Patents by Inventor Carsten Loschen

Carsten Loschen has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Device for removing downhole deposits utilizing tubular housing and passing electric current through fluid heating medium contained therein
    Patent number: 5619611
    Abstract: A device for removing deposits such as asphalt, hydrates, and paraffins from petroleum and natural gas production strings and pipelines include a tubular housing divided into a heating section at a forward end and a ballast section at a rear end, the heating section containing an electrically conducting heating medium and an electrode, and the part of the housing forming the heating section is made of an electrically conducting material, the electrode being connected to one pole of an electrical power supply and the part of the housing forming the heating section being connected to another pole of the electrical power supply, so that the heating medium and the heating section are heated by the power supply.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 8, 1997
    Assignee: TuB Tauch-und Baggertechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Carsten Loschen, Alexander Thiel