Patents by Inventor Timothy Bedore

Timothy Bedore 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).

  • Method and device to clamp control lines to tubulars
    Patent number: 7740078
    Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for connecting a control line to a tubular string. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a guide boom pivotable around a location adjacent the string and with a guide member at an end thereof to guide the control line. The apparatus further includes a clamp boom that is independently pivotable and includes a clamp housing at an end thereof for clamping the control line against the tubular string. The guide boom and the clamp boom each have a center line which is substantially aligned with the center line of the tubing string permitting the control line to be aligned adjacent the tubular string prior to clamping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: Weatherford/Lamb, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Hayes, Troy F. Hill, Timothy Bedore, Jimmy L. Hollingsworth, David M. Haugen
  • METHOD AND DEVICE TO CLAMP CONTROL LINES TO TUBULARS
    Publication number: 20080023192
    Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for connecting a control line to a tubular string. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a guide boom pivotable around a location adjacent the string and with a guide member at an end thereof to guide the control line. The apparatus further includes a clamp boom that is independently pivotable and includes a clamp housing at an end thereof for clamping the control line against the tubular string. The guide boom and the clamp boom each have a center line which is substantially aligned with the center line of the tubing string permitting the control line to be aligned adjacent the tubular string prior to clamping.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2007
    Publication date: January 31, 2008
    Inventors: Michael Hayes, Troy Hill, Timothy Bedore, Jimmy Hollingsworth, David Haugen
  • Method and device to clamp control lines to tubulars
    Patent number: 7249637
    Abstract: The inventions relates to an apparatus for connecting a control line to a tubular string. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a guide boom pivotable around a location adjacent the string and with a guide member at an end thereof to guide the control line. The apparatus further includes a clamp boom that is independently pivotable and includes a clamp housing at an end thereof for clamping the control line against the tubular string. The guide boom and the clamp boom each have a center line which is substantially aligned with the center line of the tubing string permitting the control line to be aligned adjacent the tubular string prior to clamping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2007
    Assignee: Weatherford/Lamb, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Hayes, Troy F. Hill, Timothy Bedore, Jimmy L. Hollingsworth, David M. Haugen
  • Method and device to clamp control lines to tubulars
    Publication number: 20050161227
    Abstract: The inventions relates to an apparatus for connecting a control line to a tubular string. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a guide boom pivotable around a location adjacent the string and with a guide member at an end thereof to guide the control line. The apparatus further includes a clamp boom that is independently pivotable and includes a clamp housing at an end thereof for clamping the control line against the tubular string. The guide boom and the clamp boom each have a center line which is substantially aligned with the center line of the tubing string permitting the control line to be aligned adjacent the tubular string prior to clamping.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2005
    Publication date: July 28, 2005
    Inventors: Michael Hayes, Troy Hill, Timothy Bedore, Jimmy Hollingsworth, David Haugen