Byron William Porter

US Patent:

51272610, Jul 7, 1992

Filed:

Nov 12, 1991

Appl. No.:

7/799911

Inventors:

Wayne B. Ingram - Kingwood TX
Byron W. Porter - Houston TX

Assignee:

Fugro-McClelland Leasing, Inc. - Houston TX

International Classification:

G01N 300

US Classification:

73 84

Abstract:

The invention comprises an improved self-contained, environmentally isolated, multi-parametric measuring apparatus and method for sampling and determining the dynamic loading characteristics of a soil bed. The apparatus is specially adapted to withstand the extreme pressure of deep water applications. In operation, a drill string presses the apparatus of the invention into a soil bed at an uncontrolled rate resulting in a variable penetration rate. The apparatus has a self-contained data acquisition system that measures and records, as a function of time, the force exerted on the sampling apparatus and the depth of penetration as the drill string presses the sampling apparatus into the soil bed. Data is provided that enables the user to determine the static soil characteristics (e. g. , shear strength and stress-strain characteristics) and the dynamic loading characteristics of the soil bed.

US Patent:

51252660, Jun 30, 1992

Filed:

Aug 16, 1991

Appl. No.:

7/745730

Inventors:

Wayne B. Ingram - Kingwood TX
Byron W. Porter - Houston TX

Assignee:

Fugro-McClelland Leasing, Inc. - Houston TX

International Classification:

G01N 1902

US Classification:

73 84

Abstract:

The invention comprises an improved self-contained, environmentally isolated, multi-parametric measuring apparatus and method for sampling and determining the dynamic loading characteristics of a soil bed. The apparatus is specially adapted to withstand the extreme pressures of deep water applications. In operation, a drill string presses the apparatus of the invention into a soil bed at an uncontrolled rate resulting in a variable penetration rate. The apparatus has a self-contained data acquisition system that measures and records, as a function of time, the force exerted on the sampling apparatus and the depth of penetration as the drill string presses the sampling apparatus into the soil bed. Data is provided that enables the user to determine the static soil characteristics (e. g. , shear strength and stress-strain characteristics) and the dynamic loading characteristics of the soil bed.

US Patent:

53396790, Aug 23, 1994

Filed:

Mar 5, 1992

Appl. No.:

7/846598

Inventors:

Wayne B. Ingram - Kingwood TX
Byron W. Porter - Houston TX

Assignee:

Fugro-McClelland Leasing, Inc. - Houston TX

International Classification:

G01N 300
E21B 4902

US Classification:

73 84

Abstract:

The invention comprises an improved self-contained, environmentally isolated, multi-parametric measuring apparatus and method for sampling and determining the dynamic loading characteristics of a soil bed. The apparatus is specially adapted to withstand the extreme pressures of deep water applications. In operation, a drill string presses the apparatus of the invention into a soil bed at an uncontrolled rate resulting in a variable penetration rate. The apparatus has a self-contained data acquisition system that measures and records, as a function of time, the force exerted on the sampling apparatus and the depth of penetration as the drill string presses the sampling apparatus into the soil bed. Data is provided that enables the user to determine the static soil characteristics (e. g. , shear strength and stress-strain characteristics) and the dynamic loading characteristics of the soil bed.