Patents by Inventor Hugh ENXING

Hugh ENXING 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).

  • System and method for positioning of tubular members
    Patent number: 10196867
    Abstract: A system and method for positioning oilfield tubulars on a drilling floor (2), having an automated tubular handling system, to permit alignment and automated make up and break out of threading operations between a stationary tubular (8) and a moving tubular (34), utilizing image information from radially offset cameras (54, 56), processing the image information to recognize the tubulars within the image and develop position information for said tubulars, combining the position information from the two camera systems to develop three dimensional information for each of the tubulars, developing instructions for the automated tubular handling system to bring the stationary and moving tubulars into vertical alignment and lowering the moving tubular into threaded contact, and engaging an automated hydraulic torque wrench to make up the threaded connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: SHELL OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Benjamin Mailly, Eric Daniel Nelson, Yinxiao Liu, Hugh Enxing, Wei Yu, Ranxing Nancy Li, Daniel I. Harjes, Teddy Sedalor, Hector Padilla, Leland Howe Smith, Davis King
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR POSITIONING OF TUBULAR MEMBERS
    Publication number: 20170362905
    Abstract: A system and method for positioning oilfield tubulars on a drilling floor (2), having an automated tubular handling system, to permit alignment and automated make up and break out of threading operations between a stationary tubular (8) and a moving tubular (34), utilizing image information from radially offset cameras (54, 56), processing the image information to recognize the tubulars within the image and develop position information for said tubulars, combining the position information from the two camera systems to develop three dimensional information for each of the tubulars, developing instructions for the automated tubular handling system to bring the stationary and moving tubulars into vertical alignment and lowering the moving tubular into threaded contact, and engaging an automated hydraulic torque wrench to make up the threaded connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Benjamin MAILLY, Eric Daniel NELSON, Yinxiao LIU, Hugh ENXING, Wei YU, Ranxing Nancy LI, Daniel I. HARJES, Teddy SEDALOR, Hector PADILLA, Leland Howe SMITH, Davis KING