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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2016
Applicant:
Forum Us, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Juan Arbelaez, Houston, TX (US);
Joshua Brandon Meuth, Giddings, TX (US);
Aaron Bryant, Tomball, TX (US);
Assignee:
FORUM US, INC., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 19/15 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 19/155 (2013.01);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a skate configured to engage a tubular while moving along a catwalk trough is provided. The skate comprises a frame having a drive system configured to move the tubular along the catwalk trough, a grip device coupled to the frame and configured to grip a pin end of the tubular, and a controller in communication with the drive system that controls movement of the frame based on movement of a box end of the tubular.