Patents by Inventor Ronald B. Collins

Ronald B. Collins 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).

  • Publication number: 20220240652
    Abstract: A bulb tube holder and a method for installing or replacing a bulb tube in an overhead light fixture. The bulb tube holder includes a hollow cylindrical tube that can contain several bulb tubes. A cap secures a top opening of the hollow cylindrical tube. A shoulder strap coupled to the hollow cylindrical tube allows carrying the bulb tube holder on a shoulder. A fastening strap is also provided to secure the bulb tube holder to a supporting structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventor: Ronald B Collins, JR.
  • Patent number: 7513305
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to an apparatus and a method for conveying and operating tools into a wellbore. In one aspect, a method of performing a downhole operation in a wellbore is provided. The method includes pushing a continuous rod into the wellbore, wherein the continuous rod includes a member disposed therein. The method further includes positioning the continuous rod proximate at a predetermined location in the wellbore and performing the downhole operation. In yet another aspect, a system for performing a downhole operation in a wellbore is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2009
    Assignee: Weatherford/Lamb, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Wilson, David M. Haugen, Frederick T. Tilton, John Douglas Roberts, Ronald B. Collins, John David, David Nuth, David G. Hosie, Ronald E. Bothner, Michael Nero
  • Patent number: 7350569
    Abstract: The invention generally relates to an apparatus and a method for conveying and operating tools in a wellbore. In one aspect, a method of performing an operation in a wellbore is provided. The method includes running a selectively separable plug member accommodating a tool into the wellbore on a continuous rod and positioning the separable plug member adjacent a receiver member disposed in the wellbore. The method further includes manipulating the weight of the continuous rod to seat the separable plug member in the receiver member. In another aspect, a plug assembly for use in a wellbore is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2008
    Assignee: Weatherford/Lamb, Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald B. Collins, Wayne Richard Jolly
  • Patent number: 7185700
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to a tool for use in a wellbore. In one aspect, a method of performing an operation in a wellbore is provided. The method includes running a selectively separable plug member accommodating a tool into the wellbore on a continuous rod. Next, a first portion of the plug member is separated from a second portion and then the continuous rod is used to position the second portion with the tool below the first portion to perform the operation. In another aspect, a method of logging a wellbore is provided. In yet another aspect, a plug assembly for use in a wellbore is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2007
    Assignee: Weatherford/Lamb, Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald B. Collins, Wayne Richard Jolly
  • Patent number: 4440590
    Abstract: A method of making a sign is described which comprises taking a transfer material and a temporary support sheet, the transfer material comprising a transparent or translucent carrier sheet bearing on one side a plurality of transferable indicia, which are either sufficiently adhesive as such to enable their transfer to the support sheet or which bear a layer of adhesive on their face remote from the carrier sheet, or which are non adhesive but transferable by virtue of a coating of adhesive on the temporary support sheet, the adhesive if present being adapted to adhere the indicia to the temporary support sheet more strongly than they adhere to the carrier sheet, and wherein the material of the indicia is adhesive under the application of heat and pressure, transferring indicia from the transfer material to the temporary support sheet in the desired order to build up the desired legend for the sign, and applying the transferred indicia under heat and pressure to the surface of a transparent or translucent she
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 1982
    Date of Patent: April 3, 1984
    Assignee: Letraset Corp.
    Inventors: Ronald B. Collins, Martin E. Dowzall, Brian J. Smith, Geoffrey R. Taylor