US 12,326,064 B2
Apparatus, system and process for regulating a control mechanism of a well
Bradley Robert Martin, Red Deer (CA); Murad Mohammad, Calgary (CA); Sheldon Kryger, Calgary (CA); and Robert Duncan, Calgary (CA)
Assigned to Intelligent Wellhead Systems Inc., Calgary (CA)
Filed by Intelligent Wellhead Systems Inc., Calgary (CA)
Filed on Aug. 14, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/449,440.
Application 18/449,440 is a continuation of application No. 17/654,638, filed on Mar. 14, 2022, abandoned.
Application 17/654,638 is a continuation of application No. 16/831,609, filed on Mar. 26, 2020, granted, now 11,274,520, issued on Mar. 15, 2022.
Application 16/831,609 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/638,629, granted, now 11,608,708, issued on Mar. 21, 2023, previously published as PCT/CA2019/050890, filed on Jun. 27, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/733,355, filed on Sep. 19, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0392470 A1, Dec. 7, 2023
Int. Cl. E21B 34/02 (2006.01); E21B 33/03 (2006.01); E21B 43/26 (2006.01); E21B 47/06 (2012.01)
CPC E21B 34/025 (2020.05) [E21B 33/03 (2013.01); E21B 34/02 (2013.01); E21B 43/2607 (2020.05); E21B 47/06 (2013.01)] 43 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
9. A system for regulating a position of a wellhead control mechanism, the system comprising:
an apparatus comprising:
a frame that is connectible to an actuator for a valve,
wherein the actuator controls whether the valve is in an open position, a closed position or therebetween; and
a moveable body that is configured to move between a first position and a second position, when the moveable body is in the first position the actuator is actuatable and when the moveable body is in the second position the actuator is physically interfered from actuating; and
an actuating system that is configured for moving the moveable body between the first position and the second position; and
a sensor that is configured for detecting a first condition within the wellhead and for generating a condition-based information signal, further comprising a detectable signal generator that is affixable to a section of the wellhead,
wherein the sensor is affixable to an object that is passable through the wellhead and the sensor is configured to detect a detectable signal generated by the detectable signal generator, and
wherein the condition-based information signal is an object-based information signal.