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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2024

Filed:

Mar. 24, 2022
Applicant:

Ballard Marine Construction, Llc, Washougal, WA (US);

Inventors:

Matt S. Short, Seattle, WA (US);

Matthew R. Greger, Seattle, WA (US);

Arild Ollestad, Sandnes, NO;

Shawn Drobny, Lincoln, CA (US);

Jeff A. Spoerl, Oxford, MI (US);

Anthony C. Raphael, Jr., Traverse City, MI (US);

Jimmy G. Johnson, Jr., Pascagoula, MS (US);

Mario Rivas, Homestead, FL (US);

Chris M. Bauer, Neenah, WI (US);

Jesse B. Hutton, Camas, WA (US);

Lewis H. Rounds, Washougal, WA (US);

John Schue, Camas, WA (US);

Shea M. Altadonna, Windsor, CA;

Caleb M. Stanley, Detroit, MI (US);

Jayme K. Newbigging, Washougal, WA (US);

George Williamson, Bodega Bay, CA (US);

Assignee:

Ballard Marine Construction, LLC, Washougal, WA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L 55/18 (2006.01); F16L 55/163 (2006.01); F16L 55/32 (2006.01); F16L 55/44 (2006.01); F16L 101/18 (2006.01); F16L 101/60 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L 55/163 (2013.01); F16L 55/32 (2013.01); F16L 55/44 (2013.01); F16L 2101/18 (2013.01); F16L 2101/60 (2013.01);
Abstract

A carrier assembly () engages a pipe ring for installing the pipe ring in an existing pipeline to repair the existing pipeline. The carrier assembly () has a chassis assembly (), a support arm assembly () and a drive system (). The chassis assembly () has the support arm assembly () operably connected thereto. The drive system () is operably connected to the chassis assembly () wherein the chassis assembly () is configured to move along the pipeline. The support arm assembly () is configured to engage the pipe ring wherein the support arm assembly () is moveable relative to the chassis assembly () to displace the pipe ring relative to the chassis assembly () for installation in the existing pipeline.


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