Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Guide rails for mobile drilling rig
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Application No.: US15498572Application Date: 2017-04-27
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Publication No.: US09970211B2Publication Date: 2018-05-15
- Inventor: Kameron Wayne Konduc , Yury Lugovtsov
- Applicant: Dreco Energy Services ULC
- Applicant Address: CA Edmonton
- Assignee: Dreco Energy Services ULC
- Current Assignee: Dreco Energy Services ULC
- Current Assignee Address: CA Edmonton
- Main IPC: E04H12/00
- IPC: E04H12/00 ; E04H12/34 ; E21B7/02 ; E21B15/00 ; E21B12/00

Abstract:
A system for supporting and transporting a drilling rig. The system may have a pair of rails, wherein each rail has a plurality of rail segments and a plurality of connections between the segments. Moreover, each connection may have a plurality of interlocking lugs secured with a shear pin and opposing abutment faces, such that each connection may be configured to transfer moment and shear forces between adjacent rail segments. In some embodiments, the each rail segment may be configured to support a point load of up to 1000 kips. In some embodiments, each rail segment may have a protruding connector and a receiving connector, and each connection may include the protruding connector of a first segment and the receiving connector of a second segment. In some embodiments, a portion of each connection may be configured for tension loading and another portion may be configured for compression loading.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170335591A1 GUIDE RAILS FOR MOBILE DRILLING RIG Public/Granted day:2017-11-23
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