Patents by Inventor Ronald Barbee

Ronald Barbee 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: 20250141230
    Abstract: This disclosure provides methods, components, devices and systems for battery power source integration and utilization at a drilling site by adjusting power draw from various power sources based on conditions at the drilling site. Some aspects, more specifically, relate to supplying power to the drilling site using a utility power source, where the utility power source includes a utility setpoint. During this period, detection of an increase in power demand may occur at the drilling site. The increase in the power demand can include a load ramp indicating a rate which the power demand increases over a period of time. Based on the power demand and load ramp, as well as the utility setpoint, embodiments may supply additional power to the drilling site using a battery power source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2024
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Inventors: Marcel Snijder Van Wissenkerke, Ronald Barbee, Nathaniel Norris, Syed Tilal
  • Publication number: 20250105644
    Abstract: A method of operating an energy supply system of a drilling rig, the energy supply system including a battery storage, a generator, and an electrical bus that connects to the drilling rig. The method includes: providing power to the electrical bus with the generator or a utility grid (the electrical bus is energized with a bus voltage at a bus frequency); monitoring the electrical bus for a predetermined condition; and controlling an active front end (AFE) connected to the battery storage based on whether or not the predetermined condition is satisfied, such that: a first set of parameters is used by the AFE while the predetermined condition is not satisfied; and a second set of parameters is used by the AFE while the predetermined condition is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2023
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Applicant: Patterson-UTI Drilling Company LLC
    Inventors: Marcel Snijder Van Wissenkerke, Ronald Barbee, Nathaniel Norris, Faramarz Motallebzadeh, Johnathan Eichelman
  • Patent number: 12215573
    Abstract: A method of operating a drilling rig (that includes electrically powered equipment) and an energy supply system (that includes a battery storage, one or more generators, and an electrical bus that powers the drilling rig) includes: determining, by the energy supply system, a power demand of the drilling rig; comparing the power demand to a battery power threshold. When the power demand is less than or equal to the battery power threshold, the energy supply system enters a stealth mode by deactivating and disconnecting all generators from the electrical bus and powering the electrical bus and the drilling rig with only the battery storage. When the power demand is greater than the battery power threshold, the energy supply system powers the electrical bus with at least one of the one or more generators. The battery power threshold is based on a maximum power output rating of the battery storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: Patterson-UTI Drilling Company LLC
    Inventors: Marcel Snijder Van Wissenkerke, Ronald Barbee, Nathaniel Norris, Faramarz Motallebzadeh, Johnathan Eichelman
  • Publication number: 20240360741
    Abstract: A method of operating a drilling rig (that includes electrically powered equipment) and an energy supply system (that includes a battery storage, one or more generators, and an electrical bus that powers the drilling rig) includes: determining, by the energy supply system, a power demand of the drilling rig; comparing the power demand to a battery power threshold. When the power demand is less than or equal to the battery power threshold, the energy supply system enters a stealth mode by deactivating and disconnecting all generators from the electrical bus and powering the electrical bus and the drilling rig with only the battery storage. When the power demand is greater than the battery power threshold, the energy supply system powers the electrical bus with at least one of the one or more generators. The battery power threshold is based on a maximum power output rating of the battery storage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2023
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Applicant: Patterson-UTI Drilling Company LLC
    Inventors: Marcel Snijder Van Wissenkerke, Ronald Barbee, Nathaniel Norris, Faramarz Motallebzadeh, Johnathan Eichelman
  • Publication number: 20070138611
    Abstract: A package includes a device and a package substrate. The device includes a plurality of electrical pads, and has a periphery that defines a footprint. The package substrate, further includes a first substrate surface to which the device is attached, a second substrate surface, and a set of electrical contacts attached to the second substrate surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2005
    Publication date: June 21, 2007
    Inventors: Ronald Barbee, Glenn Robertson, Robert Peene
  • Patent number: 6523123
    Abstract: The present invention is an apparatus and method for providing power management apparatus for a circuit in a processor-based system. The apparatus comprises a memory to store instruction sequences by which the processor-based system is processed and a processor coupled to the memory. The stored instruction sequences cause the processor to: (a) determine a system access time of the circuit; (b) determine if the system access time is less than a first predetermined value, if so, increasing an accessibility period of the circuit, during which the circuit is active. Various embodiments are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2003
    Assignee: Phoenix Technologies Ltd.
    Inventor: Ronald Barbee
  • Patent number: 6347377
    Abstract: The present invention is an apparatus and method for providing power management apparatus for a circuit in a processor-based system. The apparatus comprises a memory to store instruction sequences by which the processor-based system is processed and a processor coupled to the memory. The stored instruction sequences cause the processor to: (a) determine a system access time of the circuit; (b) determine if the system access time is less than a first predetermined value, if so, increasing an accessibility period of the circuit, during which the circuit is active. Various embodiments are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2002
    Assignee: Phoenix Technologies Ltd.
    Inventor: Ronald Barbee
  • Publication number: 20010047490
    Abstract: The present invention is an apparatus and method for providing power management apparatus for a circuit in a processor-based system. The apparatus comprises a memory to store instruction sequences by which the processor-based system is processed and a processor coupled to the memory. The stored instruction sequences cause the processor to: (a) determine a system access time of the circuit; (b) determine if the system access time is less than a first predetermined value, if so, increasing an accessibility period of the circuit, during which the circuit is active. Various embodiments are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2001
    Publication date: November 29, 2001
    Inventor: Ronald Barbee
  • Publication number: 20010011315
    Abstract: The present invention is an apparatus and method for providing power management apparatus for a circuit in a processor-based system. The apparatus comprises a memory to store instruction sequences by which the processor-based system is processed and a processor coupled to the memory. The stored instruction sequences cause the processor to: (a) determine a system access time of the circuit; (b) determine if the system access time is less than a first predetermined value, if so, increasing an accessibility period of the circuit, during which the circuit is active. Various embodiments are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 1998
    Publication date: August 2, 2001
    Inventor: RONALD BARBEE