Patents by Inventor Jonathon B. Kettelkamp

Jonathon B. Kettelkamp 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).

  • Internal pipeline cooler
    Patent number: 9821415
    Abstract: An internal heat exchanger (IHEX) for pipeline welding includes a drive system configured to move the IHEX into a position within at least one pipe section near a weld joint location with another pipe section. The IHEX further includes a cooling section including cooling structure configured to selectively cool one or more interior surface portions of the at least one pipe section, and a controller in communication with the cooling structure and configured to activate the cooling section when the IHEX is at the position within the at least one pipe section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: CRC-EVANS PIPELINE INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Shankar T. Rajagopalan, Jose C. Bouche, Jason W. Curbo, Jonathon B. Kettelkamp, Brian L. Kirk, Siddharth Mallick
  • INTERNAL PIPELINE COOLER
    Publication number: 20150273636
    Abstract: An internal heat exchanger (IHEX) for pipeline welding includes a drive system configured to move the IHEX into a position within at least one pipe section near a weld joint location with another pipe section. The IHEX further includes a cooling section including cooling structure configured to selectively cool one or more interior surface portions of the at least one pipe section, and a controller in communication with the cooling structure and configured to activate the cooling section when the IHEX is at the position within the at least one pipe section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2014
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Inventors: Shankar T. Rajagopalan, Jose C. Bouche, Jason W. Curbo, Jonathon B. Kettelkamp, Brian L. Kirk, Siddharth Mallick