Patents Examined by Bryan M Lettmann
  • Subsea multiphase pump or compressor with magnetic coupling and cooling or lubrication by liquid or gas extracted from process fluid
    Patent number: 10393115
    Abstract: A submersible fluid system for operating submersed in a body of water includes an electric machine and a fluid-end. The fluid-end includes a fluid-end housing having an inlet to a fluid rotor, the fluid rotor coupled to the electric machine and carried to rotate in the housing by a bearing in the housing. A fluid separator system receives a multiphase fluid and communicates a flow of the fluid to the inlet and a substantially liquid flow extracted from the multiphase fluid to the bearing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: FMC Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher E. Cunningham, Co Si Huynh