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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 2021
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2019
Applicant:
Nabors Drilling Technologies Usa, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Christopher Magnuson, Houston, TX (US);
Kent Hulick, Houston, TX (US);
Keith Hager, Spring, TX (US);
Assignee:
Nabors Drilling Technologies USA, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 19/06 (2006.01); E21B 19/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 19/06 (2013.01); E21B 19/16 (2013.01);
Abstract
A pipe handler comprising a body defining an axis; a slide adapted to translate in a direction parallel with the axis; and a plurality of grippers, wherein at least one of the plurality of grippers is adapted to translate in a direction generally perpendicular to the axis upon translation of the slide and selectively contact a threaded interface of an inner surface of a tubular.