Patents by Inventor Arthur Alexander De Mul

Arthur Alexander De Mul 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: 20230073941
    Abstract: A stabbing guide for tubulars, including a body; a plurality of guide members moveably supported by the body to receive a tubular and to move relative to the body between an open position and a closed position; and an actuation mechanism configured to be operated to move the plurality of guide members between the open and closed positions, wherein the body is configured to be held by a tubular connection tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2021
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Applicant: ITREC B.V.
    Inventors: Arthur Alexander DE MUL, David ROODENBURG
  • Publication number: 20230048765
    Abstract: In combination a drilling mast and a top drive system for a drilling rig having a drill floor with a well center. The drilling mast has a U-shaped horizontal cross section with a left-hand mast wall, a rear mast wall, and a right-hand mast wall, and with an open front side. Each of the mast walls is provided with one or more vertical rails that are, in use of the drilling rig, parallel to a vertical firing line that extends through the well center. The top drive system comprises a traveling carriage and a top drive unit supported by said carriage. A left-hand fingerboard device is mounted to the left-hand mast wall and a right-hand side fingerboard device is mounted to the right-hand mast wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2022
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Applicant: ITREC B.V.
    Inventors: Arthur Alexander DE MUL, Joop ROODENBURG
  • Patent number: 11512532
    Abstract: A drilling rig is adapted to perform drilling and/or other wellbore related activities. The drilling rig includes a drilling tower, a drill floor with a well center, a slip device arranged at the well center, a tubulars connection makeup and breaking device near the well center, and a top drive system. The top drive system includes a traveling carriage that is vertically mobile along one or more vertical rails of the drilling tower by a vertical motion drive. The system also includes a top drive unit supported by said carriage and including a top drive motor and a rotary torque output member. The system further includes a tripping operation elevator that is adapted to be engageable with a drilling tubulars string or drilling tubulars stand, e.g. with the top end thereof, in order to perform tripping operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: ITREC B.V.
    Inventors: Arthur Alexander De Mul, Joop Roodenburg
  • Patent number: 10927615
    Abstract: A drill rig includes a drilling tower, a drill floor with a well center, a slip device arranged at the well center, a tubulars connection makeup and breaking device, and a top drive system. The top drive system includes a traveling carriage that is vertically mobile along vertical rails of the drilling tower by means of a vertical motion drive. The system also includes a top drive unit supported by the carriage and including a top drive motor and a rotary torque output member. The system further includes a tripping operation elevator adapted to be engaged with the drill string in order to perform tripping operations. The top drive unit and the tripping operation elevator are each mobile relative to the traveling carriage, and the top drive system is provided with actuators adapted to cause the relative motion of the top drive unit and of the tripping operation elevator so as to provide a drilling mode, a tripping mode and bypassing mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: ITREC B.V.
    Inventors: Arthur Alexander De Mul, Ronny Lambertus Waltherus Nouwens, Joop Roodenburg
  • Publication number: 20200115969
    Abstract: A drill rig includes a drilling tower, a drill floor with a well center, a slip device arranged at the well center, a tubulars connection makeup and breaking device, and a top drive system. The top drive system includes a traveling carriage that is vertically mobile along vertical rails of the drilling tower by means of a vertical motion drive. The system also includes a top drive unit supported by the carriage and including a top drive motor and a rotary torque output member. The system further includes a tripping operation elevator adapted to be engaged with the drill string in order to perform tripping operations. The top drive unit and the tripping operation elevator are each mobile relative to the traveling carriage, and the top drive system is provided with actuators adapted to cause the relative motion of the top drive unit and of the tripping operation elevator so as to provide a drilling mode, a tripping mode and bypassing mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2018
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Applicant: ITREC B.V.
    Inventors: Arthur Alexander DE MUL, Ronny Lambertus Waltherus NOUWENS, Joop ROODENBURG
  • Publication number: 20180216405
    Abstract: A drilling rig is adapted to perform drilling and/or other wellbore related activities. The drilling rig includes a drilling tower, a drill floor with a well center, a slip device arranged at the well center, a tubulars connection makeup and breaking device near the well center, and a top drive system. The top drive system includes a traveling carriage that is vertically mobile along one or more vertical rails of the drilling tower by a vertical motion drive. The system also includes a top drive unit supported by said carriage and including a top drive motor and a rotary torque output member. The system further includes a tripping operation elevator that is adapted to be engageable with a drilling tubulars string or drilling tubulars stand, e.g. with the top end thereof, in order to perform tripping operations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2016
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Applicant: ITREC B.V.
    Inventors: Arthur Alexander DE MUL, Joop ROODENBURG
  • Patent number: 9353582
    Abstract: A well drilling tubulars bin system comprises a well drilling tubulars bin and control device. The bin comprises a frame structure, and an elevator mechanism, for holding multiple layers of a plurality of well drilling tubulars. The elevator mechanism comprises a liftable support structure, and a left and right hydraulic cylinder. The support structure is liftable from a lower position to an upper position. The support structure is raised and lowered in a level manner, or with a tilt angle. The elevator mechanism comprises a first left lift arm and a first right lift arm. The first left and right lift arms are at a first end rotatably connected to the support structure, and at a second end opposite from the first end rotatably connected to the frame structure. The left and right hydraulic cylinders are connected to the respective lift arms for rotating the respective lift arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: ITREC B.V.
    Inventors: Arthur Alexander De Mul, Diederick Bernardus Wijning, Joop Roodenburg
  • Publication number: 20140353038
    Abstract: A well drilling tubulars bin system comprises a well drilling tubulars bin and control device. The bin comprises a frame structure, and an elevator mechanism, for holding multiple layers of a plurality of well drilling tubulars. The elevator mechanism comprises a liftable support structure, and a left and right hydraulic cylinder. The support structure is liftable from a lower position to an upper position. The support structure is raised and lowered in a level manner, or with a tilt angle. The elevator mechanism comprises a first left lift arm and a first right lift arm. The first left and right lift arms are at a first end rotatably connected to the support structure, and at a second end opposite from the first end rotatably connected to the frame structure. The left and right hydraulic cylinders are connected to the respective lift arms for rotating the respective lift arm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2013
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Inventors: Arthur Alexander De Mul, Diederick Bernardus Wijning, Joop Roodenburg