US Patent Issued to Helmerich & Payne on Sept. 23 for "Overhead robot track apparatus and methods related to same for rigs" (Oklahoma, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,421,813, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Helmerich & Payne Inc. (Tulsa, Okla.).

"Overhead robot track apparatus and methods related to same for rigs" was invented by Brandon D. Valentine (Bixby, Okla.), Todd R. Woods (Perry, Okla.), Andrew Rose (Tulsa, Okla.), Michael Brzezniak (Cypress, Texas) and Trevor Hall (Tulsa, Okla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A drilling rig assembly includes a robot system further including a robot and a robot track for movement of a position of the robot and a frame assembly couplable to a drilling rig for positioning the robot system above a floor of the drilling rig. The frame assembly includes a firs...