Patents by Inventor Bjorn Melve

Bjorn 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
  • Publication number: 20100259040
    Abstract: A coupling comprising a first male part (1) and a second female part (2), where the male part is inserted into the female part and a ring shaped cavity thereby is formed between the parts. The cavity is delimited axially by means of a inner seal (4) and an outer seal (5). A bore (6) extending from the outer surface of the female part to the cavity (3) is used for injecting glue, and there is at least one bore (7) from the cavity (3) to the outer surface of the female part for venting air and draining excess glue. A seal (T) is placed in the bore (7) after the cavity is filled with glue, and some glue has drained through the bore (7), but before the glue has hardened. A method for establishing a permanent connection utilizing the coupling is described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2008
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Inventors: Trygve Kjolseth, Bjorn Melve
  • Publication number: 20100072741
    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: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2007
    Publication date: March 25, 2010
    Inventors: Trygve Kjolseth, Bjorn Melve
  • Patent number: 7282638
    Abstract: An elongated object for use in subsea having a heating pipe and an electrical cable fixed to the surface of the heating pipe. The electrical cable has a protective sleeving for surrounding the electrical cable, composed of a series of elongated synthetic plastics components arranged end-to-end. Each component is an extruded frame work type hollow profile suitable for slowing down the impact over a long deformation path. A hollow space is disposed between the electrical cable and the protective sleeving allowing the cable to move into the protective sleeving.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2007
    Assignee: Nexans Statoil ASA
    Inventors: Jan Erik Karlsen, Lars Hennig, Havard Ilstad, Bjorn Melve
  • Publication number: 20060243471
    Abstract: An elongated object for use in subsea having a heating pipe and an electrical cable fixed to the surface of the heating pipe. The electrical cable has a protective sleeving for surrounding the electrical cable, composed of a series of elongated synthetic plastics components arranged end-to-end. Each component is an extruded frame work type hollow profile suitable for slowing down the impact over a long deformation path. A hollow space is disposed between the electrical cable and the protective sleeving allowing the cable to move into the protective sleeving.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2006
    Publication date: November 2, 2006
    Inventors: Jan Karlsen, Lars Hennig, Havard Ilstad, Bjorn Melve