Patents by Inventor Eric Kerner

Eric Kerner 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).

  • Conduit, Manufacture Thereof and Fusion Process Therefor
    Publication number: 20140096995
    Abstract: A method for fusing a first conduit to a second conduit. The first conduit and the second conduit each include a linear portion having a linear portion inside diameter, and at least one bell portion with a first end and a second end and having a bell portion inside diameter that increases from the first end to the second end. The method includes: melting at least a portion of each of the second end of the bell portion of the first conduit and the second end of the bell portion of the second conduit; and engaging the melted second end of the bell portion of the first conduit with the melted second end of the bell portion of the second conduit, thereby creating a fused joint area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Applicant: Underground Solutions Technologies Group, Inc.
    Inventors: William F. Becker, Thomas Marti, Eric Kerner, Michael Benvenuti, Michael McKanna, Douglas Urbanek
  • Conduit, Manufacture Thereof and Fusion Process Therefor
    Publication number: 20120325397
    Abstract: A method for fusing a first conduit to a second conduit. The first conduit and the second conduit each include a linear portion having a linear portion inside diameter, and at least one bell portion with a first end and a second end and having a bell portion inside diameter that increases from the first end to the second end. The method includes: melting at least a portion of each of the second end of the bell portion of the first conduit and the second end of the bell portion of the second conduit; and engaging the melted second end of the bell portion of the first conduit with the melted second end of the bell portion of the second conduit, thereby creating a fused joint area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2012
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Applicant: Underground Solutions Technologies Group, Inc.
    Inventors: William F. Becker, Thomas Marti, Eric Kerner, Michael Benvenuti, Michael McKanna, Douglas Urbanek
  • Conduit, manufacture thereof and fusion process therefor
    Publication number: 20080257604
    Abstract: A method for fusing a first conduit section to a second conduit section, each including at least one bell portion with a first end and a second end and having a bell portion inside dimension greater at the second end of the bell portion than at the first end of the bell portion. The method includes: heating and melting at least a portion of each of the second end of the bell portion of the first conduit section and the second end of the bell portion of the second conduit section; and fusing the first conduit section and the second conduit section by engaging the second end of the bell portion of the first conduit section with the second end of the bell portion of the second conduit section, thereby creating a fused conduit system having a fused joint area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2008
    Publication date: October 23, 2008
    Applicant: UNDERGROUND SOLUTIONS TECHNOLOGIES GROUP, INC.
    Inventors: William F. Becker, Thomas Marti, Eric Kerner, Michael Benvenuti, Michael McKanna, Douglas Urbanek