Patents by Inventor Jeroen Van Brakel

Jeroen Van Brakel 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).

  • Bonding of steel strips in steel strip laminate pipe
    Patent number: 6273143
    Abstract: A steel strip laminate pipe having increased lap shear strength and peel off strength between the steel layers in the pipe and a method for making such a steel strip pipe are provided. Steel strips coated with a sol-gel or a silane adhesion promoter are wound over an inner lining to form steel layers bonded to each other in a steel strip laminate pipe. In an alternate embodiment, fiber fillers and resin are used to bond the steel layers in the pipe together. In further embodiment, glass sphere and resin are used to bond the steel layers together. The steel strips bonded together using continuous reinforced fiber filler or glass spheres may be coated with sol-gel or silane. In an alternate embodiment, the sol-gel or silane may also be mixed in the resin used to bond the steel layers together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2001
    Assignee: Ameron International Corporation
    Inventors: Ralph S. Friedrich, Garrett J. Endres, Qizhong Sheng, Lamont T. Inglehart, Stephan de Bie, Jeroen Van Brakel