Patents
US 11879300 B2: Sonic tooling handling apparatus with pipe tong and method
- Granted
- 2024-01-23
- Filed
- 2021-06-30 application 17363215
- Type
- Utility · 16 claims
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Abstract
A sonic tooling handling apparatus includes a gantry support structure with a base frame structure and an overhead frame structure operatively coupled to the base frame structure. The overhead frame structure has a pair of longitudinal beams and a transverse beam coupled to the pair of longitudinal beams. The transverse beam is movable along each of the pair of longitudinal beams. The gantry support structure includes a lifting device coupled to the transverse beam and is movable along part of the transverse beam. The lifting device includes a sonic tooling clamp. The lifting device may raise or lower sonic tooling held by the sonic tooling clamp. The sonic tooling apparatus further includes a removable sonic tooling holding rack having a plurality of stanchions creating at least one sonic tooling holding space for holding sonic tooling. A method of handling sonic tooling and a pipe tong is also disclosed.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg240123.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terra Sonic International, LLC 7 patents | US company or organization | Marietta, OH | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Knolle | Marietta, OH | 3 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Edwin Sprout | Walker, WV | 5 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| E21B | Earth or rock drilling; obtaining oil, gas, water, soluble or meltable materials or a slurry of minerals from wells | E21B19/14 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-06-30 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | KNOLLE, MARK signed 2021-06-27 SPROUT, EDWIN signed 2021-06-27 | TERRA SONIC INTERNATIONAL, LLC MARIETTA, OH | 56716/208 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
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