Patents by Inventor Bjørn Melve

Bjørn Melve 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: 10203052
    Abstract: The invention relates to a flexible pipe carcass comprising a flexible tubular wall structure comprising a helically wound wall strip; wherein interlocking sections of successive windings of said wall strip form the wall structure. The interlocking sections of adjacent wall strips define a length and are movable with respect to each other between a first position and a second, extended position for changing said length, the interlocking sections being formed such that in the extended position a carcass gap is provided between adjacent interlocking sections for accommodating relative movement there between upon flexure of the wall structure. An insert profile is located in the carcass gap of the tubular wall structure on an inside of the wall structure to at least partly cover the carcass gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: STATOIL PETROLEUM AS
    Inventors: Knut-Aril Farnes, Bjørn Melve
  • Publication number: 20150252920
    Abstract: The invention relates to a flexible pipe carcass comprising a flexible tubular wall structure comprising a helically wound wall strip; wherein interlocking sections of successive windings of said wall strip form the wall structure. The interlocking sections of adjacent wall strips define a length and are movable with respect to each other between a first position and a second, extended position for changing said length, the interlocking sections being formed such that in the extended position a carcass gap is provided between adjacent interlocking sections for accommodating relative movement there between upon flexure of the wall structure. An insert profile is located in the carcass gap of the tubular wall structure on an inside of the wall structure to at least partly cover the carcass gap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Publication date: September 10, 2015
    Applicant: STATOIL PETROLEUM AS
    Inventors: Knut-Aril Farnes, Bjørn Melve
  • Patent number: 8007012
    Abstract: Coupling, comprising a first part (1) in the form of a male part and a second part (2) in the form of a female part, the male part can be brought into the female part and thereby form a ring shaped void (3) between the facing surfaces of male and female parts, which ring shaped void in the axial direction of the parts are delimited with an inner restriction (4) at an inner side and an outer restriction (5) at an outer side, and a feed-through (6) is arranged from the outer surface of the female part to the void (3), for injection of glue into the void, and a feed-through (7) is arranged from the void to the outer surface of the female part, for venting and leakage of glue when filling the void with glue, distinguished in that the feed-through (7) for venting and leakage of glue is arranged closer to the outer side of the void than the feed-through (6) for injection of glue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Mirador AS
    Inventors: Trygve Kjolseth, Bjørn Melve