US Patent Issued to Canrig Robotic Technologies AS on April 8 for "Robotic pipe handler systems" (Norwegian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,270,264, issued on April 8, was assigned to Canrig Robotic Technologies AS (Sandnes, Norway).

"Robotic pipe handler systems" was invented by Kjetil Naesgaard (Royneberg, Norway), Kenneth Mikalsen (Sandnes, Norway) and Travis Burke (Porter, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "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 s...