Patents by Inventor Claus Dencker Christensen

Claus Dencker Christensen 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: 9315245
    Abstract: The invention relates to an offshore system for transferring fluid at least partly below sea surface. The offshore system comprises a flexible transporting unit and a first movable structure fix-point with a nominal position and a second structure fix-point arranged at a distance to seabed and at a lower position relative to the sea surface than the first structure fix-point. The flexible transporting unit is fixed to respectively the first structure fix-point and the second structure fix-point to provide a catenary liftable length section of the flexible transporting unit extending between the first structure fix-point and the second structure fix-point, wherein the catenary liftable length section has a touch down point at seabed at nominal position and where the distance to the second structure fix-point can be increased sufficiently to lift the catenary liftable length section from the seabed to form a catenary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: NATIONAL OILWELL VARCO DENMARK I/S
    Inventor: Claus Dencker Christensen
  • Patent number: 9012001
    Abstract: The invention relates to an unbonded, flexible pipe having a length and comprising from inside out, a tubular inner sealing sheath, at least one metal armor layer and an outer sealing sheath of a sealing material. The unbonded, flexible pipe comprises at least one stiffened length section comprising a stiffening cover partially or totally surrounding the outer sealing sheath in the stiffened length section. The stiffening cover comprises a layer of a stiffening material having a flexural modulus which is higher than the flexural modulus of the sealing material, wherein the flexural modulus is determined according to ISO 178.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: National Oilwell Varco Denmark I/S
    Inventors: Claus Dencker Christensen, Inger-Margrete Procida, Martin Damgaard Christensen
  • Publication number: 20140079512
    Abstract: The invention relates to an offshore system for transferring fluid at least partly below sea surface. The offshore system comprises a flexible transporting unit and a first movable structure fix-point with a nominal position and a second structure fix-point arranged at a distance to seabed and at a lower position relative to the sea surface than the first structure fix-point. The flexible transporting unit is fixed to respectively the first structure fix-point and the second structure fix-point to provide a catenary liftable length section of the flexible transporting unit extending between the first structure fix-point and the second structure fix-point, wherein the catenary liftable length section has a touch down point at seabed at nominal position and where the distance to the second structure fix-point can be increased sufficiently to lift the catenary liftable length section from the seabed to form a catenary.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2012
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: NATIONAL OILWELL VARCO DENMARK I/S
    Inventor: Claus Dencker Christensen
  • Publication number: 20120261017
    Abstract: The invention relates to an unbonded, flexible pipe having a length and comprising from inside out, a tubular inner sealing sheath, at least one metal armor layer and an outer sealing sheath of a sealing material. The unbonded, flexible pipe comprises at least one stiffened length section comprising a stiffening cover partially or totally surrounding the outer sealing sheath in the stiffened length section. The stiffening cover comprises a layer of a stiffening material having a flexural modulus which is higher than the flexural modulus of the sealing material, wherein the flexural modulus is determined according to ISO 178.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2010
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Applicant: NATIONAL OILWELL VARCO DENMARK I/S
    Inventors: Claus Dencker Christensen, Inger-Margrete Procida, Martin Damgaard Christensen