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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2020
Ntdrill Holdings, Llc, Houston, TX (US);
Earl Dietrich, Fulshear, TX (US);
Christian Leuchtenberg, Shamrock Park, SG;
Glen Cuiper, Haddon Township, NJ (US);
NTDrill Holdings, LLC, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A Jack-up drilling rig or land drilling rig riser system with quick connectors that can be used to rapidly install and de-install RCD housings between the BOP and the drill floor. The quick connector design can handle different bore diameters without changing the external design of the connector. The connector assembly may be used to connect a blowout preventer or rotating control device housing to a tubular riser, a blowout preventer housing to an RCD housing, or to join two tubular risers. A connector assembly connects a tubular pin end to a housing has a tubular connector body with a first end to receive the pin end and a second end secured to the housing. The connector assembly also includes a latching mechanism movable between a lock position to prevent the pin end from being removed and an unlock position in which the pin end can be removed.