Patents by Inventor Erik T. Jensen

Erik T. Jensen 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).

  • Reducing nipple for a fire sprinkler system, and manufacturing process therefor
    Patent number: 9586253
    Abstract: A method for producing a reducing nipple and a reducing nipple that may be used in place of the conventional pipe nipple/threaded reducer assembly typically used today to connect a branch or run pipe extending horizontally parallel to and positioned above a ceiling or in an open ceiling to a sprinkler head, where the nipple has an outlet end portion with an outlet and a wrenching portion, the method of producing a reducing nipple involving engaging a pipe section with a crimping die under the application of a crimping force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: AEGIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Erik T. Jensen, Theodore R. Jensen
  • Fire sprinkler flexible piping system, bracing apparatus therefor, and method of installing a fire sprinkler
    Patent number: 7373720
    Abstract: A bracing apparatus for bracing a flexible pipe extending between a fire sprinkler header pipe and a sprinkler and for holding the sprinkler in a desired location, a flexible piping system having the bracing apparatus, and a method of installing a sprinkler of a sprinkler system having the bracing apparatus. The bracing apparatus has first mounting members that attach to a flexible pipe, and a stiffener bar that extends between the first and second mounting members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2008
    Inventors: Raymond H. Jensen, Erik T. Jensen