Patents by Inventor Ian Charles Walker

Ian Charles Walker 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).

  • Pipeline cable deployment apparatus and method
    Patent number: 6561488
    Abstract: A fiber optic communication cable is deployed in a pipeline from a static coil drawn from a rearwardly facing exit of a cassette carried by a pipeline pig as the pig is driven along the pipeline from a launcher having a drive fluid inlet and a cable anchorage with a pressure penetrator for connecting an instrumentation cable to the deployed cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2003
    Assignee: Sensor Highway Limited
    Inventor: Ian Charles Walker