Patents by Inventor Marcio P Laureano

Marcio P Laureano 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: 7225876
    Abstract: A reciprocable connector assembly for coupling a service line through a path in a wellhead and hangar wall, the assembly comprising: connector for coupling with a corresponding connector disposed in the hangar wall; a shuttle carrying said connector between a first position in which the connector is not coupled to the corresponding connector and a second position in which it is coupled, at least one service line connected at one end to the connector and wound in a plurality of turns to extend or retract with respect to one another as the shuttle moves between the first and second positions and a support for constraining movement of the turns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2007
    Assignee: Aker Kvaerner Subsea Limited
    Inventor: Marcio P Laureano
  • Publication number: 20040238178
    Abstract: Apparatus and a system for accessing one or more of the annuli defined between casing strings in a subsea wellhead that are usually sealed for the production stage of the well. Access to an annulus (30) is made via the wall of the wellhead housing (12) at a location where is communicates with the annulus. The access is a passageway (31) having a first opening in communication with the annulus and a second opening either at the external surface of the wall or at a location on the inner surface of the wall above the casing hangar seal for the inner casing (14), which is not in communication with the annulus apart from the passageway. An isolation valve (32) communicates with the passageway and with apparatus for monitoring or controlling pressure of flow in the annulus. The passageway may be used with an open lower end to the annulus during drilling stages for material transfer and during production stage to monitor/control a sealed annulus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2004
    Publication date: December 2, 2004
    Inventors: Marcio P Laureano, Thomas Robertson