Patents by Inventor Joachim Banse

Joachim Banse 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).

  • Method of reeling and unreeling an internally clad metal pipeline
    Patent number: 8894327
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for reeling or unreeling a pipeline having an inner corrosion-resistant metallic liner that is tightly fitted within the pipeline. To minimize or avoid wrinkling of the liner during the reeling or unreeling, a length of the pipeline is internally pressurized in a two-stage pressurizing process, and then the length of pipeline is reeled or unreeled, as the case may be. In the first stage of the pressurizing process, the length of the pipeline is filled with fluid at an elevated pressure, and in the second stage the fluid pressure is raised to a higher pressure, which may be 25 bars or more, absolute.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Subsea 7 Limited
    Inventors: John Arthur Mair, Thomas Schüller, Gernold Holler, Friedrich Henneicke, Joachim Banse
  • Method of reeling and unreeling an internally clad metal pipeline
    Patent number: 8876433
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for reeling a pipeline having an inner corrosion-resistant metallic liner that is tightly fitted within the pipeline. To minimize or avoid wrinkling of the liner during the reeling or unreeling, a length of the pipeline is internally pressurized by deploying a single sealing pig within the pipeline near to the trailing end of the pipeline and applying pressurized fluid within the pipeline, and then the length of pipeline is reeled onto a storage reel. In the pressurizing process, the length of the pipeline is filled with fluid at an elevated pressure within a range defined by a lower limit of 5 bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Subsea 7 Limited
    Inventors: John Arthur Mair, Thomas Schüller, Gernold Holler, Friedrich Henneicke, Joachim Banse
  • REELING AND UNREELING AN INTERNALLY CLAD METAL PIPELINE
    Publication number: 20130034390
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for reeling a pipeline having an inner corrosion-resistant metallic liner that is tightly fitted within the pipeline. To minimize or avoid wrinkling of the liner during the reeling or unreeling, a length of the pipeline is internally pressurized by deploying a single sealing pig within the pipeline near to the trailing end of the pipeline and applying pressurized fluid within the pipeline, and then the length of pipeline is reeled onto a storage reel. In the pressurizing process, the length of the pipeline is filled with fluid at an elevated pressure within a range defined by a lower limit of 5 bar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2010
    Publication date: February 7, 2013
    Inventors: John Arthur Mair, Thomas Schüller, Gernold Holler, Friedrich Henneicke, Joachim Banse
  • REELING AND UNREELING AN INTERNALLY CLAD METAL PIPELINE
    Publication number: 20120269581
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for reeling or unreeling a pipeline having an inner corrosion-resistant metallic liner that is tightly fitted within the pipeline. To minimize or avoid wrinkling of the liner during the reeling or unreeling, a length of the pipeline is internally pressurized in a two-stage pressurizing process, and then the length of pipeline is reeled or unreeled, as the case may be. In the first stage of the pressurizing process, the length of the pipeline is filled with fluid at an elevated pressure, and in the second stage the fluid pressure is raised to a higher pressure, which may be 25 bars or more, absolute.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2010
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Inventors: John Arthur Mair, Thomas Schüller, Gernold Holler, Friedrich Henneicke, Joachim Banse