Patents by Inventor Ana Paula dos Santos

Ana Paula dos Santos 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).

  • Mono-column FPSO
    Patent number: 8544404
    Abstract: This invention relates to a platform of the FPSO type in the form of a mono-column, of circular or polygonal horizontal section or of a combination of circular and polygonal sections, comprising one or more central load tanks (12), which can be single or compartmented, surrounded, in an alternately and uniformly distributed manner, by permanent-ballast tanks (13) and by ballast tanks open to the sea (“moonpools”) (14).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Pertoleo Brasileiro S.A.—Petrobras
    Inventors: Ana Paula dos Santos Costa, Isaias Quaresma Masetti, Vinicius Leal Ferreira Matos, Kazuo Nishimoto, Gerson Machado
  • MONO-COLUMN FPSO
    Publication number: 20100288177
    Abstract: This invention relates to a platform of the FPSO type in the form of a mono-column, of circular or polygonal horizontal section or of a combination of circular and polygonal sections, comprising one or more central load tanks (12), which can be single or compartmented, surrounded, in an alternately and uniformly distributed manner, by permanent-ballast tanks (13) and by ballast tanks open to the sea (“moonpools”) (14).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2007
    Publication date: November 18, 2010
    Applicant: PETROLEO BRASILEIRO S.A. - PETROBRAS
    Inventors: Ana Paula dos Santos, Isaias Quaresma Masetti, Vinicus Leal Ferreira Matos, Kazuo Nishimoto, Gersom Machado
  • Compensating suspension element configuration
    Patent number: 7156583
    Abstract: A compensating suspension element that includes a flexible cable, a flexible pipe and a catenary riser pipe and a connecting device connecting the flexible cable, the flexible pipe and the riser without buoyancy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2007
    Assignee: Petroleo Brasileiro S.A
    Inventors: Isaias Quaresma Masetti, Ana Paula Dos Santos Costa, Luis Claudio Sousa Costa, Julio Eduardo Dutra Ribeiro
  • Floating structure
    Patent number: 7086810
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a floating structure to receive maritime production or drilling installations that is provided with means to reduce movement caused by the action of environmental forces on it. These means confer a more stable behavior on the structure's movements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2006
    Assignee: Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras
    Inventors: Isaias Quaresma Masetti, Ana Paula dos Santos Costa, Kazuo Nishimoto