Patents by Inventor James Light

James Light 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).

  • Patent number: 7044216
    Abstract: An elevator for assembling a plurality of a large diameter pipe joints into a pipe string with a drilling rig is disclosed. The first one of a number of large diameter pipe joints is adapted to threadingly engage another large diameter pipe joint. The elevator is detachably securable to the upper end of the first joint, and is adapted to both lift and position the first joint while it is stabbed and tightened onto the string. The elevator is further adapted to co-operatively engage the rotary table of the drilling rig to rotatably tighten the second joint to the first joint as the second joint is added to the string.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2006
    Assignee: Grant Prideco, L.P.
    Inventors: Gregory K. Otten, James Light, Chad Van Liere
  • Publication number: 20050092500
    Abstract: An elevator for assembling a plurality of a large diameter pipe joints into a pipe string with a drilling rig is disclosed. The first one of a number of large diameter pipe joints is adapted to threadingly engage another large diameter pipe joint. The elevator is detachably securable to the upper end of the first joint, and is adapted to both lift and position the first joint while it is stabbed and tightened onto the string. The elevator is further adapted to co-operatively engage the rotary table of the drilling rig to rotatably tighten the second joint to the first joint as the second joint is added to the string.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2003
    Publication date: May 5, 2005
    Inventors: Gregory Otten, James Light, Chad Van Liere
  • Patent number: 6709043
    Abstract: An apparatus that may be removably attached to a golf cart for covering a bag storage area of the golf cart may include a top panel sized to cover the bag storage area, fasteners for releasably coupling the top panel to the golf cart, a first side panel and a second side panel each having a respective upper edge wherein a first segment of each respective upper edge is connected to a corresponding respective edge of the top panel, fasteners for releasably coupling the first side panel and the second side panel to the golf cart, a back panel having a rear upper edge and a pair of lateral edges, the back panel positioned between the first side panel and the second side panel wherein the back panel is connected along a portion of each lateral edge to a respective portion of the first side panel and the second side panel and wherein a portion of the rear upper edge is connected to the top panel, and fasteners for releasably coupling the top panel to at least one of the first side panel and the second side panel an
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2004
    Assignee: Pro Line Sports, Inc.
    Inventors: James H. Beusse, Albert James Light
  • Publication number: 20040021340
    Abstract: An apparatus that may be removably attached to a golf cart for covering a bag storage area of the golf cart may include a top panel sized to cover the bag storage area, means for releasably coupling the top panel to the golf cart, a first side panel and a second side panel each having a respective upper edge wherein a first segment of each respective upper edge is connected to a corresponding respective edge of the top panel, means for releasably coupling the first side panel and the second side panel to the golf cart, a back panel having a rear upper edge and a pair of lateral edges, the back panel positioned between the first side panel and the second side panel wherein the back panel is connected along a portion of each lateral edge to a respective portion of the first side panel and the second side panel and wherein a portion of the rear upper edge is connected to the top panel, and means for releasably coupling the top panel to at least one of the first side panel and the second side panel and the back p
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2003
    Publication date: February 5, 2004
    Inventors: James H. Beusse, Albert James Light