Patents by Inventor Johannes Bernardus Wilhelmus Van Zummeren

Johannes Bernardus Wilhelmus Van Zummeren 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: 8678039
    Abstract: An elongated conduit including a tubular outer pipe, an elastic inner pipe and an annulus between the outer pipe and inner pipe, the conduit being provided with a fluid supply device, the outer pipe being provided with an inlet for introducing the fluid in the annulus between the outer pipe and the inner pipe, which inlet communicates with the fluid supply device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: Franciscus Antonius Henri Janssen, Raghunath Gopal Menon, Juan Pablo Pontaza, Aloysius Johannes Nicolaas Vreenegoor, Johannes Bernardus Wilhelmus Van Zummeren
  • Publication number: 20120192984
    Abstract: The invention provides an elongated conduit (2) comprising a tubular outer pipe (3), an elastic inner pipe (4) and an annulus between the outer pipe and inner pipe, the conduit being provided with a fluid supply device (7), the outer pipe being provided with inlet means (6) for introducing the fluid (9) in the annulus between the outer pipe and the inner pipe, which inlet means communicates with the fluid supply device. The invention also provides a method to remove a blockage in the inner pipe of said elongated conduit. In addition, the invention relates to a method for transporting a liquid, semi-liquid, paste-like or solid material through the inner pipe of said elongated conduit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2010
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Inventors: Franciscus Antonius Henri Janssen, Raghunath Gopal Menon, Juan Pablo Pontaza, Aloysius Johannes Nicolaas Vreenegoor, Johannes Bernardus Wilhelmus Van Zummeren