Patents by Inventor Edwin Dixon Conn, III

Edwin Dixon Conn, III 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).

  • Method and system for positioning a drilling or other large structure using attached positioning shoes with individually addressable wireless vertical and rotational control
    Patent number: 11454065
    Abstract: A drilling rig mobility system moves a drilling rig or similar structure in an oilfield or similar environment and includes independently controllable positioning shoes attaching to the drilling rig and controllable through separate and coordinated position control commands. Each positioning shoe may be individually addressed to reposition the drilling rig. Each positioning shoe includes a hydraulic actuator and wireless control circuitry. The hydraulic actuator provides vertical and horizontal force in response to wireless control signals for wireless position and control data and instructions with a remote wireless communications device. A cylinder stomper vertically elevates the hydraulic actuator and receives and transfers the vertical force. A foot assembly transfers the horizontal force from the hydraulic actuator. A positioning shoe cylinder stomper and positioning shoe traverse cylinder provide infinitely variable position control. Rotational positioning may be manually or automatically achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Inventors: Edwin Dixon Conn, III, Justin Michael Jackson, Jason Paul Allen, Jake Dean Martens
  • Method and system for positioning a drilling or other large structure using attached positioning shoes with individually addressable wireless vertical and rotational control
    Patent number: 10472892
    Abstract: A drilling rig mobility system moves a drilling rig or similar structure in an oilfield or similar environment and includes independently controllable positioning shoes attaching to the drilling rig and controllable through separate and coordinated position control commands. Each positioning shoe may be individually addressed to reposition the drilling rig. Each positioning shoe includes a hydraulic actuator and wireless control circuitry. The hydraulic actuator provides vertical, horizontal and rotational force in response to wireless control signals for wireless position and control data and instructions with a remote wireless communications device. A cylinder stomper vertically elevates the hydraulic actuator and receives and transfers the vertical and rotational force. A foot assembly transfers the horizontal force from the hydraulic actuator. A positioning shoe cylinder stomper and positioning shoe traverse cylinder provide infinitely variable position control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Inventors: Edwin Dixon Conn, III, Justin Michael Jackson, Micheal Neil Scott, Brandy Marie Wallace, Jason Paul Allen