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US 12,523,332 B2Granted
Pipe repair assembly
AssigneeMueller International, LLC
InventorAurelian Ioan Furcoiu
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Abstract
A pipe repair assembly includes a stent moveable between a compressed configuration and an expanded configuration; and a deployment probe comprising a release mechanism, the release mechanism configurable in an engaged position, wherein the release mechanism is engaged with the stent and the stent is in the compressed configuration, and a disengaged position, wherein the release mechanism is disengaged from the stent and the stent is in the expanded configuration.
Claims20
A pipe repair assembly comprising:
- a stent comprising an engagement tab and moveable between a compressed configuration and an expanded configuration;
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- a deployment probe comprising a release mechanism, the release mechanism configurable in an engaged position, wherein the release mechanism is engaged with the engagement tab of the stent and the stent is in the compressed configuration, and a disengaged position, wherein the release mechanism is disengaged from the engagement tab of the stent and the stent is in the expanded configuration,
- wherein the engagement tab extends radially-inward toward a longitudinal center axis of the stent.
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A method for repairing a pipeline comprising:
- providing a stent comprising a seal and a stent spring, the stent spring comprising an engagement tab extending radially-inward toward a longitudinal center axis of the stent;
- engaging the engagement tab with a release mechanism of a deployment probe to orient the stent in a compressed configuration, wherein the deployment probe and stent together define a pipe repair assembly;
- navigating the pipe repair assembly through the pipeline to a crack in the pipeline;
- disengaging the engagement tab from the release mechanism;
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- biasing the stent to an expanded configuration in the pipeline.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.