Band with RFID chip holder and identifying component
IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
E21B-047/12
G06K-007/10
E21B-043/26
출원번호
US-0812751
(2015-07-29)
등록번호
US-9940492
(2018-04-10)
발명자
/ 주소
Bowman, Jordan
출원인 / 주소
S.P.M. FLOW CONTROL, INC.
대리인 / 주소
Haynes and Boone, LLP
인용정보
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0인용 특허 :
102
초록▼
An apparatus is adapted to be coupled to a component of a system associated with a wellhead. The apparatus includes a band adapted to be coupled to the component; a buckle coupled to the band and located proximate to a first end of the band; a holder coupled to the band, wherein the holder is positi
An apparatus is adapted to be coupled to a component of a system associated with a wellhead. The apparatus includes a band adapted to be coupled to the component; a buckle coupled to the band and located proximate to a first end of the band; a holder coupled to the band, wherein the holder is positioned, or is adapted to be positioned, proximate to the first end; an electronic identifying device attached to the holder and adapted to identify the component; and an identifying component coupled to the band. The identifying component visually conveys information about at least one of: the electronic identifying device, and the component to which the band is adapted to be coupled. In one embodiment, the system associated with the wellhead is a system for pumping fluid to the wellhead. The electronic identifying device is, or includes, an RFID chip.
대표청구항▼
1. An apparatus, comprising: a band adapted to be coupled to a component of a system associated with a wellhead, the band comprising first and second ends;a buckle coupled to the band and located proximate to the first end;a holder coupled to the band, wherein the holder is positioned, or is adapted
1. An apparatus, comprising: a band adapted to be coupled to a component of a system associated with a wellhead, the band comprising first and second ends;a buckle coupled to the band and located proximate to the first end;a holder coupled to the band, wherein the holder is positioned, or is adapted to be positioned, proximate to the first end;an electronic identifying device attached to the holder and adapted to identify the component to which the band is adapted to be coupled; andan identifying component positioned on the band;wherein the identifying component visually conveys information about at least one of: the electronic identifying device, andthe component to which the band is adapted to be coupled. 2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the system associated with the wellhead is a system for pumping fluid to the wellhead; wherein the electronic identifying device is, or comprises, an RFID chip; andwherein the holder comprises a block to which the electronic identifying device is fixedly attached, and a recess formed in the block and in which at least a portion of the RFID chip is disposed. 3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the buckle is coupled to the band and positioned proximate to the first end so that the buckle is positioned, along the length of the band, between the first end and the holder; and wherein the identifying component is positioned on the band so that the buckle is positioned, along the length of the band, between the first end and the identifying component. 4. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the holder is positioned, or is adapted to be positioned, proximate to the first end so that the holder is either: positioned, along the length of the band, between the buckle and the identifying component; oradapted to be positioned, along the length of the band, between the buckle and the identifying component. 5. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein the holder is movably coupled to the band and is permitted to move along the length of the band to be positioned between the buckle and the identifying component. 6. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein the holder is fixedly attached to the band so that the holder is positioned, along the length of the band, between the buckle and the identifying component. 7. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein the identifying component comprises indicia positioned on the band, the indicia visually communicating information about at least one of the electronic identifying device and the component to which the band is adapted to be coupled; and wherein the holder is positioned, or is adapted to be positioned, proximate to the first end so that the holder is either: positioned, along the length of the band, between the buckle and the indicia; oradapted to be positioned, along the length of the band, between the buckle and the indicia. 8. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein, when the holder is positioned along the length of the band between the buckle and the indicia, the band has more continuous surface area for the indicia, allowing the indicia to be expressed along a longer continuous area of the band, because the holder is positioned in closer proximity to the buckle. 9. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the identifying component comprises indicia positioned on the band, the indicia visually communicating information about at least one of the electronic identifying device and the component to which the band is adapted to be coupled. 10. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the indicia is etched, printed, painted, embossed, or lasered on the band. 11. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein at least a portion of the indicia is located, along the length of the band, in the first ½, ⅓, ¼, ⅕, ⅙, ⅛, 1/9, 1/10, or 1/11 portion of the length relative to the first end. 12. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising the component; wherein the band is coupled to the component; andwherein the component is a section of pipe, a fitting, a valve, a frac or well service pump component, a fluid line, a manifold, a fluid connection, or any combination thereof. 13. An apparatus comprising: a band, wherein the band is adapted to be coupled to a component of a system associated with a wellhead;wherein the band is adapted to be coupled to an electronic identifying device;wherein the band is adapted to have an identifying component positioned thereon; anda holder secured to the band, wherein the holder is adapted to support the electronic identifying device;wherein the band has first and second ends, and the holder is movable between the first and second ends. 14. The apparatus of claim 13, further comprising the identifying component; wherein the identifying component is positioned on the band. 15. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the identifying component is etched, printed, embossed, lasered, or painted on the band. 16. The apparatus of claim 14, further comprising the electronic identifying device to which the band is coupled; wherein the electronic identifying device is positioned proximate the identifying component; andwherein the electronic identifying device, and at least a portion of the identifying component, are disposed proximate a first end of the band. 17. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the identifying component comprises indicia visually communicating information about at least one of the electronic identifying device and the component to which the band is adapted to be coupled, where the indicia is positioned between the electronic identifying device and a second end of the band. 18. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the indicia extends a majority of the length of the band between the electronic identifying device and the second end of the band. 19. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the band has first and second ends, and the first and second ends are buckled, welded, snapped, tied, or twisted together. 20. The apparatus of claim 13, further comprising the component; wherein the band is coupled to the component; andwherein the component is a section of pipe, a fitting, a valve, a frac or well service pump component, a fluid line, a manifold, a fluid connection, or any combination thereof.
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