Patents by Inventor Rick Ray Pruett

Rick Ray Pruett 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).

  • Optical fiber deployment system and cable
    Patent number: 6557249
    Abstract: The present invention is a strengthened fiber optic cable and the process for inserting the strengthened cable into a duct. The invention consists of pre-coating a fiber optic waveguide with an ultra violet (UV)/visible light curable resin such that the resin buffers the fiber optic waveguide. The pre-coated fiber optic waveguide is then cured in an UV/visible light oven at a temperature at ambient or above. An UV/visible light curable resin is pre-heated to a selected temperature and the buffered fiber optic waveguide and the at least one reinforcing fiber are transported through a binding resin bath, the fiber optic waveguide maintaining linear alignment throughout the bath as at least one reinforcing fiber is disposed about the fiber optic waveguide. The resin coated fiber optic waveguide and the least one reinforcing fiber are then cured in an UV/visible light curing station so as to form a fiber optic cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2003
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Rick Ray Pruett, Craig W. White