Patents by Inventor C. Allen Phillips

C. Allen Phillips 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: 20240159334
    Abstract: A device for keeping connected pipe ends from loosening or separating, especially if they are of different diameters, wherein there is a four-piece clamp consisting of four identical semicircular pieces that when joined together creates a set of circular pieces. The set of circular pieces interlock at the ends of a pipe creating a four-piece clamp.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2022
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Inventor: C. Allen Phillips
  • Patent number: 9945194
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to a Top Drive Pipe Spinner (TDPS). The TDPS is a tool that allows for the setting of casing without a specialized crew or any additional power source. By employing the weight of the existing top drive to set slips below the casing collar and on the pipe, the TDPS allows one casing to be threaded onto the next in a timely and efficient manner. The casing tongs of the TDPS use passive release weight to release the casing collar from the casing to allow for the successive insertion of another casing section. The top drive spins the TDPS and compresses the unit onto the casing, then lifts the unit and releases the casing when desired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Inventor: C. Allen Phillips
  • Patent number: 9334706
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to a Top Drive Pipe Spinner (TDPS). The TDPS is a tool that allows for the setting of casing without a specialized crew or any additional power source. By employing the weight of the existing top drive to set slips on the casing collar, the TDPS allows one casing to be threaded onto the next in a timely and efficient manner. The casing tongs of the TDPS use passive release weight to release the casing collar from the casing to allow for the successive insertion of another casing section. The top drive spins the TDPS and compresses the unit onto the casing, then lifts the unit and releases the casing when desired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Inventor: C. Allen Phillips
  • Publication number: 20150198002
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to a Top Drive Pipe Spinner (TDPS). The TDPS is a tool that allows for the setting of casing without a specialized crew or any additional power source. By employing the weight of the existing top drive to set slips on the casing collar, the TDPS allows one casing to be threaded onto the next in a timely and efficient manner. The casing tongs of the TDPS use passive release weight to release the casing collar from the casing to allow for the successive insertion of another casing section. The top drive spins the TDPS and compresses the unit onto the casing, then lifts the unit and releases the casing when desired.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2014
    Publication date: July 16, 2015
    Inventor: C. Allen Phillips
  • Patent number: 8955609
    Abstract: The present invention relates to automatically activated fire suppression system providing a system that releases fire suppressant foam, or aqueous film forming material (“AFFF”) over a flammable material contained within a storage tank or gas tank, when a heat sensor comprised of glass, plexi-glass or plastic, is compromised (i.e. melted, or broken) by temperatures in the container indicating that the flammable material is are at or near combustion levels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Inventors: C. Allen Phillips, Ivan Paul Rogers, III
  • Publication number: 20130206428
    Abstract: The present invention relates to automatically activated fire suppression system providing a system that releases fire suppressant foam, or aqueous film forming material (“AFFF”) over a flammable material contained within a storage tank or gas tank, when a heat sensor comprised of glass, plexi-glass or plastic, is compromised (i.e. melted, or broken) by temperatures in the container indicating that the flammable material is are at or near combustion levels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Inventors: C. Allen Phillips, Ivan Paul Rogers, III