Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Reusable pipe integrity test head systems and methods
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Application No.: US17329497Application Date: 2021-05-25
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Publication No.: US11237075B2Publication Date: 2022-02-01
- Inventor: Kirk Spencer Francis , David Michael Gregory , Jonathan Guerrero , Alexander Lee Winn
- Applicant: Trinity Bay Equipment Holdings, LLC
- Applicant Address: US TX Houston
- Assignee: Trinity Bay Equipment Holdings, LLC
- Current Assignee: Trinity Bay Equipment Holdings, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston
- Agent Conrad J. Hsu
- Main IPC: G01M3/28
- IPC: G01M3/28 ; F16L55/134

Abstract:
Techniques for implementing and operating a system that includes a pipe segment, which has tubing that defines a bore and a fluid conduit implemented in an annulus of the tubing, and a test head. The test head includes a shell, which defines an annulus cavity, and an inflatable bladder implemented in the annulus cavity, in which the system maintains the inflatable securing bladder in a less inflated state while pipe segment tubing is not present in the annulus cavity and increases inflation of the inflatable bladder to a more inflated state when the tubing is present in the annulus cavity to facilitate securing and sealing an open end of the pipe segment in the test head to enable integrity of the tubing to be tested at least in part by flowing a test fluid into the annulus of the tubing via a testing port on the shell.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210278307A1 REUSABLE PIPE INTEGRITY TEST HEAD SYSTEMS AND METHODS Public/Granted day:2021-09-09
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