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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.

Patent No.:

US 9835262 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 2017

Filed:

Jun. 20, 2016

Friction-welded pipe repair

Applicant:

Forge Tech, Inc., Kemah, TX (US);

Inventors:

Michael Lee Miller, Kemah, TX (US);

Daniel J. Rybicki, Kemah, TX (US);

Mathew A. Rybicki, Kemah, TX (US);

Lawrence J. Povse, Kemah, TX (US);

Kenneth R. Vejr, Kemah, TX (US);

Andre S. Todd, Kemah, TX (US);

John M. Griffin, Kemah, TX (US);

Assignee:

Forgetech Inc., Kemah, TX (US);

Attorney:

Michael G. Smith, Esq.

Primary Examiner:

Patrick F Brinson

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L 55/16 (2006.01); F16K 27/00 (2006.01); F16L 55/18 (2006.01); B23P 6/04 (2006.01); B23P 6/00 (2006.01); F16K 43/00 (2006.01); F16L 23/16 (2006.01); F16L 55/168 (2006.01); F16K 41/00 (2006.01); B23K 20/12 (2006.01); B23K 20/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16K 27/00 (2013.01); B23K 20/122 (2013.01); B23K 20/123 (2013.01); B23P 6/00 (2013.01); B23P 6/04 (2013.01); F16K 41/00 (2013.01); F16K 43/00 (2013.01); F16L 23/165 (2013.01); F16L 55/1683 (2013.01); F16L 55/18 (2013.01); B23K 20/1285 (2013.01); B23K 20/14 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49405 (2015.01); Y10T 29/49407 (2015.01); Y10T 29/49746 (2015.01); Y10T 29/49826 (2015.01); Y10T 137/0491 (2015.04); Y10T 137/598 (2015.04); Y10T 408/567 (2015.01);
Abstract

In some implementations, an apparatus includes a container having an exterior surface, having an interior surface and having a defect, a gasket positioned over the defect in the container, the gasket having a length, a width and a depth, a rigid patch positioned over the gasket, a plurality of pairs of studs and nuts positioned near the outer perimeter of the rigid patch, the studs being friction welded to the exterior of the container.

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