Patents by Inventor Marvin Brown

Marvin Brown 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).

  • Parking system for a pipe racker on a drilling rig
    Patent number: 9926753
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods include a parking system for a drilling rig. The parking system includes a first track portion extending along a pathway between a well center and a V-door on a drilling rig and a second track portion extending in a transverse direction relative to the first track portion. A trolley is configured to carry a racking device and move along at least a portion of the first track portion and the second track portion between a position in the pathway between well center and the V-door on a drilling rig and a position offline and out of the pathway between well center and the V-door on a drilling rig.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: Nabors Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Magnuson, Marvin Brown, Eric Deutsch, Predrag Radovanovic, Miodrag Djuric
  • PARKING SYSTEM FOR A PIPE RACKER ON A DRILLING RIG
    Publication number: 20150330162
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods include a parking system for a drilling rig. The parking system includes a first track portion extending along a pathway between a well center and a V-door on a drilling rig and a second track portion extending in a transverse direction relative to the first track portion. A trolley is configured to carry a racking device and move along at least a portion of the first track portion and the second track portion between a position in the pathway between well center and the V-door on a drilling rig and a position offline and out of the pathway between well center and the V-door on a drilling rig.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2014
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Inventors: Christopher Magnuson, Marvin Brown, Eric Deutsch, Predrag Radovanovic, Miodrag Djuric