Patents by Inventor John TOLMAN

John TOLMAN 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: 11874253
    Abstract: High-speed tubular inspection systems include a frame at least one magnetic flux generator contained in a coil annulus and a detector assembly each having inlet and outlet openings for passing a tubular member there through. The detector assembly has one or more magnetic detectors and one or more eddy current detectors configured to be spaced a first distance from the tubular member during an inspection. The detectors are each contained in one or more EMI detector shoes. A conveyor supports the frame and a drive mechanism configured to drive the tubular member through the coil annulus (or drive the coil annulus past the tubular member) at high-speeds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: SCAN SYSTEMS CORP.
    Inventors: John Tolman, Danny Uselton, John Zeigler
  • Publication number: 20230017106
    Abstract: High-speed tubular inspection systems include a frame at least one magnetic flux generator contained in a coil annulus and a detector assembly each having inlet and outlet openings for passing a tubular member there through. The detector assembly has one or more magnetic detectors and one or more eddy current detectors configured to be spaced a first distance from the tubular member during an inspection. The detectors are each contained in one or more EMI detector shoes. A conveyor supports the frame and a drive mechanism configured to drive the tubular member through the coil annulus (or drive the coil annulus past the tubular member) at high-speeds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Applicant: SCAN SYSTEMS, CORP
    Inventors: DANNY USELTON, JOHN TOLMAN, JOHN ZEIGLER
  • Patent number: 11402351
    Abstract: High-speed tubular inspection systems include a frame at least one magnetic flux generator contained in a coil annulus and a detector assembly each having inlet and outlet openings for passing a tubular member there through. The detector assembly has one or more magnetic detectors and one or more eddy current detectors configured to be spaced a first distance from the tubular member during an inspection. The detectors are each contained in one or more EMI detector shoes. A conveyor supports the frame and a drive mechanism configured to drive the tubular member through the coil annulus (or drive the coil annulus past the tubular member) at high-speeds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: SCAN SYSTEMS CORP.
    Inventors: John Tolman, Danny Uselton, John Zeigler
  • Patent number: 11402352
    Abstract: Tubular member inspection apparatus, systems and methods for inspecting tubulars of a variety of diameters. An EMI inspection shoe includes a flexible, generally arcuate body having a leading end, a trailing end, a non-working major face, and a working major face. The leading end, trailing end, non-working major face, and working major face at least partially define an inspection zone therebetween. One or more magnetic flux detectors are carried by the flexible, generally arcuate body in the inspection zone. One or more pressure actuators removably attached to the non-working face are configured to exert pressure on one or more regions of the flexible, generally arcuate body in the inspection zone during an EMI inspection of a tubular, forcing the flexible, generally arcuate body to contort into a generally contoured shape as it passes over a contoured region of the tubular.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: SCAN SYSTEMS CORP.
    Inventors: Danny Uselton, John Tolman, John Zeigler
  • Patent number: 11307173
    Abstract: Tubular member end area inspection systems and methods. One system includes a frame, a movable carriage including a magnetic flux generator, and inner and outer detector assemblies. The movable carriage, magnetic flux generator, inner and outer detector assemblies each have an inlet opening for accepting an end area of a tubular member therein and between the inner and outer detector assemblies. The inner and outer detector assemblies each having one or more magnetic or eddy current detectors adapted to be spaced a distance from inner and outer surfaces of the end area of the tubular member. An actuator assembly connecting the frame and the movable carriage includes a sensor adapted to sense an end of the tubular member and direct the movable carriage from a rest position to an inspection position about the end area of the tubular member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: SCAN SYSTEMS CORP.
    Inventors: Danny Uselton, John Tolman
  • Patent number: 10185050
    Abstract: A transmission assembly may include an electronics package comprising an RF generator, the electronics package having a first antenna output and a second antenna output. The transmission assembly may also include a transmission antenna formed from at least one transmission winding, the transmission antenna having a first end coupled to a first antenna output and a second end coupled to a second antenna output. In addition, the transmission assembly may include a compensation coil formed from at least one compensation winding, the compensation winding wound parallel with the transmission winding, the compensation coil having a first compensation end connected to the transmission antenna output and a second compensation end not coupled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: NABORS DRILLING TECHNOLOGIES USA, INC.
    Inventors: John Tolman, John Zeigler
  • Publication number: 20170045637
    Abstract: A transmission assembly may include an electronics package comprising an RF generator, the electronics package having a first antenna output and a second antenna output. The transmission assembly may also include a transmission antenna formed from at least one transmission winding, the transmission antenna having a first end coupled to a first antenna output and a second end coupled to a second antenna output. In addition, the transmission assembly may include a compensation coil formed from at least one compensation winding, the compensation winding wound parallel with the transmission winding, the compensation coil having a first compensation end connected to the transmission antenna output and a second compensation end not coupled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2016
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventors: John TOLMAN, John ZEIGLER