Patents by Inventor ARON R. EKELUND

ARON R. EKELUND 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).

  • INVENTIVE SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR MAKING COMPOSITE REINFORCED PIPE BY ECCENTRIC APPLICATION WITH THE PORTABLE AND MOVABLE FACTORY, AND INSTALLING THE PIPE IN A PIPELINE
    Publication number: 20180236708
    Abstract: A transportable system and method for the in situ eccentric manufacturing of reinforced thermoplastic pipelines in continuous lengths up to 10 miles and from 8 to 60 inches in diameter having a rotating frame assembly with a eccentric spools for application of reinforcing tapes and other components to a polyolefin core pipe, and further having a forming machine for cross sectional shape reduction of the reinforced thermoplastic pipelines to facilitate pulling the reinforced thermoplastic pipelines inside a host pipeline. Also provided are continuous monitoring and marking with application of tape in the hoop stress direction and the axial stress direction as well as saturated tape feeding stations for impregnation of the reinforcing tape for in situ curing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2018
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Inventors: KENNETH R. CHARBONEAU, ARON R. EKELUND, GARY LITTLESTAR, IVAN C. MANDICH, STEPHEN C. CATHA, JUSTIN M. REED
  • INVENTIVE SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR MAKING COMPOSITE REINFORCED PIPE BY ECCENTRIC APPLICATION WITH THE PORTABLE AND MOVABLE FACTORY, AND INSTALLING THE PIPE IN A PIPELINE
    Publication number: 20150300539
    Abstract: A transportable system and method for the in situ eccentric manufacturing of reinforced thermoplastic pipelines in continuous lengths up to 10 miles and from 8 to 60 inches in diameter having a rotating frame assembly with a eccentric spools for application of reinforcing tapes and other components to a polyolefin core pipe, and further having a forming machine for cross sectional shape reduction of the reinforced thermoplastic pipelines to facilitate pulling the reinforced thermoplastic pipelines inside a host pipeline. Also provided are continuous monitoring and marking with application of tape in the hoop stress direction and the axial stress direction as well as saturated tape feeding stations for impregnation of the reinforcing tape for in situ curing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2015
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Inventors: KENNETH R. CHARBONEAU, ARON R. EKELUND, GARY LITTLESTAR, IVAN C. MANDICH, STEPHEN C. CATHA, JUSTIN M. REED
  • INVENTIVE SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR COILING IN NON STRESS INDUCING POSITION FOR CONTINUOUS PIPELINES OF SMALL AND LARGE DIAMETERS, REDUCED IN PROFILE OR ROUND, FOR TRANSPORT AND STORAGE AND INSTALLATION
    Publication number: 20140197264
    Abstract: A method and structural inventive system-construction or mechanism for the figure eight coiling for non-metallic pipelines and conduits, preferred to be of the composite structure and instrumented with detection inventive systems, the coiling which was not previously available and specifically indicated for the means of the long lengths, up to 10 miles, continuous pipelines coiling, transportation and installation at the site. The figure eight inventive system provides for a natural assumption of the bending repose for the pipeline and relaxation of the stresses and preservation of the pipeline's properties from the manufacturing, through the transportation and installation all the way to the site.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2014
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Applicant: SMART PIPE COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: KENNETH R. CHARBONEAU, STEPHEN C. CATHA, ARON R. EKELUND, GARY LITTLESTAR, IVAN G. MANDICH, JUSTIN M. REED