Patents by Inventor Tore Knoph

Tore Knoph 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).

  • Side element of a drilling template
    Patent number: 6470973
    Abstract: An improvement in a side element of a drilling template for wells at sea for extracting hydrocarbons, wherein the side element is connected to a central section of the drilling template and projects horizontally out therefrom. The side element is arranged to carry equipment of various types. According to the invention the side element comprises a coupling section for releasable connection with a coupling section of the equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2002
    Assignee: Kongsberg Offshore A/S
    Inventors: Atle Rangnes, Jon Thoresen, Morten Backe, Tore Knoph
  • Device for use for mounting and alignment of a christmas tree on a wellhead
    Patent number: 6408949
    Abstract: A mounting device for mounting a Christmas tree on a wellhead at sea, for use during a lowering of the Christmas tree from a platform to a drilling template which is located on the seabed. The mounting device includes an adaptor with end sections for connection with respective sections of the drilling template and the Christmas tree. The end sections of the adaptor have alignment bodies which are arranged for engagement with coacting alignment bodies of the drilling template and the Christmas tree.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2002
    Assignee: Kongsberg Offshore A/S
    Inventors: Patrice Aquilera, Karl-Arne Bertelsen, Tore Knoph