Patents by Inventor Robert Allen Blue

Robert Allen Blue 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).

  • Drilling riser adapter connection with subsea functionality
    Patent number: 8746349
    Abstract: A drilling riser adapter variably connects and releases a riser from a subsea wellhead assembly. The drilling riser adapter has a hydraulically actuated engagement assembly for selectively engaging and disengaging a lower end of the marine riser. The drilling riser adapter also includes a control panel communicatively coupled to the engagement assembly for actuating the engagement assembly to engage and disengage the lower end of the marine riser. The drilling riser adapter also includes a hydraulic fluid pressure receptacle on the control panel for engagement by a remotely operated vehicle to supply hydraulic fluid pressure to the engagement assembly. The drilling riser adapter may be actuated subsea to release a first riser from the wellhead assembly, and connect to a second riser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Vetco Gray Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Dale Larson, Robert Allen Blue
  • DIVERTER COVER ASSEMBLY AND METHODS OF USE
    Publication number: 20130333897
    Abstract: A diverter cover assembly includes a first arrangement of sliding plates positioned above a central bore of a diverter and movable in substantially opposite directions to open and close over the central bore.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2012
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Applicant: HYDRIL USA MANUFACTURING LLC
    Inventors: Laura Christine Wells, Leonard G. Childers, Eric Dale Larson, Robert Allen Blue, Luis Melendez
  • Drilling Riser Adapter Connection with Subsea Functionality
    Publication number: 20120222865
    Abstract: A drilling riser adapter variably connects and releases a riser from a subsea wellhead assembly. The drilling riser adapter has a hydraulically actuated engagement assembly for selectively engaging and disengaging a lower end of the marine riser. The drilling riser adapter also includes a control panel communicatively coupled to the engagement assembly for actuating the engagement assembly to engage and disengage the lower end of the marine riser. The drilling riser adapter also includes a hydraulic fluid pressure receptacle on the control panel for engagement by a remotely operated vehicle to supply hydraulic fluid pressure to the engagement assembly. The drilling riser adapter may be actuated subsea to release a first riser from the wellhead assembly, and connect to a second riser.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2011
    Publication date: September 6, 2012
    Applicant: Vetco Gray Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Dale Larson, Robert Allen Blue