land, TX (US);

Wilfred Roy Bertrand, Meadows Place, TX (US);

David Wilson, Missouri City, TX (US);

Byron Lee Cain, Houston, TX (US);

Michael George Mcmahon, Stafford, TX (US);

John C. Downey Jr., Houston, TX (US);

Keith Elder, Richmond, TX (US);

Inventors:

Peter Maxwell, Missouri City, TX (US);

Lawrence P. Behn, Houston, TX (US);

Eugene D. Bednar, Austin, TX (US);

Jeffery C. Gannon, Houston, TX (US);

Michael Arthur Corrigan, The Woodlands, TX (US);

Glen Ragan, Sugar Land, TX (US);

Dale J. Lambert, Mandeville, LA (US);

Henry Thomas Polk, Houston, TX (US);

Steven L. Roche, Sugar Land, TX (US);

Wilfred Roy Bertrand, Meadows Place, TX (US);

David Wilson, Missouri City, TX (US);

Byron Lee Cain, Houston, TX (US);

Michael George McMahon, Stafford, TX (US);

John C. Downey Jr., Houston, TX (US);

Keith Elder, Richmond, TX (US);

Assignee:

Input/Output, Inc., Stafford, TX (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V001/40 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Method for operating and testing a sensor assembly (). The sensor assembly () preferably includes accelerometers with axes of sensitivity orthogonal to each other. The method preferably includes determining sensor tilt angle, determining the position of the sensor, and synchronizing the operation of the sensor.


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