Patents by Inventor Jonathan Brian O'Blenes

Jonathan Brian O'Blenes 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).

  • Publication number: 20160177638
    Abstract: Control lines are secured to a completion string by a wrap wound around the completion string and control lines. The control lines are positioned adjacent to the completion string as it is lowered towards a well, and the wrap is wound helically around the lines and string in an open or closed loop manner. The placement and pitch of the wrap may be regulated, such as based upon the rate of advancement of the string into the well. One or multiple wraps may be used, and successive turns of the one or more wraps may overlap or be spaced from one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 29, 2016
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Inventor: Jonathan Brian O'Blenes
  • Patent number: 9273520
    Abstract: Control lines are secured to a completion string by a wrap wound around the completion string and control lines. The control lines are positioned adjacent to the completion string as it is lowered towards a well, and the wrap is wound helically around the lines and string in an open or closed loop manner. The placement and pitch of the wrap may be regulated, such as based upon the rate of advancement of the string into the well. One or multiple wraps may be used, and successive turns of the one or more wraps may overlap or be spaced from one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: TESCO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Jonathan Brian O'Blenes
  • Patent number: 9175526
    Abstract: A system includes a top drive system equipped with a mounted winch configured to draw tubular or well equipment into alignment with a quill of the top drive system. The winch comprises a spool and a flexible line that extends from the spool and through channels in the top drive system, exiting through the quill. An attachment feature at the distal end of the flexible line couples the flexible line with the tubular or drilling equipment. Once this coupling has been established, the winch may rotate such that the flexible line retracts through the quill of the top drive system, drawing the tubular or well equipment into alignment with the quill.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: TESCO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Jonathan Brian O'Blenes
  • Patent number: 9057246
    Abstract: Present embodiments are directed to a tubular catcher system configured to detect a falling tubular through a drilling rig and grip the tubular before it drops into the wellbore. A sensor configured to detect the velocity or acceleration of the tubular activates an actuation mechanism when the velocity or acceleration exceeds a specific threshold, indicating a falling tubular. The actuation mechanism forces a gripping mechanism into contact with the tubular, catching the tubular and sending energy from the tubular to a hydropneumatic shock absorber coupled to the actuation mechanism and/or the gripping mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2015
    Assignee: Tesco Corporation
    Inventor: Jonathan Brian O'Blenes