Patents by Inventor Torsten Kleinen

Torsten Kleinen 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).

  • Publication number: 20260185446
    Abstract: A collection unit for collecting resources located at, in or adjacent to a sea floor. The collection unit includes a unit frame, at least one collection tool, and a suspension connector which is arranged on the unit frame. The suspension connector suspends the collection unit via a suspension line. The unit frame has a longitudinal axis which is substantially parallel to the sea floor during an operation of the collection unit. The suspension connector is arranged to be movable on the unit frame in a direction of the longitudinal axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2023
    Publication date: July 2, 2026
    Applicant: MHWIRTH GMBH
    Inventors: ROMAN JANSEN, TORSTEN KLEINEN
  • Patent number: 9453384
    Abstract: A method for separating a pipe comprising a pipe axis, a pipe wall, a pipe interior, an inside pipe circumference, an upper end to be separated, and a lower end, the pipe being anchored in the ground by the lower end, includes providing a cutting assembly comprising at least one water jet nozzle which produces a water jet. The cutting assembly is lowered into the pipe interior through the upper end to be separated down to a separation zone. The pipe is cut with the cutting assembly. The cutting assembly acts progressively against the inside pipe circumference. The water jet, when activated, produces a cut comprising a substantially constant cut width and two complementary conical cut surfaces. The water jet is directed at an angle (?) to a plane which runs perpendicular to the pipe axis so that the cut runs diagonally through the pipe wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: MHWIRTH GMBH
    Inventors: Hermann Josef Von Wirth, Torsten Kleinen
  • Publication number: 20140157963
    Abstract: A method for separating a pipe comprising a pipe axis, a pipe wall, a pipe interior, an inside pipe circumference, an upper end to be separated, and a lower end, the pipe being anchored in the ground by the lower end, includes providing a cutting assembly comprising at least one water jet nozzle which produces a water jet. The cutting assembly is lowered into the pipe interior through the upper end to be separated down to a separation zone. The pipe is cut with the cutting assembly. The cutting assembly acts progressively against the inside pipe circumference. The water jet, when activated, produces a cut comprising a substantially constant cut width and two complementary conical cut surfaces. The water jet is directed at an angle (?) to a plane which runs perpendicular to the pipe axis so that the cut runs diagonally through the pipe wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2012
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: AKER WIRTH GMBH
    Inventors: Hermann Josef Von Wirth, Torsten Kleinen