Patents by Inventor Thomas M. Sievert

Thomas M. Sievert 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 and apparatus for installing cable-like elements inside pipes
    Patent number: 6134766
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for installing a cable-like element in a pipe by securing a buoyant element to the one cable-like element, the weight and buoyancy of the buoyant element and the cable-like element being matched with a fluid flowing agent so that the cable-like element is substantially buoyant in the fluid flowing agent; generating a flow of the fluid flowing agent in a pipe in a selected direction; and introducing the cable-like element with the buoyant element secured thereto into the flow of the flowing agent in the pipe so that the cable-like element is moved in the selected direction within the pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2000
    Inventor: Thomas M. Sievert