With Mechanical Means To Hold Layers In Contact Patents (Class 138/147)
  • Patent number: 11808397
    Abstract: A pipe assembly includes a pipe shell, a liner, and one or more anchor members. The pipe shell defines an inner wall. The liner lines the inner wall of the pipe shell and defines an inner wall of the pipe assembly. The anchor member is attached to the pipe shell, extends from the inner wall of the pipe shell, and is embedded within the liner. The anchor member may help to resist localized delamination of the liner from the pipe shell, and propagation of any localized delamination of the liner from the pipe shell. A related method is also provided for forming the pipe assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Syncrude Canada Ltd. in trust for the owners of the Syncrude Project as such owners exist now and in the future
    Inventor: Soon Won Moon
  • Patent number: 11685520
    Abstract: A thin-skin support member is provided. The thin-skin support member may include a semi-circular edge and a flat edge that define a hollow cavity. A cylindrical cavity may be adjacent the hollow cavity and at least partially defined by the semi-circular edge. The cylindrical cavity may be configured to retain a strut assembly. A mounting interface may be coupled to the semi-circular edge and the flat edge. A torsion interface may be disposed adjacent the cylindrical cavity and configured to receive a torsion link. The thin-skin support member may be made using additive manufacturing and thus may have a grain structure grown in the direction of material being added.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Goodrich Corporation
    Inventors: Richard A. Himmelmann, Stephen E. Tongue
  • Patent number: 11499402
    Abstract: A technique facilitates deployment and operation of a pumping system, e.g. an electric submersible pumping system, in a borehole. A locking and sealing mechanism, e.g. a spring-loaded locking sealing mechanism, may be coupled with the pumping system and comprises an anchoring section along with a sealing section. The locking sealing mechanism may be constructed for deployment with the pumping system via a running tool. Once in position downhole, the anchoring section and the sealing section may be actuated into sealing engagement with the interior surface of a surrounding tubing. At this stage, production of a desired fluid may be accomplished by operating the pumping system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Matthew Thomas Crowley, James Rudolph Wetzel
  • Patent number: 11492773
    Abstract: Method for vibration damping of and vibration damper assembly for semi-submerged or submerged structure, based on separating hydrodynamic added mass from the semi-submerged or submerged structure by means of a vibration damper assembly exhibiting spring and/or damper properties and use the hydrodynamic added mass as a reaction mass in the vibration damper assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Momentum Technologies AS
    Inventors: Even Lund, Håvard Bjørkøy Johnsen, Tomas Lundqvist, Lina Ödlund
  • Patent number: 11268734
    Abstract: Provided are a flexible insulated air duct and a modular flexible insulated air-duct system; the flexible insulated air duct includes an air-duct main body (1); the air-duct main body (1) includes an inner air-duct layer (5) and a heat-insulating layer (4) integrally formed on the inner air-duct layer (5); the inner air-duct layer (5) is arranged inside the heat-insulating layer (4), and the heat-insulating layer (4) is a rubber/plastic material. The modular flexible insulated air-duct system made by assembling a main air duct (7), a branched air duct (8), and a connecting air duct (9) may be rapidly connected on-site using a zip fastener to form an air-duct system having any configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: DURKEESOX (WUHAN) AIR DISPERSION SYSTEM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Biao Lu, Ze Du
  • Patent number: 11187367
    Abstract: A passivating flexible insulation blanket positionable about a pipe includes an insulation core, an enclosing fabric, and a non-consumable passivator. The insulation core is substantially hydrophobic and includes a microporous material. The enclosing fabric fully encapsulates the insulation core to form a capsule or pouch about the insulation core. The non-consumable passivator is non-consumable such that there is no appreciable change to a mass of the non-consumable passivator after an extended time of activation. The non-consumable passivator is deposited into the insulation core and has a composition soluble in water. The non-consumable passivator includes a leachable component that leaches from the insulation core and is capable of neutralizing acidic components. The leachable component is water soluble and is capable of reacting with a surface of the pipe to form a protective coating on the pipe to aid in inhibiting corrosion formation on the surface of the pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: Johns Manville
    Inventors: Ames Kulprathipanja, Marybeth Jones
  • Patent number: 11125462
    Abstract: The invention relates to a channel element for a ventilation system. The channel element has a first opening (O1), a second opening (O2), and a channel wall which extends between the openings and surrounds a channel section. The channel element has a tubular section (25) and a thermally insulating envelope section (20) which is paired with the tubular section and envelopes same at least in sub-regions. The invention further relates to a channel element system made of individual channel elements which are connected together in series and a building envelope which contains such a channel element system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: Zehnder Group International AG
    Inventors: Urs Thoma, Christoph Egli
  • Patent number: 10969028
    Abstract: A shrouded valve assembly includes a valve with a valve pipe and a valve channel. A valve member in the valve channel can regulate flow of fluid through the valve channel. A valve shroud provides a valve shroud chamber. First and second shrouded pipe assemblies are on opposite sides of the valve, each including a pipe in fluid communication with a respective end of the valve channel, and a pipe shroud providing a pipe shroud chamber. Each pipe shroud chamber is in fluid communication with a respective end of the valve shroud chamber. The pipe assemblies are connected to the valve shroud by first and second connections and to the valve by third and fourth connections, the fourth connection more flexible than both the first connection and the second connection. Load passes between the pipe assemblies via the valve shroud rather than via the valve, protecting the valve from damage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Manfred Haug, Michael Rappitsch, Konrad Rauch
  • Patent number: 10961947
    Abstract: A cylinder liner for an internal combustion engine may have a running surface, in which by honing directed honing grooves may be introduced. The running surface may have a first region and a second region, wherein the first region may have a roughness that may be distinct from a roughness of the second region. A transition between the first region and the second region may proceed obliquely to a cylinder longitudinal axis at least in some portions. At least some of the honing grooves at the transition between the first region and the second region are uninterrupted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Inventor: Stefan Gaiselmann
  • Patent number: 10800112
    Abstract: A system and process for bonding involves a pocket made into one article is used to secure that article to another using a flowable, curable material (e.g., resin) which during saturation enters through a passageway and at least partially fills the void. When the article is cured, the article is bonded to another article to which resin has also been applied since the void (now containing cured material) is larger than the passageway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: Textron Innovations, Inc.
    Inventors: Phillip Anthony Kendrick, Lawrence Arthur Gintert, Herbert Lee Skidmore, Mike Preston McKown
  • Patent number: 10738397
    Abstract: A method for directing adhesive places blocking layers adjacent to adhesive layer within a textile sheet structure or between textile sheets, directing adhesive flow in a preferred direction away from the blocking layers. When the blocking layers are partially open to allow some adhesive flow through, adhesive flow is also directed in the planar direction away from closed areas towards open area, and can reform the adhesive layers into a preferred final three-dimensional configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: ENGINEERED FLOORS LLC
    Inventors: Dimitri Zafiroglu, John Joseph Matthews Rees, Stephen Tsiarkezos
  • Patent number: 10627019
    Abstract: An improved cable protector sleeve comprises a sheet of flexible material having a first longitudinal edge opposite of a second longitudinal edge, a first fastening means proximate to the first longitudinal edge, and a second fastening means proximate to the second longitudinal edge. The first and second fastening means, which may be hook-and-loop fasteners, are preferably disposed on opposite sides of the sheet. The sheet is secured around a plurality of cables by removably fastening the first fastening means to the second fastening means. Optionally, at least one friction means, such as a row of stitches, transverses the sheet and increases friction between the sheet and the plurality of cables. The improved cable protector is thus easily installed around and removed from a plurality of cables, providing protection and organization to the cables.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: T-H MARINE SUPPLIES, LLC
    Inventor: Byron Franklin
  • Patent number: 10526949
    Abstract: A thermally insulating protective sleeve. The thermally insulating protective sleeve comprises a tubular shell and a thermally insulating liner located in the tubular shell and made of a thermally insulating soft material. The shell comprises two longitudinally separated half-parts, the two half-parts being detachably connected to each other. The thermally insulating liner defines a hollow opening in the shell, and an object to be thermally insulated can be received in the hollow opening in such a way that the thermally insulating liner is subjected to pressure in a radial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Xuejun Zhu, Pengbo Wang
  • Patent number: 10347420
    Abstract: A winding device includes a nozzle holding mechanism for holding a plurality of nozzles in substantially parallel with each other, a nozzle rotation driving mechanism for rotating the nozzle holding mechanism about a rotation axis being substantially parallel with the plurality of nozzles, a spool supporting mechanism for supporting a plurality of spools in substantially parallel with each other, a spool rotation driving mechanism for rotating the spool supporting mechanism about a rotation axis being substantially parallel with the plurality of spools and being coaxially with or substantially parallel with the rotation axis of the nozzle holding mechanism, and a control unit for controlling the spool rotation driving mechanism in such a manner as to rotate the spool supporting mechanism in synchronism with rotation of the nozzle holding mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: NITTOKU ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Kanno, Kaoru Noji
  • Patent number: 10151417
    Abstract: A pipe lagging system for acoustically insulating a drain piping system includes at least one drain pipe and drain pipe connector coupled to the drain pipe. The pipe lagging system includes at least one preformed acoustic lagging sleeve adapted to be put over the drain pipe of the piping system for acoustical insulation, at least one preformed acoustic clamshell jacket adapted to fit over the drain pipe connector of the piping system for acoustically insulating the pipe connector. The clamshell jacket is adapted to receive an end portion of the tubular sleeve put over the drain pipe. At least one mechanical fastener is adapted to mechanically secure the clamshell jacket and the received tubular sleeve to the underlying drain pipe. At least one of the at least one tubular sleeve and clamshell jacket includes a sound-insulating foam material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: ARMACELL ENTERPRISE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Bret L. McLean, David A. Cowan, Jeffrey S. Lippy
  • Patent number: 10072435
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a method of insulating tanks having a capacity between 200 m3 and 20,000 m3 used for storage of oil and oil products. In the method, foundation elements, including tank bottom heat insulation, are prepared. The tank is mounted on the prepared foundation, then insulation of the tank walls and roof is installed. Supporting relieving skirts are mounted on the tank walls and roof, forming tiers. The tiers are filled with foam glass blocks having expansion joints. A top coat of metal sheets is mounted on the outer surface of the blocks. Foam glass blocks in the lower tier are made to be removable to provide access to a “wall-bottom” corner weld joint, and the blocks of the remaining tiers are fixed to the tank surface and interconnected with an adhesive material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignees: PUBLIC-JOINT STOCK COMPANY “TRANSNEFT”, JOINT-STOCK COMPANY “TRANSNEFT SIBERIA”, LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY “TRANSNEFT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE FOR OIL AND OIL PRODUCTS TRANSPORTATION”
    Inventors: Yury Viktorovich Lisin, Pavel Olegovich Revin, Vitaly Ivanovich Surikov, Anatoly Evgenevich Soshchenko
  • Patent number: 9926771
    Abstract: Apparatus and method for connecting tubular members in a wellbore. A host tubular member has annular members mounted within a receiving section to provide regions of differing resistance to the radial load. When a portion of a second tubular member is expanded radially outwardly within the receiving section a joint is formed between the members. Embodiments of host tubular members include recesses for the portion to form protrusions within, collapsible rings, channels and valves to expel fluid from the interface between the members and gripper elements and sealing elements to improve the joint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daniel O'Brien, Andrew John Joseph Gorrara
  • Patent number: 9789747
    Abstract: Methods and systems for duct protection of a vehicle are provided. The methods and systems provided include an apparatus for containing a flow of fluid discharged from a fracture in a duct. The apparatus includes a ballistic containment layer and an insulation sheath coupled to the ballistic containment layer. The insulation sheath includes a first air containment layer, an insulation layer, and a second air containment layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: John Ralph Hull, Michael Strasik, Bret A. Voss, Mark A. Negley, William J. Sweet, Kevin R. Housen, Jason S. Damazo, Michael D. Gonzales, Michael Howard-Edward Ware, Lee Charles Firth
  • Patent number: 9689512
    Abstract: An air hose delivery assembly includes an external conduit. The air hose delivery assembly also includes a continuous inner liner disposed within the external conduit. The continuous inner liner is secured to the external conduit only at the ends of the continuous inner liner to form a tubular structure that is configured to be collapsed to a flat structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: HOBART BROTHERS COMPANY
    Inventor: Mark David Resendes
  • Patent number: 9677346
    Abstract: A tubular connection includes a pin member and a box member. The pin member has a first thread structure and a helical torque shoulder spaced axially along the pin member from the first thread structure. The box member has a second thread structure and a second helical torque shoulder spaced axially along the box member from the second thread structure. The first thread structure and the second thread structure are sized and located to control a stab position of the tubular connection, and in the stab position the first helical torque shoulder does not engage or axially overlap with the second helical torque shoulder. A method of joining tubular members utilizing a helical torque shoulder is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: ULTRA PREMIUM OILFIELD SERVICES, LTD.
    Inventors: Fu J. Hou, Edward O. Banker, Ryan Broussard
  • Patent number: 9618145
    Abstract: A duct includes a polymeric duct wall that circumscribes a fluid-conveyance passage. The polymeric duct wall includes, relative to the fluid-conveyance passage, an inner surface and an outer surface. An electrically conductive coating is disposed on at least one of the outer surface and the inner surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
    Inventors: Ricardo O. Brown, Gary R. Wysocki
  • Patent number: 9611955
    Abstract: A flexible conduit for transporting abrasive slurry, includes a flexible tubular body, such as rubber tube, and a plurality of wear-resistant rings provided in the body along the length of the conduit for protecting the inner surface of the body against abrasive action of the slurry, wherein at least one ring of the plurality of rings includes an indentation for engaging the tubular body in a form closed manner, and wherein the indention is arranged with the ring such that radial movement of the ring with respect to the conduit is prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: IHC Holland IE B.V.
    Inventor: Theodorus Wilhelmus Maria Gunsing
  • Patent number: 9593798
    Abstract: A novel pipe cover is disclosed that can suppress thermal deterioration in a member that is positioned opposite to the pipe, and can control the temperature inside the pipe within a given range, even when a high-temperature fluid circulates through the pipe. The pipe cover is used to cover the outer periphery of a pipe, and includes a base that is formed of a tubular heat insulator, and a surface member that covers the outer surface of the base, a heat radiation section and a heat radiation-suppressing section being provided on the outer surface of the surface member, and the emissivity of the heat radiation section at a wavelength of 2 to 15 ?m being higher than the emissivity of the heat radiation-suppressing section at a wavelength of 2 to 15 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: NICHIAS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takahiro Niwa, Akinao Hiraoka, Yoshifumi Fujita, Keiji Tsukahara, Masatake Onodera, Daisuke Ando, Isami Abe
  • Patent number: 9457332
    Abstract: Reactor and method of forming reactor that includes at least one wall section having an inner surface bounding an interior space, a lining arranged on the inner surface of the at least one wall to face the interior space, and at least one fluid connection, to which a negative pressure is appliable, that is structured to run through the at least one wall section to open into a space between the inner surface and the lining.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: TANTEC GMBH
    Inventors: Georg Raab, Knut Boeminghaus
  • Patent number: 9145820
    Abstract: An exhaust system component (5) is provided for an exhaust system (1) of an internal combustion engine, especially of a motor vehicle, with an inner shell (6), which defines an exhaust-gas-guiding inner area (7), with an outer shell (8), which is arranged on an outer side of the inner shell (6) turned away from the inner area (7), with a cavity formed between inner shell (6) and outer shell (8), and with heat insulation (10) arranged in the cavity (9). The heat insulation of the component (5) includes insulation (10) having at least one microporous molding (molded body) (11).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: Eberspächer Exhaust Technology GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Georg Wirth
  • Patent number: 9096396
    Abstract: An elbow for a solid particle conveyance system includes an elbow body having an inlet duct and an outlet duct with an interior space defined between the inlet and outlet ducts. An aeration insert is mounted to the elbow body for aerating solid particles passing through the interior space of the elbow body. The aeration insert is mounted to the elbow body to provide aeration from an elevation between that of the inlet duct and the outlet duct to facilitate downward movement of solid particles from the inlet duct across the aeration insert, and out through the outlet duct.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: Babcock Power Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert L. Brockway, Michael Barcelona, Michael Johnson, Brian Ledoux, Diego Mier-Casares
  • Patent number: 9023444
    Abstract: A coating material in laminate form, intended for an insulation system for installation elements such as pipes, containers, and ventilation ducts. The insulation system includes a surface that the coating material must cover. The coating material has an outer, first layer made of metal foil, for example an aluminum foil, having a thickness within the 20 to 100 mm and more preferably 30 to 60 mm range, together with a plastic layer placed between the metal foil first layer and the surface of the insulation system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Saint-Gobain Isover
    Inventor: Staffan Tigerfeldt
  • Publication number: 20140034178
    Abstract: A pipe lining composition and a method for installing the pipe lining composition into a pipeline requiring repair is provided. The lining composition is a layered lining composite formed of alternating plies of felt and carbon fiber strand reinforcing such that layers of carbon fiber reinforcing strands are trapped between layers of felt. Once the composite is laid up the composite is preferably stitched to provide stability and to maintain the layers relative to one another and then formed into a tube. In accordance with the method, the lining tube is then sequentially filled resins of increasing viscosity as it is drawn through rollers in a manner that fully wets out the carbon fiber before it is placed into the pipe to be lined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2013
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Inventor: Danny Warren
  • Publication number: 20130312864
    Abstract: An insulation system has an insulation. A metal jacket is disposed about the insulation. The metal jacket has opposing free ends. A circumferential retaining band is disposed about the metal jacket and has a longitudinal length substantially less than a corresponding length of the metal jacket. The circumferential retaining band has a coupler joining a first end of the circumferential retaining band to an opposing second end of the circumferential retaining band and a clip spaced from the coupler along a radially inner surface of the retaining band. The clip is adapted to secure the opposing free ends of the metal jacket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2013
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: Transco Products Inc.
    Inventors: Edward J. Wolbert, Kevin J. Hawks
  • Publication number: 20130299035
    Abstract: A tubular thermal sleeve assembly for providing protection to an elongate member and method of enhancing the robustness of a thermal sleeve with the assembly is provided. The thermal sleeve assembly includes a tubular wall of insulative material having an outer surface and an inner surface bounding a cavity extending along a longitudinal central axis for receipt of the elongate member. The assembly further includes a flexible outer layer of metallic material extending along the longitudinal central axis between opposite ends with the metallic material having a plurality of openings formed between the opposite ends.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Inventors: Benoit Laurent, Harry F. Gladfelter, Jimmy Teal, Cassie M. Malloy, Zhong Huai Zhang
  • Patent number: 8574697
    Abstract: In a method for the introduction of an inliner into a pipe or a pipeline, where the external diameter of the inliner is greater than the internal diameter of the pipe or of the pipeline, and where the action of an external force is used to reduce the cross section of the inliner prior to the introduction, the inliner is composed of a polyamide moulding composition which comprises at least 50% by weight of polyamide which is not PA11. The recovery behavior of said polyamides is similar to that of polyethylene usually used for this purpose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Evonik Degussa GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Dowe, Ralf Tuellmann, Reinhard Beuth, Franz-Erich Baumann
  • Publication number: 20130195557
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a mechanically lined pipe (MLP) having an outer pipe and an inner liner comprising at least the steps of: (a) forming the outer pipe as a single length; (b) forming an inner liner former being wholly or substantially the same length as the outer pipe of step (a); (c) locating the inner liner former of step (b) within the outer pipe; and (d) expanding the inner liner former within the outer pipe to form the MLP. In this way, the conventional need to overcome problems with welding a number of pre-formed 12 m or 24 m bi-metallic pipe stalks to form a 1 km bi-metallic pipe are avoided, thus also avoiding weaknesses that can be a part of conventional stalk-welding processes for forming an MLP.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2010
    Publication date: August 1, 2013
    Inventors: Daniel Bertaso, John Hamilton, Sylvain Denniel, Brett Howard, Tomasz Tkaczyk, Aurélien Pepin
  • Publication number: 20120261022
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a thermal isolation, suitable for isolating the gas discharge tube (13) of a refrigerating compressor (1), where the discharge tube (13) is arranged inside an isolating tube (14), forming at least a confined space between said tubes, the novelty basically consisting in that the isolating tube (14) comprises covers (15, 17) spaced apart, the cross section of the isolating tube (14) being formed by joining together the cross sections of the spaced apart covers (15, 17). In the preferred embodiment of the invention, the isolating tube (14) comprises multiple spacers, preferably annular spacers (16), arranged around the gas discharge tube (13 and the isolating tube (14), the isolating tube (14) consisting of a number tube portions (20, 26) joined together along the extension of the gas discharge tube (13). The invention also relates to a process for assembling the thermal isolation in the gas discharge tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2010
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL S.A.
    Inventors: Fernando Antonio Ribas Junior, Rodrigo Link, Dietmar Erich Bernhard Lilie, Bruno Eduardo Da Silva
  • Patent number: 8276374
    Abstract: The invention relates to an insulating device containing a first machine element, in particular an exhaust gas pipe, and at least one second machine element, in particular an exhaust manifold. The insulating device at least partially surrounds the machine element and is connected to the unit. A base plate connected to the unit is provided-having at least two side parts arranged at a distance from each other forming an intermediate area, such that a sliding part is arranged in the intermediate area and is essentially sealingly connected the base plate and to the lateral parts by profiles and is detachably connected in relation to the base plate, a cover can be connected to the base plate by a detachable securing element. The cover rests upon the lower edges on associated areas of the lateral parts of the base plate and/or the sliding part(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: BDD Beteiligungs GmbH
    Inventor: Michael Becker
  • Patent number: 8202588
    Abstract: A structure for use in high temperature applications is provided. The structure may include an inner ceramic matrix composite (CMC) material (12). At least a portion of this CMC material includes waves that define a first wavy surface (140 and an opposed second wavy surface (16). A ceramic insulation material (18) may be bonded with the first wavy surface and includes a distal surface (20) for exposure to a high temperature environment. A core material (22) is bonded with at least a portion of the second wavy surface. One or more cooling channels (24) are disposed in the core material. An outer CMC material (26) may be joined to a portion of the inner CMC material. The core material is a material different than a matrix material of the inner CMC material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2012
    Assignee: Siemens Energy, Inc.
    Inventors: Dougas A. Keller, Malberto F. Gonzalez, Jay A. Morrison
  • Publication number: 20110079314
    Abstract: A pipe jacket is disclosed for use with pipes such as hydrocarbon based liquid and gaseous high pressure oil pipelines. The pipe jacket exhibits ballistic self-sealing properties through the use of ballistic fabric surrounding a self-sealing core. The self-sealing core makes use of compressible polymers, which close back on themselves when a foreign object such as a bullet passes through to prevent most leakage, and a self-sealing fluid to fill in whatever space remains. The compressible polymers are kept under a pressure greater than the internal pipeline normal maximum operating pressure by a fastening system which securely fastens one end of the pipe jacket to the other after the pipe jacket is placed around the outside of the pipe. The pipe jacket may also optionally provide additional protection from blasts, electric drill sabotage, corrosion, and thermal variation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2010
    Publication date: April 7, 2011
    Applicant: WINTEC GROUP LLC
    Inventors: James Henry, Paul Brogan
  • Publication number: 20100229996
    Abstract: A lined conduit formed by decorrugating a corrugated liner conduit inside a first conduit is described. A method and apparatus for forming the lined conduit are also described. The corrugated liner conduit may be positioned inside the first conduit. Each end portion of the corrugated liner conduit may be coupled to a hydraulic expander. Each hydraulic expander may include a hydraulic cylinder. Each hydraulic cylinder may include a piston rod with an opening along the length of the piston rod. The corrugated liner conduit may be evacuated through a valve assembly coupled to the passageway in one of the piston rods. The evacuated corrugated liner conduit may be pressurized with fluid from a fluid source coupled to the valve assembly. Pressurizing the corrugated liner conduit may expand corrugations in the corrugated liner conduit to form a decorrugated liner in the first conduit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2010
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Inventors: L. Robert Zifferer, Edward A. Reed
  • Publication number: 20100163132
    Abstract: The invention relates to an insulating device containing a first machine element, in particular an exhaust gas pipe, and at least one second machine element, in particular an exhaust manifold, that is connected to said first machine element and through which, in particular, a hot medium can flow and being connected to a unit. The insulating device at least partially surrounds the machine element and is connected to the unit. The aim of the invention is to further develop the claimed insulating device with a low amount of production and material expenditure such that mounting and demounting can be carried out in a simple manner and can be adapted in a problem-free manner to various types of units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2008
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Inventor: Michael Becker
  • Publication number: 20100018711
    Abstract: The disclosure pertains to installing a plurality of tear cords between a metal tube and a protective jacket. The multiple cords facilitate ease of removal of the protective jacket by creating a panel of the jacket that is detached from the remainder by pulling on the multiple tear cords. The resulting widened space can be used to remove the tube from the remaining protective jacket. The jacketed tubes may be used in a hydrocarbon production downhole well bore. The tubes may be used to furnish hydraulic fluid or chemicals into the well bore. The contents may be pressurized or under vacuum. The jacketed tubes are hermetically sealed. The tubes, which may be 1 inch in diameter, are joined using compression fittings. Tear cords are used to facilitate removal of the protective jacket without damage to the tube surface thereby facilitating the placement of compression fittings and maintaining the integrity of the tube wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2008
    Publication date: January 28, 2010
    Inventors: Jody James, Roy Torrance
  • Patent number: 7288303
    Abstract: A structure 26 of brittle material and metal has brittle materials 24, 25 and a plate-shaped metal piece 21. The plate-shaped metal piece 21 has a clamped portion 22 pressed and clamped with the brittle material and a non-clamped portion 23 not clamped with the brittle material. The deformation of the plate-shaped metal piece relaxes stress generated along an interface where the clamped portion 23 and brittle materials 24, 25 contact each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2007
    Assignee: NGK Insulators, Ltd.
    Inventor: Keiichiro Watanabe
  • Patent number: 6755218
    Abstract: A duct to receive duct wrap is provided with a plurality of posts at different locations on and upstanding from the post to protrude through the duct wrap. Wrap retainers fit onto the post over the duct wrap securing the duct wrap on the duct.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2004
    Assignee: Royal Group Technologies Limited
    Inventor: Larry Whitty
  • Patent number: 6670021
    Abstract: 12A high temperature gas turbine component includes an inner core made of a monolithic ceramic material embedded within an outer CMC shell. The inner core may be formed with a through hole, blind hole, wear pads and the like. A method of making the bushing includes the steps of a) forming an inner core of silicon nitride or silicon carbide; and b) applying a ceramic matrix composite material over substantially all of the inner core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2003
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Mark Stewart Schroder, Paul Stephen DiMascio, Randall Richard Good
  • Patent number: 6626017
    Abstract: A locking mechanism for an air handling duct which includes a plurality of interconnected modules which together made up the duct. The locking mechanism includes a male retainer contained on a frame member of a first module, with the male retainer having a locking arm adapted to be moved from an unlocked position to a locked position. A complementary female retainer is contained on a frame member of a second module, with the female retainer being in the form of an elongated keyway designed to receive and hold the locking arm in a locked position. Means are provided to move the arm from an unlocked position to a locked position when the male and female retainers are in alignment for locking the modules together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2003
    Assignee: Carrier Corporation
    Inventors: Christian C. Herbeck, Michael W. Austin, Walker A. Johnson, Jr., Timothy E. Ruhl, Peter J. Hoch
  • Patent number: 6591871
    Abstract: A tubular structure exhibiting fuel and vapor impermeability properties for use as a fuel transport hose, wherein the hose is constructed of a polyalkylene terephthalate material or a polyalkylene naphthalate material, wherein the polyalkylene terephthalate or the polyalklyene naphthalate material extends throughout the entire wall structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2003
    Assignee: Dayco Products, LLC
    Inventors: Christopher W. Smith, Alan L. Edmonson, Jeremy Duke, Jerry Shifman, Jeffrey A. Swane
  • Publication number: 20030047229
    Abstract: A tubular structure exhibiting fuel and vapor impermeability properties for use as a fuel transport hose, wherein the hose is constructed of a polyalkylene terephthalate material or a polyalkylene naphthalate material, wherein the polyalkylene terephthalate or the polyalklyene naphthalate material extends throughout the entire wall structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2001
    Publication date: March 13, 2003
    Inventors: Christopher W. Smith, Alan L. Edmonson, Jeremy Duke, Jerry Shifman, Jeffrey A. Swane
  • Patent number: 6523577
    Abstract: An insulation system for shafts through which hot gases flow, especially exhaust gas shafts of gas turbines has an insulation layer (20, 40) as well as a flat cover (26, 39), which holds the insulation layer (20, 40) and covers it against the gas flow. The cover (26, 39) is guided by bearing rails (21, 41). In such an insulation system, the number of spacers (22, 23, 24; 47, 48, 49) by which the bearing rails (21, 41) are fastened to a shaft wall (25, 50) shall be minimized. Furthermore, the insulation system shall be able to be manufactured with a high degree of prefabrication in the workshop and with low assembly effort at the construction site. The bearing rails (21, 41) are fastened to the shaft wall (25, 50) with a fixed mount (31, 51) and at least one movable mount (32, 52).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2003
    Assignee: Kaefer Isoliertechnik GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Henning Marwege, Jörg Nordholt, Marcial Navarro, Ernst Wermuth, Stephan Tonne, Josef Haider, Thomas Heuermann, Uwe Naumann
  • Patent number: 6465110
    Abstract: A laminate comprises first and second metal layers, and a metallic felt layer disposed between the metal layers and attached to each to provide vibrational damping and thermal insulation. In one embodiment, the layers are tubular in shape and form an automotive exhaust pipe. In another embodiment the layers are annular in shape and form a disk of a brake rotor. In another embodiment the laminate is a damping structure for a brake pad assembly, wherein the first metal layer may either be the backing plate of the brake pad assembly or be attached to the backing plate. The damping structure may include additional metallic felt and metal layers. Various modes of attachment of the metallic felt layer to the metal layers are disclosed. The metallic felt layer may be completely surrounded by metal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2002
    Assignee: Material Sciences Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel E. Boss, Richard K. Williams, Scott R. Dobrusky
  • Patent number: 6403180
    Abstract: An insulating system for pipes is provided which includes at least two different types of pipe insulation, wherein each pipe insulation is a pipe jacket formed by two mating sections, a first section and a second section with each section having a mating surface, wherein further when the two mating sections are put together with the mating surface of the first section exactly abutting the mating surface of the second section, they form a tubular structure having a bore which is a suitable size to receive a pipe. Of the three possible types of pipe insulation available, insulation A, insulation B, and insulation C, each pipe insulation type is formulated to insulate pipes having a different surface temperature, and yet pipe insulations A, B, and C each have identical outer diameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2002
    Assignee: Armacell Enterprises GmbH
    Inventor: Jeffery L. Barrall
  • Patent number: 5769127
    Abstract: A pipe wall has an inner wall cylindrically formed of a soft material of rubber, synthetic rubber or synthetic resin, a rising rib bonded at its base portion onto an outer circumferential surface of the inner wall so as to extend therefrom in an outer circumferential direction, and an outer wall coupled at its base end portion with the rising rib so as to extend in an axial direction of the pipe in a position separated at a predetermined distance circumferentially from the inner wall, the rib and the outer wall being formed of a hard synthetic resin material and wound spirally, wherein only a top end portion of the outer wall is coupled with a preceding winding of the outer wall, and separable dividing portion is formed between the top end portion and the base end portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 23, 1998
    Inventors: Shiro Kanao, deceased, by Chizuko Kanao, heir, by Shigeki Kanao, heir
  • Patent number: 5720319
    Abstract: The present invention includes a cast in place aluminum tailspout and a stainless steel exhaust pipe. The stainless steel exhaust pipe includes a flared out portion. The cast in place tailspout includes a section that surrounds at least a portion of the flared section of the exhaust pipe and includes a hooked finger for engaging an outwardly extending shoulder of the flared portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 24, 1998
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Ralph Wayne Smith, Lloyd Charles Kendall, David Lynn Penfield, Robert James Ezze, Joel Ardon Litchfield