Patents by Inventor Stephen Crockett Catha

Stephen Crockett Catha 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).

  • Patent number: 9453606
    Abstract: Movable systems and methods for making pipe, e.g., non-metallic pipe, either for stand-alone use as produced or for use as a pipe liner, the pipe made at a site at which it is to be used; and, in certain aspects, a transportable factory for simultaneous mobile field manufacturing and installation for making pipe, e.g., reinforced thermoplastic composite pipe, either for stand-alone use or for use as a pipe liner, the pipe made, in one aspect, at a site of use of the pipe. This abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract which will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure and is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims, 37 C.F.R. 1.72(b).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: SMART PIPE COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Stephen Crockett Catha, Ivan C. Mandich, Aron Robert Ekelund, Kenneth Ray Charboneau, Justin Michael Reed, William D. Stringfellow
  • 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
  • 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