Patents by Inventor Arie van der Landen

Arie van der Landen 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).

  • Patent number: 4025976
    Abstract: A flexible, universal coupling structure for underwater oil lines including an anchored base 1 having upstanding bracket plates 2 defining a horizontal axis 4 between them. A pivot piece 5 in the shape of an open tetrahedron is journalled about the axis 4, and at its upper end has lugs 6 defining a horizontal axis 7 above and perpendicular to the axis 4. A riser column 8-12 is pivoted about the axis 7. Oil or fluid carrying tubes 13 on the base branch into passages 15-18 which converge above axis 7 into tubes 9 and 10. Each passage includes flexible ducts 20, 22 joined by an intermediate curved and inclined tube 21, with the ducts 20 being aligned on axis 4 and and the ducts 21 being aligned on axis 7.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 1976
    Date of Patent: May 31, 1977
    Assignees: Ingenieursbureau Marcon (Marine Consultants) B. V., Koninklijke Fabrieken Penn & Baudin B. V., Vredestein Loosduinen B. V.
    Inventor: Arie van der Landen