Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Robotic pipe handler systems
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Application No.: US17346952Application Date: 2021-06-14
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Publication No.: US11408236B2Publication Date: 2022-08-09
- Inventor: Kenneth Mikalsen , Kjetil Naesgaard
- Applicant: Canrig Robotic Technologies AS
- Applicant Address: NO Sandnes
- Assignee: Canrig Robotic Technologies AS
- Current Assignee: Canrig Robotic Technologies AS
- Current Assignee Address: NO Sandnes
- Agency: Abel Schillinger, LLP
- Main IPC: E21B19/15
- IPC: E21B19/15 ; E21B7/02

Abstract:
An equipment handling system that can include a bridge disposed above a horizontal storage area and coupled to a guide rail, an equipment basket, a crane configured to transport the equipment basket to an elevated location, and a pipe handler coupled to the bridge and configured to move along the bridge. A catwalk system can include a guide rail, a portion of a bridge disposed over a horizontal storage area and coupled to the guide rail, with the bridge configured to move with the rig floor when the rig floor moves relative to the horizontal storage area, and a pipe handler coupled to the bridge and configured to move along the bridge.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220003054A1 ROBOTIC PIPE HANDLER SYSTEMS Public/Granted day:2022-01-06
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