Patents Assigned to FORUM ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
  • Method and apparatus for attachment of a secondary tool handling device to a primary tool handling device
    Patent number: 8919841
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide methods and apparatus for a handling system and attachment of a secondary elevator, and/or other complementary equipment, to a primary elevator. In one embodiment, a casing elevator is provided. The casing elevator includes a body, two first load-rated lift members coupled to a perimeter of the body at a first location on the body, and two second load-rated lift members coupled to the perimeter of the body at a second location on the body, the second location being different than the first location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Forum Energy Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: David J. Havens, Lawrence E. Childress, II, Robert Dugal
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ATTACHMENT OF A SECONDARY TOOL HANDLING DEVICE TO A PRIMARY TOOL HANDLING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20130264838
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide methods and apparatus for a handling system and attachment of a secondary elevator, and/or other complementary equipment, to a primary elevator. In one embodiment, a casing elevator is provided. The casing elevator includes a body, two first load-rated lift members coupled to a perimeter of the body at a first location on the body, and two second load-rated lift members coupled to the perimeter of the body at a second location on the body, the second location being different than the first location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2013
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Applicant: FORUM ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: David J. Havens, Lawrence E. Childress, II, Robert Dugal