Patents by Inventor Richard Baumler

Richard Baumler has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Apparatus and methods for connecting and disconnecting threaded connectors
    Patent number: 9899787
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods that may be employed to install or remove a threaded connector by allowing a cable or tubing segment attached to the threaded connector to pass through an open pass-through area that is defined to extend through the tool so as to allow the threaded connector to be tightened and/or loosened relative to the fitting by turning the connector a full revolution or more while the cable or tubing is attached to the connector and extending through the tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: L-3 Communications Integrated Systems L.P.
    Inventor: Richard Baumler
  • Apparatus And Methods For Connecting And Disconnecting Threaded Connectors
    Publication number: 20160006204
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods that may be employed to install or remove a threaded connector by allowing a cable or tubing segment attached to the threaded connector to pass through an open pass-through area that is defined to extend through the tool so as to allow the threaded connector to be tightened and/or loosened relative to the fitting by turning the connector a full revolution or more while the cable or tubing is attached to the connector and extending through the tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2014
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Inventor: Richard Baumler
  • Tubular handling device
    Patent number: 8839881
    Abstract: A device and method for handling a tubular on a drilling rig. The device includes a base, an arm mount coupled to the base, a support arm rotatably connected to the arm mount, and a tubular guide coupled to support arm. The base may include a guide disposed into the base, where the guide contains a circular portion which is concentric to a well center, and the arm mount slidably disposed in the guide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Inventor: Richard Baumler