Patents by Inventor Donald L. Johnson, Jr.

Donald L. Johnson, Jr. 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).

  • Patent number: 5454295
    Abstract: A method and an oven are disclosed which provide reduced baking times for pizza. The method includes the step of impinging the toppings portion of the pizza with jets of heated air. These jets of heated air have a velocity at the point of contact with the pizza sufficient to cause temporary displacement within the toppings portion. As a result, the time needed to properly bake the pizza is reduced. The oven includes means for impinging the toppings portion with jets of heated air at a velocity sufficient to cause temporary displacement within the toppings portion. The oven also preferably includes means for moving the pizza in relation to the jets of heated air. Preferably, the method is practiced and the oven is provided by modifying a commercially available pizza impingement/conveyor oven to produce the requisite heated air velocities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 1993
    Date of Patent: October 3, 1995
    Assignee: Pizza Hut, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas L. Cox, John D. Beltz, Donald L. Johnson, Jr., Johnny J. Pellin, Gary V. Riley, Randall J. Wiebe
  • Patent number: 4972149
    Abstract: The present invention is a thin bed resistivity well logging system and method which includes a transmitter transmitting electromagnetic energy into an earth formation, from within a borehole traversing the earth's formation, at a frequency lying within a range of frequencies from 500 kilohertz to 4 megahertz. The system, a portion of which is located in the borehole, determines the true resistivity of a thin strata in accordance with the transmitted electromagnetic energy that has propagated through the earth's formation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 1986
    Date of Patent: November 20, 1990
    Assignee: Texaco Inc.
    Inventors: Percy T. Cox, Wayne F. Warren, Theodore W. Nussbaum, Donald L. Johnson, Jr.
  • Patent number: 4897605
    Abstract: A well logging system and method of the present invention determines the dielectric constant and/or conductivity of earth formations some of which have fluid invasion. The system and method of the present invention includes the transmission of electromagnetic energy into the earth formation from a first location in a borehole in the formations at a frequency which enables the electromagnetic energy to propagate throughout the surrounding earth formations. Electromagnetic energy is received by receivers at three locations in the borehole which are spaced longitudinally from the location of the transmission of the electromagnetic energy. The receivers provide signals representative of the total electromagnetic fields at those locations. The dielectric constant and/or resistivity of the earth formations are determined in accordance with portions of the signals from the three receivers corresponding to secondary electromagnetic fields at the three receiving locations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 1986
    Date of Patent: January 30, 1990
    Assignee: Texaco Inc.
    Inventors: Percy T. Cox, Wayne F. Warren, Donald L. Johnson, Jr.
  • Patent number: 4810970
    Abstract: An electromagnetic energy well logging system and method includes transmitting electromagnetic energy substantially at a frequency of 4 MHz into an earth formation from a borehold traversing the earth formation. The true resistivity of an oil-based flushed zone of the earth formation is derived in accordance with the transmitted electromagnetic energy after it is passed through at least a portion of the oil-based flushed zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1986
    Date of Patent: March 7, 1989
    Assignee: Texaco Inc.
    Inventors: Wayne F. Warren, Donald L. Johnson, Jr.
  • Patent number: 4622518
    Abstract: A well logging system and method of the present invention determines the dielectric constant and/or conductivity of earth formations some of which have fluid invasion. The system and method of the present invention includes the transmission of electromagnetic energy into the earth formation from a first location in a borehole in the formations at a frequency which enables the electromagnetic energy to propagate throughout the surrounding earth formations. Electromagnetic energy is received by receivers at three locations in the borehole which are spaced longitudinally from the location of the transmission of the electromagnetic energy. The receivers provide signals representative of the total electromagnetic fields at those locations. The dielectric constant and/or resistivity of the earth formations are determined in accordance with portions of the signals from the three receivers corresponding to secondary electromagnetic fields at the three receiving locations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 1984
    Date of Patent: November 11, 1986
    Assignee: Texaco Inc.
    Inventors: Percy T. Cox, Wayne F. Warren, Donald L. Johnson, Jr.