Patents by Inventor Antonio Carlos Ferreira Lino

Antonio Carlos Ferreira Lino 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: 8051524
    Abstract: A multi-diameter elastic sealing module for pigs, which operates in pipes having diameter changes, by being sent through the inside of a flexible or rigid pipe to move or draw various fittings and remove internal incrustations from the pipe, impelled by a fluid which flows inside said pipe. The sealing module comprises a sealing/impelling element (1), a flexible core (2) covered by the sealing/impelling element (1), a first clamping element (3), a second clamping element (4), a first fastening element (5) and a second fastening element (6).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Assignee: Petroleo Brasileiro S.A.-Petrobras
    Inventors: Antonio Carlos Ferreira Lino, Carlos Alberto Dias da Silva, Ricardo Wagner Capllonch
  • Publication number: 20090320223
    Abstract: A multi-diameter elastic sealing module for pigs, which operates in pipes having diameter changes, by being sent through the inside of a flexible or rigid pipe to move or draw various fittings and remove internal incrustations from the pipe, impelled by a fluid which flows inside said pipe. The sealing module comprises a sealing/impelling element (1), a flexible core (2) covered by the sealing/impelling element (1), a first clamping element (3), a second clamping element (4), a first fastening element (5) and a second fastening element (6).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2009
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Applicant: PETROLEO BRASILEIRO S.A. -PETROBRAS
    Inventors: Antônio Carlos Ferreira Lino, Carlos Alberto Dias da Silva, Ricardo Wagner Capllonch
  • Patent number: 7386908
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a device intended to be passed through a pipeline of variable diameter, propelled by a liquid flowing inside said pipeline. The device has an elongated cylindrical body (2) made of polymer foam, with a number of deep channels (5) equally spaced from each other, coiled around the length of the cylindrical body (2) of the pig (1), beginning close to one end of the body (2) and ending close to the other end. These ends have a basically bulled-nosed shape, conferring a symmetrical aspect. Structural cleaning elements (6), not interconnected, are inserted inside the cylindrical body (2) of the pig. They are made of elastomeric material and have a central core (7) with spiral scraping extensions (8) of the same number as the deep channels (5) in the body (2) of the pig (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2008
    Assignee: Petroleo Brasileiro S/A - Petrobras
    Inventors: Antonio Carlos Ferreira Lino, Ricardo Wagner Capllonch
  • Patent number: 6308363
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for scraping the inner walls of a pipeline. The device comprises a flexible shaft, a plurality of groups of flexible radial scraping bars which are spaced apart and offset angularly so that the said bars are able to scrape substantially the entire inner surface of the said pipeline, and at least one flexible sealing module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2001
    Assignee: Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras
    Inventors: Antonio Carlos Ferreira Lino, Enio Costa Nunes, Fernando Borja Pereira
  • Patent number: 6276017
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a device 10 for scraping the inner walls of a pipeline. The device has (i) a flexible shaft 16 of elastomeric material, (ii) a plurality of groups of flexible radial scraping bars 14 which are spaced apart and offset angularly so that the bars are able to scrape substantially the entire inner surface of the pipeline, and (iii) a flexible covering 12 which coats the entire assembly formed by the said flexible shaft and by the bars, with the exception of the outer ends of the bars.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2001
    Assignee: Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras
    Inventors: Antonio Carlos Ferreira Lino, Marcelino Guedes Ferreira Mosqueira Gomes, Fernando Borja Pereira