Patents by Inventor Knut von Trepka

Knut von Trepka 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: 6997645
    Abstract: A subsea tool (10) designed to pull pipeline ends (PE1, PE2) towards each other is disclosed. The tool (10) comprises a first and a second main body (1, 2) that are able to be displaced to and from each other and have limited freedom of motion relative to each other. The first main body (1) comprises a frame construction (5) having means (11b) for guiding onto and fixed attachment to one of the pipeline ends (PE1). The second main body (2) comprises a frame structure (6) having means (18) for guiding onto and retaining the other pipeline end (PE2). A number of guiding means (15, 16) are provided on the first main body (1) for co-operation with complementary guiding elements (20, 21) provided on the second main body (2). A pulling device (3) is arranged between the first and second main body (1, 2) and is designed for pulling the main bodies (1, 2) including the respective pipeline ends (PE1, PE2) towards each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2006
    Assignee: Kvaerner Oilfield Products As
    Inventors: Knut von Trepka, Sverre Caspersen
  • Patent number: 6227765
    Abstract: A pipeline (23) device, comprising at least one end for connection to a connection site, e.g., on another pipeline (22), on the seabed. A sleeve, movable in the longitudinal direction of the pipeline (23), is arranged at the end of the pipeline (23). A pull-in device (4, 36, 39) grips the sleeve (29) in order to pull the end of the pipeline (23) towards the connection site. The sleeve (29) may be arranged rotatably on the pipeline, and the pipeline may comprise a conical portion (26) into which the sleeve (29) is adapted to enter in order to center the pipeline (23) end relative to the sleeve (29).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2001
    Assignee: Kvaerner Oilfield Products A.S.
    Inventor: Knut von Trepka
  • Patent number: 5813106
    Abstract: A method and machine for manufacturing and laying a plurality of elongate elements into an umbilical is shown. The umbilical comprises a core element a plurality of conduits and/or cables suited outside the core element, filler material around and between the conduits/cables and a protective sheath surrounding the conduits and filler material. The finished cable cord is characterized in that the filler material is in the form of inner, elongate channel elements having outwardly opening channels, adapted for receipt of the conduits/cables, and outer, elongate channel elements having inwardly opening channels adapted for receipt and final enclosure of the conduits/cables.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 29, 1998
    Assignee: Kvaerner Energy A/S
    Inventors: Svein Haug, Gunnar Monrad Jacobsen, Knut von Trepka