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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. 06, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2013
Applicant:
Tesco Corporation, Houston, TX (US);
Inventor:
Alan Ross Kingsley, Calgary, CA;
Assignee:
TESCO CORPORATION, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 19/08 (2006.01); E21B 19/02 (2006.01); F16L 7/02 (2006.01); E21B 3/02 (2006.01); E21B 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 19/08 (2013.01); E21B 3/02 (2013.01); E21B 21/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
Present embodiments are directed toward a drilling system that includes a conduit configured to route a pressurized gas to a top drive of a drilling rig. The drilling system also includes one or more cables disposed in the conduit. The one or more cables are configured to provide communication, power, or both, to the top drive.