US Patent Issued to DRILLMEC on Feb. 25 for "Innovative multifunction manipulator for manipulating drilling elements in a drilling rig and related drilling rig" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,234,694, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to DRILLMEC S.P.A. (Gariga di Podenzano, Italy).

"Innovative multifunction manipulator for manipulating drilling elements in a drilling rig and related drilling rig" was invented by Andrea Tiberi (Magnolia, Texas) and Adolfo Basile (The Woodlands, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multifunction manipulator includes a carriage; an articulated arm; a robotic apparatus; and a manipulation head. The robotic apparatus moves the manipulation head with at least three degrees of freedom. The manipulator moves the manipulation head with at least five degrees of freedom. The carriage includes a sliding...