Patents by Inventor Marcelo Aguiar Camara

Marcelo Aguiar Camara 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: 11846369
    Abstract: A tensioner system holds back elongate products such as subsea pipelines being laid into water. The system comprises at least one endless circulatory track and an array of rollers supporting the track. Each of the rollers of the array is mounted for rotation around a respective shaft. At least one of the shafts comprises a load pin that is arranged to sense loads applied to the surrounding roller in directions normal to an axis of rotation of that roller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: SUBSEA 7 DO BRASIL SERVICOS LTDA
    Inventors: Luiz Carlos De Lemos Junior, Marcelo Aguiar Camara, Flavio Lage Bormann
  • Publication number: 20220205558
    Abstract: A tensioner system holds back elongate products such as subsea pipelines being laid into water. The system comprises at least one endless circulatory track and an array of rollers supporting the track. Each of the rollers of the array is mounted for rotation around a respective shaft. At least one of the shafts comprises a load pin that is arranged to sense loads applied to the surrounding roller in directions normal to an axis of rotation of that roller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2020
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: Luiz Carlos De Lemos Junior, Marcelo Aguiar Camara, Flavio Lage Bormann
  • Patent number: 11047509
    Abstract: A hang-off insert for hanging-off a flexible elongate subsea element from a surface vessel has a circular loop that includes circumferentially-spaced support segments. Collectively, the segments define a substantially planar support face of the insert and have respective radially inner faces that define an inner radius of the loop. The radially inner faces of the support segments can be positioned at various radial positions to determine the inner radius of the loop and hence to adapt the circumference of the loop to suit different diameters of elongate subsea elements. With the hang-off insert supported by a hang-off structure of the vessel, a laterally-protruding hang-off feature of the elongate subsea element extending through the loop may be rested on the support face to transfer suspended weight loads to the hang-off structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: Subsea 7 do Brasil Servicos Ltda Niteroi
    Inventors: Marcelo Aguiar Camara, Joao Luiz Vaz Coelho, Francisco Carlos De Souza Santos, Luiz Carlos De Lemos Junior, Andre Azevedo, Jaime Andres Berrio Henao, Marcio Nogueira Barcellos, Danilo De Hollanda Fernandes
  • Publication number: 20210003232
    Abstract: A hang-off insert for hanging-off a flexible elongate subsea element from a surface vessel has a circular loop that includes circumferentially-spaced support segments. Collectively, the segments define a substantially planar support face of the insert and have respective radially inner faces that define an inner radius of the loop. The radially inner faces of the support segments can be positioned at various radial positions to determine the inner radius of the loop and hence to adapt the circumference of the loop to suit different diameters of elongate subsea elements. With the hang-off insert supported by a hang-off structure of the vessel, a laterally-protruding hang-off feature of the elongate subsea element extending through the loop may be rested on the support face to transfer suspended weight loads to the hang-off structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2017
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Inventors: Marcelo Aguiar Camara, Joao Luiz Vaz Coelho, Francisco Carlos De Souza Santos, Luiz Carlos De Lemos Junior, Andre Azevedo, Jaime Andres Berrio Henao, Marcio Moreira Barcellos, Danilo De Hollanda Fernandes