Patents by Inventor Michael Thomas BELL

Michael Thomas BELL 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).

  • Interchangeable swivel combined multicoupler
    Patent number: 11572762
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to a combined multicoupler for connecting a tool to a top drive. The combined multicoupler includes a load frame comprising a frame body having a load shoulder, and a side door coupled to the frame body. The side door opens from the frame body to allow a tool sliding horizontally into the load shoulder, and the side door closes to lock the tool in the load frame. The combined multicoupler further comprises a drive stem movably coupled to the load frame, wherein the drive stem moves vertically to connect and disconnect with the tool in the load frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Weatherford Technology Holdings, LLC
    Inventor: Michael Thomas Bell
  • INTERCHANGEABLE SWIVEL COMBINED MULTICOUPLER
    Publication number: 20200248534
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to a combined multicoupler for connecting a tool to a top drive. The combined multicoupler includes a load frame comprising a frame body having a load shoulder, and a side door coupled to the frame body. The side door opens from the frame body to allow a tool sliding horizontally into the load shoulder, and the side door closes to lock the tool in the load frame. The combined multicoupler further comprises a drive stem movably coupled to the load frame, wherein the drive stem moves vertically to connect and disconnect with the tool in the load frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2020
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventor: Michael Thomas BELL
  • Interchangeable swivel combined multicoupler
    Patent number: 10711574
    Abstract: A combined multicoupler for connecting a tool to a top drive is disclosed. The combined multicoupler includes a load frame comprising a frame body having a load shoulder, and a side door coupled to the frame body. The side door opens from the frame body to allow a tool sliding horizontally into the load shoulder, and the side door closes to lock the tool in the load frame. The combined multicoupler further comprises a drive stem movably coupled to the load frame, wherein the drive stem moves vertically to connect and disconnect with the tool in the load frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: WEATHERFORD TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS, LLC
    Inventor: Michael Thomas Bell
  • INTERCHANGEABLE SWIVEL COMBINED MULTICOUPLER
    Publication number: 20180340398
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to a combined multicoupler for connecting a tool to a top drive. The combined multicoupler includes a load frame comprising a frame body having a load shoulder, and a side door coupled to the frame body. The side door opens from the frame body to allow a tool sliding horizontally into the load shoulder, and the side door closes to lock the tool in the load frame. The combined multicoupler further comprises a drive stem movably coupled to the load frame, wherein the drive stem moves vertically to connect and disconnect with the tool in the load frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2017
    Publication date: November 29, 2018
    Inventor: Michael Thomas BELL