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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 13, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2018
National Oilwell Varco, L.p., Houston, TX (US);
Marcus Joseph Doran, Arlington, TX (US);
Timothy Scott Steffenhagen, Fort Worth, TX (US);
Antonio Ruiz, Fort Worth, TX (US);
Kevin Edwin AuBuchon, Fort Worth, TX (US);
NATIONAL OILWELL VARCO, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to novel and advantageous devices, systems, and methods for stabilizing a coiled tubing guide extending from a coiled tubing unit. Stabilization of the guide may mitigate movement of the guide from lateral operational forces. The guide may be stabilized by clamping or anchoring a connection point between the guide and the unit, such as between the guide and a coiled tubing injector frame or a tubing guide mount coupled to the coiled tubing injector frame. In general, a clamp or other mechanism may operate to preload the pinned connection with a prescribed force. The direction of the force may be perpendicular, or near perpendicular, to an axis of rotation about which lateral loading on the guide causes moment forces.