US PATENT SUBCLASS 73 / 152.32
.~.~.~ Vibration


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73 /   HD   MEASURING AND TESTING

152.01  DF  BOREHOLE OR DRILLING (E.G., DRILL LOADING FACTOR, DRILLING RATE, RATE OF FLUID FLOW) {6}
152.18  DF  .~ Fluid flow measuring or fluid analysis {6}
152.29  DF  .~.~ Rate of fluid flow {5}
152.32.~.~.~ Vibration


DEFINITION

Classification: 73/152.32

Vibration:

(under subclass 152.29) Subject matter wherein the determination of the physical characteristic of the borehole, the casing, or the drill rigging is made by measuring the effect of the rate of fluid flow on vibration.

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152.15, for determining a formation logging by plural types of tests including measuring radiation and vibration.

152.16, for determining a formation logging by plural types of tests including measuring vibration.

152.47, for making a downhole measurement of a characteristic of a borehole, a casing, or a drill rigging by measuring vibration during drilling.

152.57, for a cementing or casing test within a borehole using vibration.

152.58, for determining a physical condition of a borehole, a casing, or a drill rigging by making a measurement of

vibration by an instrument located within the borehole. 570+, for measuring and testing, per se, by use of vibration.

861.18+, for measuring a volume or rate of fluid flow, per se, by measuring vibration.

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367, Communications, Electrical: Acoustic Wave Systems and Devices,

25+, for the communication of information or intelligence in the form of acoustic waves traveling through earth and detected by electric signal handling means passing through a well bore and providing information pertaining to a characteristic or a location of discontinuities within the earth, subclasses 81+ for the communication of information or intelligence traveling in a well bore in the form of acoustic waves traveling in a medium in the well bore different from the surrounding earth and providing information pertaining to a characteristic or a location of discontinuities within the earth, and subclasses 86+ for the communication of information or intelligence in the form of acoustic waves traveling through earth detected by electric signal handling means passing through a well bore and providing information pertaining to a characteristic of a well bore or a location of discontinuities within the earth for electroacoustic borehole testing and wherein the intelligence pertains to the walls of the borehole and is obtained from a device which travels through the passageway and emits acoustic waves into a medium contained within the borehole (e.g., water, air, etc.) which are reflected from the walls back to the device and are detected.