Patents by Inventor Robert Kyle Bethel

Robert Kyle Bethel 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).

  • Systems and methods for making pipe, and method of installing the pipe in a pipeline
    Patent number: 9310014
    Abstract: A method for restoring a degraded pipeline, the method comprising: removing a degraded part of an inner flow pipe of a pipeline leaving a space between two spaced-apart sections of the inner flow pipe; positioning a new pipe in the space; connecting the new pipe to the two spaced-apart sections of the inner flow pipe thereby re-establishing a flow channel through the inner flow pipe; the new pipe having a core pipe with a first strengthening wrap thereon, a second strengthening wrap around the first strengthening wrap, and a protective outer wrap on the second strengthening wrap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: SMART PIPE COMPANY L.P.
    Inventors: Aron Robert Ekelund, Stephen Crockett Catha, Kenneth Ray Charboneau, Justin Michael Reed, Robert Kyle Bethel
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MAKING PIPE, AND METHOD OF INSTALLING THE PIPE IN A PIPELINE
    Publication number: 20120291903
    Abstract: A method for restoring a degraded pipeline, the method comprising: removing a degraded part of an inner flow pipe of a pipeline leaving a space between two spaced-apart sections of the inner flow pipe; positioning a new pipe in the space; connecting the new pipe to the two spaced-apart sections of the inner flow pipe thereby re-establishing a flow channel through the inner flow pipe; the new pipe having a core pipe with a first strengthening wrap thereon, a second strengthening wrap around the first strengthening wrap, and a protective outer wrap on the second strengthening wrap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2010
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Applicant: SMART PIPE COMPANY, LP
    Inventors: Aron Robert Ekelund, Stephen Crockett Catha, Kenneth Ray Charboneau, Justin Michael Reed, Robert Kyle Bethel