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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2022
Filed:
Jul. 21, 2021
Applicant:
Weatherford Technology Holdings, Llc, Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
WEATHERFORD TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS, LLC, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 19/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 19/165 (2013.01); E21B 19/161 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method used to determine an operational mode of a tong. The method includes rotating a first sensor target relative to a first sensor and rotating a second sensor target relative to a second sensor. The method also includes identifying a position of the first sensor target using the first sensor and analyzing the position of the first sensor target to determine the operational mode of the tong.