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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 09, 2012
Clovis Bonavides, Houston, TX (US);
Batakrishna Mandal, Missouri City, TX (US);
Arthur Cheng, Houston, TX (US);
Wei Zhang, Houston, TX (US);
Philip William Tracadas, West University Place, TX (US);
Gary Kainer, Tomball, TX (US);
Hong LI Hou, Cypress, TX (US);
Burkay Donderici, Houston, TX (US);
Clovis Bonavides, Houston, TX (US);
Batakrishna Mandal, Missouri City, TX (US);
Arthur Cheng, Houston, TX (US);
Wei Zhang, Houston, TX (US);
Philip William Tracadas, West University Place, TX (US);
Gary Kainer, Tomball, TX (US);
Hong Li Hou, Cypress, TX (US);
Burkay Donderici, Houston, TX (US);
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
In some embodiments, an apparatus and a system, as well as a method and an article, may operate to rotate a rotatable driving member having at least one driving lobe, and to periodically contact at least one cam on a unitary driven member with the at least one driving lobe during rotation of the rotatable driving member, to set the driven member in motion. This motion can be used to launch an acoustic wave along an axis substantially orthogonal to the axis of rotation of the driving member, where the driving member disposed completely within the driven member. The signature of the acoustic wave can be at least partially determined by the profile of the cam and the rotation rate of the driving member. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed.