Patents by Inventor Travis BURKE

Travis BURKE 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).

  • Patent number: 12270264
    Abstract: A pipe handling system can include first and second bridges disposed within a horizontal storage area and coupled to a guide rail, and configured to move along the guide rail, a pipe handler coupled to the first bridge, and a shuttle coupled to the second bridge, wherein the pipe handler selectively couples to the shuttle and drives the shuttle. A tubular handling system can include a bridge with first and second bridge rails with a space between, an arm coupled to the rails to manipulate a tubular through the space, and to move back and forth along the bridge; and a tubular lift system that raises or lowers the tubular in a horizontal orientation between a horizontal storage and an intermediate storage location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Canrig Robotic Technologies AS
    Inventors: Kjetil Naesgaard, Kenneth Mikalsen, Travis Burke
  • Patent number: 11486209
    Abstract: A tubular handling system can include a bridge disposed in a horizontal orientation above a horizontal storage area, a tubular lift system that can transport a tubular in a horizontal orientation between the horizontal storage area and an intermediate storage location, and a pipe handler, moveably coupled to the bridge, that can transport the tubular between the intermediate storage location and a rig floor. Also provided is a method for handling tubulars that can include operations of delivering or retrieving a tubular in a vertical orientation to or from a rig floor, transporting the tubular between the rig floor and a bridge, rotating the tubular between vertical and horizontal, retrieving or delivering the tubular to an intermediate storage location, and raising or lowering the tubular between the intermediate storage location and a horizontal storage area while maintaining the tubular in the horizontal orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Nabors Drilling Technologies USA, Inc.
    Inventor: Travis Burke
  • Patent number: 11274509
    Abstract: A pipe handling system for transporting pipe between a horizontal storage location and a rig floor, where the pipe handling system can include an adjustable length ramp assembly which can be adjusted by installing one or more extension sections between bottom and top sections The sections can include interfacing features that can align the sections with each other when they are attached together in the ramp assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: Nabors Drilling Technologies USA, Inc.
    Inventors: David Do, Travis Burke, Geoffrey Fletcher
  • Publication number: 20220003053
    Abstract: A tubular handling system can include a bridge disposed in a horizontal orientation above a horizontal storage area, a tubular lift system that can transport a tubular in a horizontal orientation between the horizontal storage area and an intermediate storage location, and a pipe handler, moveably coupled to the bridge, that can transport the tubular between the intermediate storage location and a rig floor. Also provided is a method for handling tubulars that can include operations of delivering or retrieving a tubular in a vertical orientation to or from a rig floor, transporting the tubular between the rig floor and a bridge, rotating the tubular between vertical and horizontal, retrieving or delivering the tubular to an intermediate storage location, and raising or lowering the tubular between the intermediate storage location and a horizontal storage area while maintaining the tubular in the horizontal orientation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2021
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Inventor: Travis BURKE
  • Patent number: 11142966
    Abstract: A pipe handling system that can include a base skid, a ramp rotationally attached to the base skid, and support equipment (e.g., a drag chain pan, or equipment skid) coupled to the ramp, wherein rotation of the ramp from a first deployed position to a first stowed position lifts the support equipment from a second deployed position to a second stowed position. A method can include rotating the ramp relative to the base skid from a first deployed position to a first stowed position, and simultaneously lifting support equipment relative to the base skid from a second deployed position to a second stowed position in response to rotating the ramp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: Nabors Drilling Technologies USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Travis Burke, Victor Martinez, Jane Towns
  • Publication number: 20210198959
    Abstract: A pipe handling system that can include a base skid, a ramp rotationally attached to the base skid, and support equipment (e.g., a drag chain pan, or equipment skid) coupled to the ramp, wherein rotation of the ramp from a first deployed position to a first stowed position lifts the support equipment from a second deployed position to a second stowed position. A method can include rotating the ramp relative to the base skid from a first deployed position to a first stowed position, and simultaneously lifting support equipment relative to the base skid from a second deployed position to a second stowed position in response to rotating the ramp.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Inventors: Travis BURKE, Victor MARTINEZ, Jane TOWNS
  • Publication number: 20210156207
    Abstract: A pipe handling system for transporting pipe between a horizontal storage location and a rig floor, where the pipe handling system can include an adjustable length ramp assembly which can be adjusted by installing one or more extension sections between bottom and top sections The sections can include interfacing features that can align the sections with each other when they are attached together in the ramp assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventors: David DO, Travis BURKE, Geoffrey FLETCHER