Patents by Inventor Lance C. Jordan

Lance C. Jordan 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).

  • Apparatus for measuring a tubular string as it is lowered into a borehole and method
    Patent number: 10082015
    Abstract: An apparatus for measuring a profile of a tubular string and the components thereof as the tubular string is made up and run into a borehole. The apparatus includes a rotating assembly disposed within a housing, the rotating assembly including a plurality of upper legs, and plurality of lower legs and a plurality of rolling elements, each upper leg having a proximal end and a distal end coupled to an upper ring, each lower leg having a proximal end coupled to a lower ring and a distal end, and each rolling element rotatably coupled to the proximal end of an upper leg and a distal end of a lower leg. The apparatus further includes a sensor for detecting a position of the rolling elements as they engage an exterior surface of a tubular string being made up and run into a borehole from a rig. The apparatus receives the tubular string through aligned central passages in the upper ring, lower ring and the rotating assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: ACCU-TALLY, LLC
    Inventors: Charles M. Williams, Lance C. Jordan, Kevin J. Smith, Patrick A. Burns, Jr., David Maxfield, Phillip Phelps, Dale Benditz
  • APPARATUS FOR MEASURING A TUBULAR STRING AS IT IS LOWERED INTO A BOREHOLE AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20180058194
    Abstract: An apparatus for measuring a profile of a tubular string and the components thereof as the tubular string is made up and run into a borehole. The apparatus includes a rotating assembly disposed within a housing, the rotating assembly including a plurality of upper legs, and plurality of lower legs and a plurality of rolling elements, each upper leg having a proximal end and a distal end coupled to an upper ring, each lower leg having a proximal end coupled to a lower ring and a distal end, and each rolling element rotatably coupled to the proximal end of an upper leg and a distal end of a lower leg. The apparatus further includes a sensor for detecting a position of the rolling elements as they engage an exterior surface of a tubular string being made up and run into a borehole from a rig. The apparatus receives the tubular string through aligned central passages in the upper ring, lower ring and the rotating assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2016
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Inventors: Charles M. Williams, Lance C. Jordan, Kevin J. Smith, Patrick A. Burns, JR., David Maxfield, Phillip Phelps, Dale Benditz