Patents by Inventor Joaquin Reyes Espinosa

Joaquin Reyes Espinosa 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).

  • Patent number: 12188602
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a sealing plug assembly, a line stop assembly, and a yoke for stopping flow of a product in a pipe as well as methods of using the same. The sealing plug assembly, the line stop assembly, and the yoke include one or more fluid pathways. A benefit of the sealing plug assembly, the line stop assembly, and the yoke can be to remove product from an isolation zone of a stopped pipe through the one or more fluid pathways.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2024
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: WELDFIT LLC
    Inventors: David Albertson, Brian Anderson, Paul Hatch, Ray Prater, Joaquin Reyes Espinosa, Robert Niksich, Timothy Irelan, Brian Gresh
  • Publication number: 20240369170
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a sealing plug assembly for stopping flow of a product in a pipe, the assembly having two sealing elements and having an isolation zone in the assembly which can be drained by a bleed lance to maintain pressure in the isolation zone within a safe limit. The present disclosure further provides sealing elements, bleed lances, systems, and methods of using the same. A benefit of the sealing plug assembly, and methods of using the same, can include forming safer seals during line stopping and the efficiency of recovering product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2024
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Inventors: David Albertson, Brian Anderson, Paul Hatch, Ray Prater, Joaquin Reyes Espinosa, Robert Niksich, Timothy Irelan, Brian Gresh