Patents by Inventor Peter Eric De Lang

Peter Eric De Lang 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).

  • Pipe lay system with tension compensator
    Patent number: 6761506
    Abstract: A pipe lay vessel with a reel for carrying a length of pipe and first drive part for controlling rotation of the reel. A substantially vertical guide structure includes at its upper end a deflection member for deflecting the pipe from a first trajectory extending between the reel and the guide structure to a second, substantially vertical trajectory. A clamping member carries the vertical pipe section and has second drive for feeding the pipe along the vertical trajectory. A movable tension compensator (7) is provided at the first pipe trajectory for lengthening or shortening the first pipe trajectory to maintain a substantially constant tension of the pipe along the first trajectory during unwinding of the reel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2004
    Assignee: IHC Gusto Engineering B.V.
    Inventors: Peter Eric De Lang, Wilhelmus Coenradus Johannes Jozephus Woldring, Johan Albert Commandeur
  • Pipe lay system with tension compensator
    Publication number: 20030118409
    Abstract: A pipe lay vessel with a reel for carrying a length of pipe and first drive part for controlling rotation of the reel. A substantially vertical guide structure includes at its upper end a deflection member for deflecting the pipe from a first trajectory extending between the reel and the guide structure to a second, substantially vertical trajectory. A clamping member carries the vertical pipe section and has second drive for feeding the pipe along the vertical trajectory. A movable tension compensator (7) is provided at the first pipe trajectory for lengthening or shortening the first pipe trajectory to maintain a substantially constant tension of the pipe along the first trajectory during unwinding of the reel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2002
    Publication date: June 26, 2003
    Inventors: Peter Eric De Lang, Wilhelmus Coenradus Johannes Josephuz Woldring, Johan Albert Commandeur