US 12,312,884 B2
Automated fingerboard for a drilling rig
Rune Skibsrud, Bygland (NO); Kristian Tindvik, Kristiansand (NO); Dag Holen, Kristiansand (NO); and Ivar Magnus Jansen, Søgne (NO)
Assigned to SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, Sugar Land, TX (US)
Appl. No. 18/249,623
Filed by Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US)
PCT Filed Oct. 20, 2021, PCT No. PCT/US2021/071932
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 19, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/087590, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 28, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/094,727, filed on Oct. 21, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0003204 A1, Jan. 4, 2024
Int. Cl. E21B 19/20 (2006.01); E21B 19/14 (2006.01); E21B 19/24 (2006.01)
CPC E21B 19/20 (2013.01) [E21B 19/14 (2013.01); E21B 19/24 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
16. A method for operating a fingerboard on a drilling rig, the method comprising:
actuating a latch from an open latch position into a closed latch position, wherein the latch is coupled to a first finger of the fingerboard; and
actuating a panel from an open panel position into a closed panel position after the latch is actuated into the closed latch position, wherein the panel is coupled to the first finger, wherein the panel in the closed panel position is positioned above the latch in the closed latch position, and wherein the panel in the closed panel position extends laterally between the first finger and a second finger,
wherein actuating the panel comprises exerting an axial force on the panel, which causes an arm of an actuation mechanism to move along a shaft of the actuation mechanism from a first shaft position to a second shaft position, and wherein exerting the axial force comprises overcoming an opposing axial force that is exerted by a biasing member of the actuation mechanism.