Patents by Inventor Ricky L. Draehn

Ricky L. Draehn 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: 5010333
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to an improved telemetry system and data recovery telemetry receiver apparatus for installation with a logging cable supported sonde. In the sonde, a data stream is modulated onto a carrier after conversion by an encoder. Encoding involves conversion from a stream of binary data into four state symbols which are then encoded into seven duobinary levels. The availability of redundant levels permits correlation between encoded symbols and adjacent symbols. This is transmitted up the monocable to the surface and is recovered. The recovery involves amplification by an automatic gain control amplifier, conversion from an analog to digital form in an ADC, demodulation and reconstruction of the transmitted signal by means of a adaptive transversal filter equalizer featuring fractionally spaced sampling. Reconstructed output levels are then provided, and a slicer adjusts those values to the permitted seven levels. The data is then decoded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 1989
    Date of Patent: April 23, 1991
    Assignee: Halliburton Logging Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Wallace R. Gardner, Kenneth R. Goodman, Robert D. Puckett, Ricky L. Draehn