Patents by Inventor Vetco Gray, Inc.

Vetco Gray, Inc. 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).

  • Publication number: 20140125053
    Abstract: A broach style anti-rotation device for connected tubular members is described. In embodiments, the broach tool is inserted into a slot in an outer diameter surface of the pin, and teeth of the broach, which have a successively greater height when moving from the front to the tail of the broach, cut a slot in a surface of the box. Sidewalls of the broach and its teeth engage shoulders of each slot to prevent the rotation of the tubular members relative to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2012
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: Vetco Gray Inc.
    Inventor: Vetco Gray Inc.
  • Publication number: 20130220630
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for forming an elongate tubular from a composite material. The composite material includes fibers and epoxy resin that are disposed around an elongated mandrel. The fibers are wound around the outer circumference of the mandrel and the epoxy resin may be applied to the fibers, before, during, or after, being wound onto the mandrel. A trough is provided that supports the mandrel between ends of the mandrel. An example trough includes a flexible membrane supported on its lateral ends to resemble a catenary.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2013
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Applicant: Vetco Gray Inc.
    Inventor: Vetco Gray Inc.
  • Publication number: 20130092387
    Abstract: Systems, computer readable medium, program code, and methods for monitoring and managing a plurality of marine riser assets are provided. An example of a system includes a computer and a computer readable medium containing a program code of instructions that when executed by the computer, cause the computer to perform operations for tracking the subsea deployment and retrieval of each of a plurality of riser joints. The operations can include receiving riser joint identification data from a riser joint identification indicator connected to the respective riser joint during the operational deployment thereof, and identifying the respective riser joint being operationally deployed to thereby track the deployment thereof. The operations can also include receiving riser joint identification data from the riser identification indicator of the respective riser joint during retrieval thereof, and identifying the respective one or more riser joints being retrieved to thereby track the retrieval thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2012
    Publication date: April 18, 2013
    Applicant: VETCO GRAY INC.
    Inventor: Vetco Gray Inc.
  • Publication number: 20130088362
    Abstract: Systems and methods communicating between a subsea running tool disposed within a subsea wellhead, a blowout preventer assembly, and/or a subsea tree, and a surface platform are provided. An example of such a system includes a running tool assembly. The running tool assembly can include a running tool and a running tool wireless interface carried by the running tool. Wireless interface is configured to communicate running tool sensor data to a blowout preventer assembly wireless interface through a fluid medium located between the running tool wireless interface and a blowout preventer assembly wireless interface when the running tool is operably positioned within a bore extending through a component of the blowout preventer assembly or a bore extending through the subsea wellhead.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2012
    Publication date: April 11, 2013
    Applicant: VETCO GRAY INC.
    Inventor: Vetco Gray Inc.
  • Publication number: 20130075104
    Abstract: A guide funnel for guiding a subsea infrastructure for connection with a subsea wellhead or mandrel profile is provided. The guide funnel comprises a plurality of sections, wherein the sections are collapsible such that the guide funnel can be in an extended state or a collapsed state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2012
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Applicant: VETCO GRAY, INC.
    Inventor: Vetco Gray, Inc.