Patents by Inventor Lawrence M. McClure

Lawrence M. McClure 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).

  • Subsea clamp for hoses and control lines
    Patent number: 9360135
    Abstract: A clamp for a tubular hose or cable is disclosed. The clamp comprises a first clamp half, a second clamp half, and a hinge pin. The first clamp half has a first end and a second end and defines a first concave semi-cylindrical face. The first end of the first clamp half carries means for mounting the clamp. The second clamp half has a first end and a second end and defines a second concave semi-cylindrical face. The first clamp half and the second clamp half come together along a parting line and are retained together by a hinge pin. The clamp halves are provided with snap-in liners for easy use. Alternative mounts for mounting the clamp on subsea wire line or tubulars is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: International Champs Inc.
    Inventor: Lawrence M McClure
  • Subsea clamp for hoses and control lines
    Patent number: 8464986
    Abstract: A clamp for a tubular hose or cable is disclosed. The clamp comprises a first clamp half, a second clamp half, and a hinge pin. The first clamp half has a first end and a second end and defines a first concave semi-cylindrical face. The first end of the first clamp half carries means for mounting the clamp. The second clamp half has a first end and a second end and defines a second concave semi-cylindrical face. The first clamp half and the second clamp half come together along a parting line and are retained together by a hinge pin. The clamp halves are provided with snap-in liners for easy use. Alternative mounts for mounting the clamp on subsea wire line or tubulars is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: International Clamps, Inc.
    Inventor: Lawrence M. McClure
  • Subsea clamp for hoses and control lines
    Patent number: 7861982
    Abstract: A clamp for a tubular hose or cable is disclosed. The clamp comprises a first clamp half, a second clamp half, and a hinge pin. The first clamp half has a first end and a second end and defines a first concave semi-cylindrical face. The first end of the first clamp half carries means for mounting the clamp. The second clamp half has a first end and a second end and defines a second concave semi-cylindrical face. The first clamp half and the second clamp half come together along a parting line and are retained together by a hinge pin. The clamp halves are provided with snap-in liners for easy use. Alternative mounts for mounting the clamp on subsea wire line or tubulars is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2011
    Assignee: International Clamps, Inc.
    Inventor: Lawrence M. McClure
  • Lined clamp for hoses and control lines
    Patent number: 7614593
    Abstract: A clamp with liner and mounting base are provided for the attachment of control lines to a subsea riser. The clamp comprises an upper clamp half and a lower clamp half. Each clamp half is hingedly connected along a hinge edge of each clamp half to the other clamp half and latchably connected along a latch edge of each clamp half to the other clamp half by latch structure carried by each clamp half. The latch structure carried by the upper clamp half comprises a pair of parallel ears protruding transversely away from the latch edge of the upper clamp half and defining a pair of aligned boreholes, a pivot pin having a transverse borehole carried by the aligned boreholes through the ears, a bolt carried in the transverse borehole through the pivot pin, and a toggle bar having a threaded transverse borehole therethrough threadably mounted on the bolt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2009
    Assignee: International Clamps, Inc.
    Inventors: Lawrence M. McClure, William Max Goodman
  • Lined clamp for hoses and control lines
    Publication number: 20080283687
    Abstract: A clamp with liner and mounting base are provided for the attachment of control lines to a subsea riser. The clamp comprises an upper clamp half and a lower clamp half. Each clamp half is hingedly connected along a hinge edge of each clamp half to the other clamp half and latchably connected along a latch edge of each clamp half to the other clamp half by latch structure carried by each clamp half. The latch structure carried by the upper clamp half comprises a pair of parallel ears protruding transversely away from the latch edge of the upper clamp half and defining a pair of aligned boreholes, a pivot pin having a transverse borehole carried by the aligned boreholes through the ears, a bolt carried in the transverse borehole through the pivot pin, and a toggle bar having a threaded transverse borehole therethrough threadably mounted on the bolt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2007
    Publication date: November 20, 2008
    Inventors: Lawrence M. McClure, William Max Goodman
  • Coke oven machinery spotting system
    Patent number: 4196471
    Abstract: A coke oven machinery positioning and spotting system comprises system characteristics mapped in a process memory and system dynamics controlled by a central processing unit and a sensing mode. The system results in the automatic control of machine travel, positioning and spotting, and interlock against further travel until a command signal is given to start a new sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 1978
    Date of Patent: April 1, 1980
    Assignee: Koppers Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Lawrence M. McClure