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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 06, 2010
Applicant:
Brian D Begnaud, Youngsville, LA (US);
Inventor:
Brian D Begnaud, Youngsville, LA (US);
Assignee:
Frank's Casing Crew and Rental Tools, Inc., Lafayette, LA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25B 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus for making and/or breaking a threaded connection between a first tubular and a second tubular includes a spinner operable to spin the first tubular relative to the second tubular; a zero-side-load ('ZSL') device operable to relieve the transverse force induced on the threaded connection in response to the spinner spinning the first tubular; a torque wrench operable to rotate the first tubular relative to the second tubular; and a back-up wrench operable to grip the second tubular.