Patents by Inventor Ronald E. McDaniel

Ronald E. McDaniel 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: 20230384142
    Abstract: A separator and measurement system includes a separator arranged to separate gas from liquid. The separator has a gas collection pipe and a gas outlet pipe positioned at a top of the separator to extend downward through the gas collection pipe and a gas line assembly connected to a gas outlet of the gas outlet pipe to receive gas. Differential pressure sensors can be positioned to measure liquid level within the separator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: David H. Reasoner, Douglas B. Weiner, Richard C. Eden, Ronald E. McDaniel
  • Publication number: 20170329808
    Abstract: A multi-sensor network interface includes at least one processor. The at least one processor is configured to receive a commission notification message from each of a plurality of data sources, each data source associated with at least one sensor, in response to receiving the commission notification message from each data source, provision each data source for reception of data from the data source, receive data from each data source, and store the received data in a data historian. The received data from a first one of the data sources includes at least one different data type than the received data from a second one of the data sources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2016
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Inventors: Lawrence M. Lachman, Ronald E. McDaniel, Douglas B. Weiner
  • Patent number: 6850462
    Abstract: A method and device are shown for detecting the characteristics of a cement annulus between a casing in a borehole and the surrounding earth formations in a slickline cement bond logging operation. An acoustic logging tool is utilized which produces a pure signal downhole. The received acoustically transmitted energy produces electrical signals indicative of both the amplitude of the received energy and variable density log data. Both the amplitude data and the variable density log data are captured in memory downhole by the use of a time amplitude matrix which stores a limited number of data points for producing a cement bond log at the well surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2005
    Assignee: Probe Technology Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald E. McDaniel, Tony M. Small, Dwight A. Bloomfield
  • Publication number: 20030156494
    Abstract: A method and device are shown for detecting the characteristics of a cement annulus between a casing in a borehole and the surrounding earth formations in a slickline cement bond logging operation. An acoustic logging tool is utilized which produces a pure signal downhole. The received acoustically transmitted energy produces electrical signals indicative of both the amplitude of the received energy and variable density log data. Both the amplitude data and the variable density log data are captured in memory downhole by the use of a time amplitude matrix which stores a limited number of data points for producing a cement bond log at the well surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2002
    Publication date: August 21, 2003
    Inventors: Ronald E. McDaniel, Tony M. Small, Dwight A. Bloomfield