Movable rig and steering system
AssigneeDreco Energy Services Ulc
InventorsVan Hy Nguyen, Roman Konowalec, Donald Leonard Burlet, Kameron Wayne Konduc, Timothy H. Watson, Bogdan Bodnar
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Abstract
A drill rig with a steering system may include a substructure having a wheelhouse, a drill floor arranged atop the substructure, a mast extending upwardly and above the drill floor, and a steering system arranged within the wheelhouse. The steering system may include a wheel assembly comprising an electric motor configured for driving rotational motion of a wheel, a deployment device configuring for deploying the wheel assembly to carry the drill rig, and a steering mechanism configured for selective engagement with the wheel assembly and rotating the wheel assembly.
Claims20
A method of steering a drill rig, comprising;
- selectively engaging a wheel assembly with a steering mechanism in a starting position;
- rotating the wheel assembly with the steering mechanism in a first direction;
- selectively disengaging the wheel assembly with the steering mechanism;
- returning the steering mechanism to the starting position;
- reengaging the wheel assembly with the steering mechanism;
- and
- rotating the wheel assembly with the steering mechanism in a second direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.