Patents by Inventor Gene E. Giese

Gene E. Giese 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).

  • Retirement elongation indicator for mast raising lines
    Patent number: 4348907
    Abstract: Apparatus for permanent affixure to a drilling mast raising line for indicating the condition of the mast raising line at selected intervals. Monitor sleeves are swaged to the mast raising line at a specified separation distance X when the line is new, and thereafter repeated measurements of the separation distance can be made to determine an approach to the elastic limits of the line whereupon the mast raising line should be retired from service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 1980
    Date of Patent: September 14, 1982
    Inventor: Gene E. Giese