Patents by Inventor Jose C. Bouche
Jose C. Bouche 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).
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Patent number: 11767934Abstract: A welded pipe assembly includes a first and a second metal pipes, and a welded joint or welded material connecting the first pipe with the second pipe. The first and second metal pipes each have a length of at least 30? and an exterior diameter of less than 24?. The weld material includes a plurality of weld pass layers including a first internal pass layer and a second internal pass layer disposed on top of the first internal pass layer. The second internal pass layer is positioned closer to an interior longitudinal axis of the welded first and second pipes than the first internal pass layer. The welded joint includes a first internal bevel formed in the first metal pipe and a second internal bevel formed in the second metal pipe. The first internal pass layer is disposed in a region defined by the first and the second internal bevels.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2017Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: CRC-EVANS PIPELINE INTERNATIONAL, INC.Inventors: Shankar T. Rajagopalan, Siddharth Mallick, Brian L. Kirk, Jose C. Bouche, Jason W. Curbo, Jonathan B. Kettelkamp
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Patent number: 11203088Abstract: Provided is an apparatus for coating a girth weld and a cutback region surrounding said girth weld, said apparatus having lateral travel at least equal to the length of the cutback region and circumferential rotational travel around the pipe. The apparatus can provide a multiple component coating accurately and safely, without the need for solvent flushing of the apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2020Date of Patent: December 21, 2021Assignee: CRC-Evans Pipeline International, Inc.Inventors: Travis W. Smith, Jose C. Bouche
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Publication number: 20210362261Abstract: Provided is a weld assembly supported from an arm of a heavy equipment vehicle. The vehicle includes a pipe grabber for manipulating the position of a pipe. The weld assembly integrated with and supported from the manipulator. The weld assembly further includes a conforming ring, a sensor assembly and an orbital welder. The weld assembly is also of a clam shell construction for wrapping around two pipe ends to be welded.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2021Publication date: November 25, 2021Inventors: Timothy J. BOND, Jose C. BOUCHE, Duncan CHAPMAN, Jason W. CURBO, Kunjan M. DEDHIA, Alan JONES, Siddharth MALLICK, Dan MOERS, Shailesh RADHAKRISHNAN, Travis W. SMITH
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Patent number: 11175099Abstract: The present application relates to a field system and methods that can be deployed in the application of pipe welding. The field system provides many embodiments relating to pipe welding systems and methods, that can be used in combination with one another, or individually. Such welding systems and methods, include, for example, internal welding systems and methods, tie-in welding system and methods, pipe inspection systems and methods, pipe handling systems and methods, internal pipe cooling systems and methods, non-destructive testing systems and methods, as well as remote interface and database systems and methods (uLog), to name a few. The application further relates to welded pipes that result from some or all of such processes.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2019Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignee: CRC-EVANS PIPELINE INTERNATIONAL, INC.Inventors: Shankar T. Rajagopalan, Siddharth Mallick, Brian L. Kirk, Jose C. Bouche, Jason W. Curbo, Jonathan B. Kettelkamp, Lawrence Sniderman, Shailesh Radhakrishnan
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Publication number: 20210316408Abstract: Provided is an apparatus for coating a girth weld and a cutback region surrounding said girth weld, said apparatus having lateral travel at least equal to the length of the cutback region and circumferential rotational travel around the pipe. The apparatus can provide a multiple component coating accurately and safely, without the need for solvent flushing of the apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2020Publication date: October 14, 2021Inventors: Travis W. SMITH, Jose C. BOUCHE
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Patent number: 10695876Abstract: A weld system for welding two pipes includes a frame, a plurality of rollers, a drive motor, a brake system, an inspection detector, a weld torch, one or more battery cells and one or more processors. The frame is configured to be placed within the pipes. The plurality of rollers is configured to rotatably support the frame. The drive motor drives the rollers to move the frame within the pipes. The brake system secures the frame from movement at a desired location within the pipes. The weld torch, the inspection detector and the one or more battery cells are carried by the frame. The inspection detector is configured to detect a characteristic of an interface region between the pipes. The one or more battery cells are configured to power the drive motor, the inspection detector and the weld torch.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2015Date of Patent: June 30, 2020Assignee: CRC-EVANS PIPELINE INTERNATIONAL, INC.Inventors: Shankar T. Rajagopalan, Siddharth Mallick, Brian L. Kirk, Jose C. Bouche, Jason W. Curbo, Jonathan B. Kettelkamp, Lawrence Sniderman, Shailesh Radhakrishnan
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Patent number: 10589371Abstract: A field system for welding two pipes includes a first pipe engagement structure, a second pipe engagement structure, one or more weld torches, a motor and one or more processors. The one or more weld torches are configured to be positioned within the pipes to create an internal weld at an interface region between the pipes. The motor is operatively associated with the one or more weld torches to rotate the one or more weld torch along the interface region between the pipes. The one or more processors control the motor and the one or more weld torches. The one or more processors operate the motor and the one or more weld torches to generate a complete circumferential weld along the interface region by rotating the one or more weld torches along the interface region in a single rotational direction until the complete circumferential weld is completed.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2017Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignee: CRC-EVANS PIPELINE INTERNATIONAL, INC.Inventors: Shankar T. Rajagopalan, Siddharth Mallick, Brian L. Kirk, Jose C. Bouche, Jason W. Curbo, Jonathan B. Kettelkamp
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Publication number: 20200033063Abstract: The present application relates to a field system and methods that can be deployed in the application of pipe welding. The field system provides many embodiments relating to pipe welding systems and methods, that can be used in combination with one another, or individually. Such welding systems and methods, include, for example, internal welding systems and methods, tie-in welding system and methods, pipe inspection systems and methods, pipe handling systems and methods, internal pipe cooling systems and methods, non-destructive testing systems and methods, as well as remote interface and database systems and methods (uLog), to name a few. The application further relates to welded pipes that result from some or all of such processes.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2019Publication date: January 30, 2020Inventors: Shankar T. Rajagopalan, Siddharth MALLICK, Brian L. KIRK, Jose C. BOUCHE, Jason W. CURBO, Jonathan B. KETTELKAMP, Lawrence SNIDERMAN, Shailesh RADHAKRISHNAN
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Patent number: 10480862Abstract: The present application relates to a field system and methods that can be deployed in the application of pipe welding. The field system provides many embodiments relating to pipe welding systems and methods, that can be used in combination with one another, or individually. Such welding systems and methods, include, for example, internal welding systems and methods, tie-in welding system and methods, pipe inspection systems and methods, pipe handling systems and methods, internal pipe cooling systems and methods, non-destructive testing systems and methods, as well as remote interface and database systems and methods (uLog), to name a few. The application further relates to welded pipes that result from some or all of such processes.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2017Date of Patent: November 19, 2019Assignee: CRC-Evans Pipeline International, Inc.Inventors: Shankar T. Rajagopalan, Siddharth Mallick, Brian L. Kirk, Jose C. Bouche, Jason W. Curbo, Jonathan B. Kettelkamp, Lawrence Sniderman, Shailesh Radhakrishnan
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Patent number: 10040141Abstract: The present invention is directed to a system for welding together segments of a pipeline. The system includes an external alignment mechanism for externally supporting and manipulating the orientation of pipe segments in order to align relative segments. The system also includes an internal welding mechanism for applying a weld to an interior face joint of the two abutted pipe segments. The internal welding mechanism including a torch for applying a weld, a laser for tracking the weld profile and guiding an articulating head of the torch, and a camera for visually inspecting the weld after the weld is applied.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2014Date of Patent: August 7, 2018Assignee: CRC-Evans Pipeline International, Inc.Inventors: Shankar Rajagopalan, Siddharth Mallick, Jose C. Bouche
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Patent number: 9969031Abstract: Apparatus, systems, processes, control systems, means and methods for near-weld gas purging and welding. A focused circumferential near-weld purge gas delivery system for pipeline welding. A near-weld purge rig which has a near-weld purge gas channel and which achieves a low oxygen concentration proximate to a pipe gap for welding. The gas used for purging is also directed against an interior surface of the pipe to be welded. The directed gas cools the pipe to a desired temperature.Type: GrantFiled: February 29, 2016Date of Patent: May 15, 2018Assignee: CRC—Evans Pipeline International, Inc.Inventors: Mark Clemmons, Shankar Rajagopalan, Jason W. Curbo, Jose C. Bouche, Siddharth Mallick, Brian L. Kirk
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Publication number: 20180117718Abstract: A weld system for welding two pipes includes a frame, a plurality of rollers, a drive motor, a brake system, an inspection detector, a weld torch, one or more battery cells and one or more processors. The frame is configured to be placed within the pipes. The plurality of rollers is configured to rotatably support the frame. The drive motor drives the rollers to move the frame within the pipes. The brake system secures the frame from movement at a desired location within the pipes. The weld torch, the inspection detector and the one or more battery cells are carried by the frame. The inspection detector is configured to detect a characteristic of an interface region between the pipes. The one or more battery cells are configured to power the drive motor, the inspection detector and the weld torch.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 24, 2015Publication date: May 3, 2018Inventors: Shankar T. RAJAGOPALAN, Siddharth MALLICK, Brian L. KIRK, Jose C. BOUCHE, Jason W. CURBO, Jonathan B. KETTELKAMP, Lawrence SNIDERMAN, Shailesh RADHARKISHNAN
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Publication number: 20180031152Abstract: A welded pipe assembly includes a first and a second metal pipes, and a welded joint or welded material connecting the first pipe with the second pipe. The first and second metal pipes each have a length of at least 30? and an exterior diameter of less than 24?. The weld material includes a plurality of weld pass layers including a first internal pass layer and a second internal pass layer disposed on top of the first internal pass layer. The second internal pass layer is positioned closer to an interior longitudinal axis of the welded first and second pipes than the first internal pass layer. The welded joint includes a first internal bevel formed in the first metal pipe and a second internal bevel formed in the second metal pipe. The first internal pass layer is disposed in a region defined by the first and the second internal bevels.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2017Publication date: February 1, 2018Inventors: Shankar T. Rajagopalan, Siddharth Mallick, Brian L. Kirk, Jose C. Bouche, Jason W. Curbo, Jonathan B. Kettelkamp, Lawrence Sniderman, Shailesh Radharkishnan, Marcus Janes, Jared Proegler
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Publication number: 20180029154Abstract: A field system for welding two pipes includes a first pipe engagement structure, a second pipe engagement structure, one or more weld torches, a motor and one or more processors. The one or more weld torches are configured to be positioned within the pipes to create an internal weld at an interface region between the pipes. The motor is operatively associated with the one or more weld torches to rotate the one or more weld torch along the interface region between the pipes. The one or more processors control the motor and the one or more weld torches. The one or more processors operate the motor and the one or more weld torches to generate a complete circumferential weld along the interface region by rotating the one or more weld torches along the interface region in a single rotational direction until the complete circumferential weld is completed.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2017Publication date: February 1, 2018Inventors: Shankar T. Rajagopalan, Siddharth Mallick, Brian L. Kirk, Jose C. Bouche, Jason W. Curbo, Jonathan B. Kettelkamp, Lawrence Sniderman, Shailesh Radharkishnan, Marcus Janes, Jared Proegler
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Publication number: 20180021891Abstract: Apparatus, systems, processes, control systems, means and methods for near-weld gas purging and welding. A focused circumferential near-weld purge gas delivery system for pipeline welding. A near-weld purge rig which has a near-weld purge gas channel and which achieves a low oxygen concentration proximate to a pipe gap for welding. The gas used for purging is also directed against an interior surface of the pipe to be welded. The directed gas cools the pipe to a desired temperature.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 29, 2016Publication date: January 25, 2018Inventors: Mark Clemmons, Shankar Rajagopalan, Jason W. Curbo, Jose C. Bouche, Siddharth Mallick, Brian L. Kirk
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Patent number: 9821415Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 28, 2014Date of Patent: November 21, 2017Assignee: CRC-EVANS PIPELINE INTERNATIONAL, INC.Inventors: Shankar T. Rajagopalan, Jose C. Bouche, Jason W. Curbo, Jonathon B. Kettelkamp, Brian L. Kirk, Siddharth Mallick
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Publication number: 20170182605Abstract: The present application relates to a field system and methods that can be deployed in the application of pipe welding. The field system provides many embodiments relating to pipe welding systems and methods, that can be used in combination with one another, or individually. Such welding systems and methods, include, for example, internal welding systems and methods, tie-in welding system and methods, pipe inspection systems and methods, pipe handling systems and methods, internal pipe cooling systems and methods, non-destructive testing systems and methods, as well as remote interface and database systems and methods (uLog), to name a few. The application further relates to welded pipes that result from some or all of such processes.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2017Publication date: June 29, 2017Inventors: Shankar T. RAJAGOPALAN, Siddharth MALLICK, Brian L. KIRK, Jose C. BOUCHE, Jason W. CURBO, Jonathan B. KETTELKAMP, Lawrence SNIDERMAN, Shailesh RADHARKISHNAN, Marcus JANES, Jared PROEGLER
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Publication number: 20160256961Abstract: Apparatus, systems, processes, control systems, means and methods for near-weld gas purging and welding. A focused circumferential near-weld purge gas delivery system for pipeline welding. A near-weld purge rig which has a near-weld purge gas channel and which achieves a low oxygen concentration proximate to a pipe gap for welding. The gas used for purging is also directed against an interior surface of the pipe to be welded. The directed gas cools the pipe to a desired temperature.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 29, 2016Publication date: September 8, 2016Inventors: Mark Clemmons, Shankar Rajagopalan, Jason W. Curbo, Jose C. Bouche, Siddharth Mallick, Brian L. Kirk
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Publication number: 20150273636Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2014Publication date: October 1, 2015Inventors: Shankar T. Rajagopalan, Jose C. Bouche, Jason W. Curbo, Jonathon B. Kettelkamp, Brian L. Kirk, Siddharth Mallick
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Publication number: 20140346163Abstract: The present invention is directed to a system for welding together segments of a pipeline. The system includes an external alignment mechanism for externally supporting and manipulating the orientation of pipe segments in order to align relative segments. The system also includes an internal welding mechanism for applying a weld to an interior face joint of the two abutted pipe segments. The internal welding mechanism including a torch for applying a weld, a laser for tracking the weld profile and guiding an articulating head of the torch, and a camera for visually inspecting the weld after the weld is applied.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 8, 2014Publication date: November 27, 2014Inventors: Shankar Rajagopalan, Siddharth Mallick, Jose C. Bouche