Patents by Inventor Samuel D. Brady, IV

Samuel D. Brady, IV 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).

  • Quick latch mud mat apparatus
    Patent number: 4917195
    Abstract: A subsea drilling drive pipe apparatus for drilling offshore wells from a floating vessel into the ocean floor. An elongated drilling drive pipe including a plurality of locking pads which are circumferentially positioned about the drive pipe periphery. A foundation structure is removably engageable with the elongated drive pipe by one or more locking pins which detachably engage the drive pipe thereby permitting the assembled members to be lowered as a unit to the ocean floor in contemplation of a subsea well drilling operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 1988
    Date of Patent: April 17, 1990
    Assignee: Texaco Inc.
    Inventors: Gary L. Harper, Samuel D. Brady, IV, Robert M. Shivers, III