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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2022
Filed:
Aug. 26, 2019
Applicant:
Weatherford Technology Holdings, Llc, Houston, TX (US);
Inventor:
Hermann Basler, Parkland County, CA;
Assignee:
Weatherford Technology Holdings, LLC, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 19/06 (2006.01); E21B 19/08 (2006.01); E21B 19/22 (2006.01); E21B 43/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 19/06 (2013.01); E21B 19/08 (2013.01); E21B 19/22 (2013.01); E21B 43/126 (2013.01);
Abstract
A gripper assembly for handling continuous rod. The gripper assembly may include a gripper face with a gripper profile forming a surface in the gripper face and a texture on a portion of the surface. The texture has a plurality of ridges having a yield strength sufficient to transfer a shear force to the gripper assembly at least as large as a weight of a continuous rod.