Patents Assigned to International Clamps, Inc.
  • Subsea clamp for hoses and control lines
    Patent number: 8464986
    Abstract: A clamp for a tubular hose or cable is disclosed. The clamp comprises a first clamp half, a second clamp half, and a hinge pin. The first clamp half has a first end and a second end and defines a first concave semi-cylindrical face. The first end of the first clamp half carries means for mounting the clamp. The second clamp half has a first end and a second end and defines a second concave semi-cylindrical face. The first clamp half and the second clamp half come together along a parting line and are retained together by a hinge pin. The clamp halves are provided with snap-in liners for easy use. Alternative mounts for mounting the clamp on subsea wire line or tubulars is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: International Clamps, Inc.
    Inventor: Lawrence M. McClure
  • Subsea clamp for hoses and control lines
    Patent number: 7861982
    Abstract: A clamp for a tubular hose or cable is disclosed. The clamp comprises a first clamp half, a second clamp half, and a hinge pin. The first clamp half has a first end and a second end and defines a first concave semi-cylindrical face. The first end of the first clamp half carries means for mounting the clamp. The second clamp half has a first end and a second end and defines a second concave semi-cylindrical face. The first clamp half and the second clamp half come together along a parting line and are retained together by a hinge pin. The clamp halves are provided with snap-in liners for easy use. Alternative mounts for mounting the clamp on subsea wire line or tubulars is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2011
    Assignee: International Clamps, Inc.
    Inventor: Lawrence M. McClure
  • Lined clamp for hoses and control lines
    Patent number: 7614593
    Abstract: A clamp with liner and mounting base are provided for the attachment of control lines to a subsea riser. The clamp comprises an upper clamp half and a lower clamp half. Each clamp half is hingedly connected along a hinge edge of each clamp half to the other clamp half and latchably connected along a latch edge of each clamp half to the other clamp half by latch structure carried by each clamp half. The latch structure carried by the upper clamp half comprises a pair of parallel ears protruding transversely away from the latch edge of the upper clamp half and defining a pair of aligned boreholes, a pivot pin having a transverse borehole carried by the aligned boreholes through the ears, a bolt carried in the transverse borehole through the pivot pin, and a toggle bar having a threaded transverse borehole therethrough threadably mounted on the bolt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2009
    Assignee: International Clamps, Inc.
    Inventors: Lawrence M. McClure, William Max Goodman