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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 15, 2020
National Oilwell Varco Norway As, Kristiansand S, NO;
Svein Hellvik, Lillehammer, NO;
Morten Welmer, Sola, NO;
Abstract
In some examples, an apparatus for coupling and decoupling a connector head to and from an end of a wired drill pipe held by an elevator includes an actuator configured to move the connector head between a coupled position and a decoupled position. The actuator is configured to move the connector head in parallel with the longitudinal axis of the wired drill pipe before moving it away from said wired drill pipe when decoupling the connector head from the wired drill pipe, and to move the connector head into the longitudinal axis of the wired drill pipe before moving it in parallel with said longitudinal axis when coupling the connector head to the wired drill pipe.