US Patent Issued to FRANK'S INTERNATIONAL on May 27 for "Remote control line clamp installation system" (British, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,312,872, issued on May 27, was assigned to FRANK'S INTERNATIONAL LLC (Houston).

"Remote control line clamp installation system" was invented by Dougal Brown (Scotland, Great Britain) and Paul Dupuis (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A clamp installation system includes a clamp head configured to engage a top section and a bottom section of an axially-retained control line clamp. The clamp installation system also includes a manipulator assembly configured to bring the clamp head close to and away from a tubular string run into a well. The clamp head is configured to position the top and bottom sections of the axially-retained contr...