Patents by Inventor Kevin Laux
Kevin Laux 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: 12355222Abstract: A tank including a fluid reservoir, a communication module, a controller, and at least one sensor. The fluid reservoir is configured to be in fluid communication with a cable segment. The communication module is configured to communicate with an external device. The sensor is configured to detect an injection parameter value, encode the injection parameter value in a sensor signal, and send the sensor signal to the controller. The controller is configured to automatically instruct the communication module to transmit information to the external device based on the injection parameter value.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2020Date of Patent: July 8, 2025Assignee: NOVINIUM, LLCInventors: Glen John Bertini, Weston Philips Chapin Ford, Helaina Hurwitz, Norman E. Keitges, Kevin Laux, James Steele, Jeffrey Andrew Thomas, Rodrigue Tonfack
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Patent number: 12131839Abstract: A method for rejuvenating a strand-blocked cable having a conductor comprised of a plurality of conductor strands with interstitial volume therebetween blocked by a PIB based mastic, the conductor being surrounded by a polymeric cable insulation. The method comprising installing injection adapters that seal the cable ends of the cable and are usable to inject fluid into the interstitial volume between the conductor strands of the cable; elastically expanding the polymeric cable insulation through the application of pressure to the interstitial volume between the conductor strands of the cable; and injecting at least one injection fluid in which the PIB based mastic is mostly insoluble into the interstitial volume between the conductor strands of the cable.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2021Date of Patent: October 29, 2024Assignee: NOVINIUM, LLCInventors: James Steele, David C. Busby, Weston Philips Chapin Ford, Wayne J. Chatterton, Kevin Laux, Nathanael Laurie
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Publication number: 20240266091Abstract: A method for rejuvenating a strand-blocked cable having a conductor comprised of a plurality of conductor strands with interstitial volume therebetween blocked by a PIB based mastic, the conductor being surrounded by a polymeric cable insulation. The method comprising installing injection adapters that seal the cable ends of the cable and are usable to inject fluid into the interstitial volume between the conductor strands of the cable; elastically expanding the polymeric cable insulation through the application of pressure to the interstitial volume between the conductor strands of the cable; and injecting at least one injection fluid in which the PIB based mastic is at least partially soluble into the interstitial volume between the conductor strands of the cable. To facilitate elastic deformation of the polymeric cable insulation, the cable may be heated to and maintained at a temperature of T1 above ambient during the injection.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2024Publication date: August 8, 2024Inventors: Wayne J. Chatterton, James Steele, Norman E. Keitges, David C. Busby, Kevin Laux, Weston Philips Chapin Ford, Nathanael Laurie
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Patent number: 12015254Abstract: A tank including a fluid reservoir, a communication module, a controller, and at least one sensor. The fluid reservoir is configured to be in fluid communication with a cable segment. The communication module is configured to communicate with an external device. The sensor is configured to detect an injection parameter value, encode the injection parameter value in a sensor signal, and send the sensor signal to the controller. The controller is configured to automatically instruct the communication module to transmit information to the external device based on the injection parameter value.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2023Date of Patent: June 18, 2024Assignee: NOVINIUM, LLCInventors: Glen John Bertini, Weston Philips Chapin Ford, Helaina Hurwitz, Norman E. Keitges, Kevin Laux, James Steele, Jeffrey Andrew Thomas, Rodrigue Tonfack
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Patent number: 12009119Abstract: A method for rejuvenating a strand-blocked cable having a conductor comprised of a plurality of conductor strands with interstitial volume therebetween blocked by a PIB based mastic, the conductor being surrounded by a polymeric cable insulation. The method comprising installing injection adapters that seal the cable ends of the cable and are usable to inject fluid into the interstitial volume between the conductor strands of the cable; elastically expanding the polymeric cable insulation through the application of pressure to the interstitial volume between the conductor strands of the cable; and injecting at least one injection fluid in which the PIB based mastic is at least partially soluble into the interstitial volume between the conductor strands of the cable. To facilitate elastic deformation of the polymeric cable insulation, the cable may be heated to and maintained at a temperature of T1 above ambient during the injection.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2021Date of Patent: June 11, 2024Assignee: NOVINIUM, LLCInventors: Wayne J. Chatterton, James Steele, Norman E. Keitges, David C. Busby, Kevin Laux, Weston Philips Chapin Ford, Nathanael Laurie
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Publication number: 20230198234Abstract: A tank including a fluid reservoir, a communication module, a controller, and at least one sensor. The fluid reservoir is configured to be in fluid communication with a cable segment. The communication module is configured to communicate with an external device. The sensor is configured to detect an injection parameter value, encode the injection parameter value in a sensor signal, and send the sensor signal to the controller. The controller is configured to automatically instruct the communication module to transmit information to the external device based on the injection parameter value.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 15, 2023Publication date: June 22, 2023Inventors: Glen John Bertini, Weston Philips Chapin Ford, Helaina Hurwitz, Norman E. Keitges, Kevin Laux, James Steele, Jeffrey Andrew Thomas, Rodrigue Tonfack
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Patent number: 11611201Abstract: A tank including a fluid reservoir, a communication module, a controller, and at least one sensor. The fluid reservoir is configured to be in fluid communication with a cable segment. The communication module is configured to communicate with an external device. The sensor is configured to detect an injection parameter value, encode the injection parameter value in a sensor signal, and send the sensor signal to the controller. The controller is configured to automatically instruct the communication module to transmit information to the external device based on the injection parameter value.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2020Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Assignee: NOVINIUM, LLCInventors: Glen John Bertini, Weston Philips Chapin Ford, Helaina Hurwitz, Norman E. Keitges, Kevin Laux, James Steele, Jeffrey Andrew Thomas, Rodrigue Tonfack
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Publication number: 20220375656Abstract: A method for rejuvenating a strand-blocked cable having a conductor comprised of a plurality of conductor strands with interstitial volume therebetween blocked by a PIB based mastic, the conductor being surrounded by a polymeric cable insulation. The method comprising installing injection adapters that seal the cable ends of the cable and are usable to inject fluid into the interstitial volume between the conductor strands of the cable; elastically expanding the polymeric cable insulation through the application of pressure to the interstitial volume between the conductor strands of the cable; and injecting at least one injection fluid in which the PIB based mastic is mostly insoluble into the interstitial volume between the conductor strands of the cable.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2021Publication date: November 24, 2022Inventors: James Steele, David C. Busby, Weston Philips Chapin Ford, Wayne J. Chatterton, Kevin Laux, Nathanael Laurie
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Publication number: 20210280341Abstract: A method for rejuvenating a strand-blocked cable having a conductor comprised of a plurality of conductor strands with interstitial volume therebetween blocked by a PIB based mastic, the conductor being surrounded by a polymeric cable insulation. The method comprising installing injection adapters that seal the cable ends of the cable and are usable to inject fluid into the interstitial volume between the conductor strands of the cable; elastically expanding the polymeric cable insulation through the application of pressure to the interstitial volume between the conductor strands of the cable; and injecting at least one injection fluid in which the PIB based mastic is at least partially soluble into the interstitial volume between the conductor strands of the cable. To facilitate elastic deformation of the polymeric cable insulation, the cable may be heated to and maintained at a temperature of T1 above ambient during the injection.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2021Publication date: September 9, 2021Inventors: Wayne J. Chatterton, James Steele, Norman E. Keitges, David C. Busby, Kevin Laux, Weston Philips Chapin Ford, Nathanael Laurie
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Publication number: 20200295545Abstract: A tank including a fluid reservoir, a communication module, a controller, and at least one sensor. The fluid reservoir is configured to be in fluid communication with a cable segment. The communication module is configured to communicate with an external device. The sensor is configured to detect an injection parameter value, encode the injection parameter value in a sensor signal, and send the sensor signal to the controller. The controller is configured to automatically instruct the communication module to transmit information to the external device based on the injection parameter value.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2020Publication date: September 17, 2020Inventors: Glen John Bertini, Weston Philips Chapin Ford, Helaina Hurwitz, Norman J. Keitges, Kevin Laux, James Steele, Jeffrey Andrew Thomas, Rodrigue Tonfack
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Publication number: 20200294694Abstract: A tank including a fluid reservoir, a communication module, a controller, and at least one sensor. The fluid reservoir is configured to be in fluid communication with a cable segment. The communication module is configured to communicate with an external device. The sensor is configured to detect an injection parameter value, encode the injection parameter value in a sensor signal, and send the sensor signal to the controller. The controller is configured to automatically instruct the communication module to transmit information to the external device based on the injection parameter value.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2020Publication date: September 17, 2020Inventors: Glen John Bertini, Weston Philips Chapin Ford, Helaina Hurwitz, Norman J. Keitges, Kevin Laux, James Steele, Jeffrey Andrew Thomas, Rodrigue Tonfack