Patents by Inventor Arne Rasmussen

Arne Rasmussen 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).

  • Improving access into subsea structures
    Patent number: 12031402
    Abstract: A protective subsea housing for protecting an equipment space enclosed by the housing has an access opening in a wall of the housing for providing access to the equipment space by an unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV). The housing has a closure that is movable by translation, or by rotation relative to an axis transverse to or extending through the wall, to open and close the access opening, and an operating member, such as a rotary coupling, that is positioned outside the equipment space and is engageable and movable by the UUV to move the closure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: SUBSEA 7 NORWAY AS
    Inventors: Rasmus Haneferd, Karl Erik Suphellen, Arne Rasmussen, Knut Sigmund Lende
  • Improving Access into Subsea Structures
    Publication number: 20210047875
    Abstract: A protective subsea housing for protecting an equipment space enclosed by the housing has an access opening in a wall of the housing for providing access to the equipment space by an unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV). The housing has a closure that is movable by translation, or by rotation relative to an axis transverse to or extending through the wall, to open and close the access opening, and an operating member, such as a rotary coupling, that is positioned outside the equipment space and is engageable and movable by the UUV to move the closure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2019
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Inventors: Rasmus Haneferd, Karl Erik Suphellen, Arne Rasmussen, Knut Sigmund Lende