Patents by Inventor Albert Augustus Mullins, II

Albert Augustus Mullins, II has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Actuator apparatus and method for downhole completion tools
    Patent number: 6176318
    Abstract: An actuator apparatus for actuating a downhole well tool according to which a housing extends in the well and a tool to be actuated is disposed in the housing. A drive member is connected to the tool for operating the tool, and an actuator system is disposed in the housing and is normally connected to the drive member for driving the drive member and operating the tool. In the event the actuator system fails, an additional actuator system is disposed in the housing and is adapted to be connected to the drive member for also driving the drive member and operating the tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2001
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Keith Drakeley, Albert Augustus Mullins, II, Richard M. Wilde