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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:
May. 15, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2008
Applicants:
Fred Shakra, Cheltenham, GB;
Phil Louden, Weston-super-Mare, GB;
Spyro Kotsonis, Cheltenham, GB;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 3/34 (2006.01); E21B 47/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A downhole communication device comprises a first energy harvesting device; a downhole transceiver in communication with the first energy harvesting device; an accumulator in communication with the energy harvesting device; and a microcontroller. The microcontroller manages communication between the first energy harvesting device, transceiver, and accumulator.