Patents by Inventor Clarence Thomerson

Clarence Thomerson 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).

  • Protector clamp for well control lines
    Patent number: 4543998
    Abstract: A control line protector clamp having an elastic inner wall with longitudinal slots therein to accommodate and secure control lines comprising a pair of rubber-coated, semicylindrical, skeletal steel frame members hinged together along one of their longitudinal edges and adapted to be releasably closed securely into a generally cylindrical configuration by drive pin fastener means at their opposite longitudinal edges, the frame members each being of lateral, parallel, rib-and-slot construction with a reinforced, generally rectangular, three-walled, longitudinal channel formed in the member with the open side of the channel facing inwardly of the frame and encompassing the slots and with braces spanning the angles formed between the side walls of the channel and the circumference line of the frame members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 1983
    Date of Patent: October 1, 1985
    Assignee: Regal International, Inc.
    Inventor: Clarence Thomerson
  • Bumper ring with relief groove
    Patent number: 4338046
    Abstract: A shock absorbing bumper system assembly (10) is provided for attachment to an offshore structure (12). Assembly (10) utilizes a vertical column (34) supported from arms (20, 22). An outer protector (38) surrounds the column (34) and is eccentrically positioned relative to the column (34). A pair of resilient ring elements (42, 44) are positioned in an axially spaced relationship, bonded to the column (36), and conform to the annular shape formed between protector (38) and column (36). Resilient connectors (30, 32) may also be used and comprise rings (54), which are similar in construction to the resilient ring elements (42, 44).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 1980
    Date of Patent: July 6, 1982
    Assignee: Regal International, Inc.
    Inventor: Clarence Thomerson
  • Shock absorbing column
    Patent number: 4273473
    Abstract: A shock absorbing column assembly (10) is provided for attachment to a structural member (12) of an offshore platform. The assembly (10) utilizes a series of shock absorbing elements which cooperate together to absorb shock exerted on the assembly by adjacent vessels. Two shock cells (34) and (36) support the vertical column member (30) in a position spaced away from member (12). Column member (30) is connected to the extending arm of the shock cell by shock absorbing connectors (52) and (54). An outer protector (90) is resiliently connected around the outside of the column (50).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 1979
    Date of Patent: June 16, 1981
    Assignee: Regal Tool & Rubber Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Clarence Thomerson, Jay W. Jackson