Patents by Inventor Tom Henning Bode

Tom Henning Bode 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: 10364639
    Abstract: This invention relates to a sealing apparatus, system and method for use in a well pipe. The apparatus has a mandrel arranged around a center axis through the apparatus, a radially movable gripping device arranged around the mandrel, a radially movable packer element arranged around the mandrel, and an axially movable activation device designed to set up axial forces for activating the apparatus. The apparatus also includes a radially movable centralizer arranged around the mandrel for centring the apparatus. The activation device being operatively connected to the gripping device, the packer element and the centralizer for the respective activation and radial movement of each, via power transmission of axial forces, between retracted, passive positions and expanded, active positions relative to the center axis of the apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: E Holstad Holding AS
    Inventors: Tommy Svartvatn, Tom Henning Bode, Frode Flugheim Heggestad, Arnulf Bye, Thomas Berge, Evald Holstad, Thomas Bergan Johansen, Oyvind Naess Johannessen
  • Publication number: 20170234102
    Abstract: This invention relates to a sealing apparatus, system and method for use in a well pipe. The apparatus has a mandrel arranged around a centre axis through the apparatus, a radially movable gripping device arranged around the mandrel, a radially movable packer element arranged around the mandrel, and an axially movable activation device designed to set up axial forces for activating the apparatus. The apparatus also includes a radially movable centralizer arranged around the mandrel for centring the apparatus. The activation device being operatively connected to the gripping device, the packer element and the centralizer for the respective activation and radial movement of each, via power transmission of axial forces, between retracted, passive positions and expanded, active positions relative to the centre axis of the apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2015
    Publication date: August 17, 2017
    Inventors: Tommy Svartvatn, Tom Henning Bode, Frode Flugheim Heggestad, Arnulf Bye, Thomas Berge, Evald Holstad, Thomas Bergan Johansen, Oyvind Naess Johannessen
  • Publication number: 20100187763
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a sealing device comprising a sealing (1) which is threaded onto a sleeve (7), where the sleeve (7) is located in a base tube (11) comprising valve ports (12), and where the sealing device shall seal between the sleeve (7) and the base tube (11). The invention is characterized in that the sealing (1) is held in place by support rings (2), where the support rings is held in place by locking rings (3), where the lockings rings (3) fit into an inner suitable locking groove (6) in the sleeve (7), where the sleeve (7) comprises a threaded portion (8), where a locking nut (5) comprising an outer suitable locking groove (6) is arranged to be screwed over the sleeves (7) threaded portion (8) and to be tightened sufficiently to hold the locking rings (3), support rings (2) and sealing (1) in place outside the sleeve (7).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2007
    Publication date: July 29, 2010
    Inventor: Tom Henning Bode