Patents by Inventor Cédric Le Cunff

Cédric Le Cunff 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: 7520330
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and to a system for limiting vortex-induced vibrations on a riser suspended at one end from a support and subjected to substantially transverse fluid flows. The system comprises suspension means (10) for hanging the riser from the support, which include displacement means for moving the end in a transverse direction in relation to the principal axis of the riser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2009
    Assignee: Institut Francais du Petrole
    Inventors: Cédric Le Cunff, Daniel Averbuch, Marie-Hélène Klopffer
  • Patent number: 7128159
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and to a system for limiting vortex-induced vibrations on a riser suspended at one end from a support and subjected to substantially transverse fluid flows. The system comprises suspension means (10) for hanging the riser from the support, which include displacement means for moving the end in a transverse direction in relation to the principal axis of the riser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2006
    Assignee: Institut Francais du Petrole
    Inventors: Cédric Le Cunff, Daniel Averbuch, Marie-Hélène Klopffer
  • Patent number: 7066686
    Abstract: Method intended for automatic control of an underwater pipe for connecting the lower end of the pipe to a wellhead, wherein the following stages are carried out: Stage 1: determining a mathematical model expressing the position of the lower end of the pipe as a function of the position of the upper end of the pipe, Stage 2: determining a reference path leading to the wellhead, Stage 3: from the mathematical model determined in stage 1, determining control laws allowing to control the path of the lower end of the pipe, Stage 4: applying determined motions to the upper end of the pipe so that the position of the lower end is as close as possible to the reference path determined in stage 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2006
    Assignee: Institut Francais du Petrole
    Inventors: Rida Sabri, Claude Putot, Francis Biolley, Cédric Le Cunff, Yann Creff, Jean Levine
  • Publication number: 20050265789
    Abstract: Method intended for automatic control of an underwater pipe for connecting the lower end of the pipe to a wellhead, wherein the following stages are carried out: Stage 1: determining a mathematical model expressing the position of the lower end of the pipe as a function of the position of the upper end of the pipe, Stage 2: determining a reference path leading to the wellhead, Stage 3: from the mathematical model determined in stage 1, determining control laws allowing to control the path of the lower end of the pipe, Stage 4: applying determined motions to the upper end of the pipe so that the position of the lower end is as close as possible to the reference path determined in stage 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2004
    Publication date: December 1, 2005
    Inventors: Rida Sabri, Claude Putot, Francis Biolley, Cedric Le Cunff, Yann Creff, Jean Levine
  • Publication number: 20030097209
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and to a system for limiting vortex-induced vibrations on a riser suspended at one end from a support and subjected to substantially transverse fluid flows. The system comprises suspension means (10) for hanging the riser from the support, which include displacement means for moving the end in a transverse direction in relation to the principal axis of the riser.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2002
    Publication date: May 22, 2003
    Inventors: Cedric Le Cunff, Daniel Averbuch, Marie-Helene Klopffer
  • Patent number: 6553325
    Abstract: The invention is a method for dimensioning or adapting an elastic structure immersed in a fluid in motion, the structure having a length Lt. The method comprises: a) the natural excitation modes of the structure and their number N are defined; b) for at least a given time t for an excitation mode of the structure, the various holding zones LR over length Lt and, for each holding zone, the excitation force FR corresponding to the excited natural mode r are determined; c) step b) is carried out for all the natural modes defined in step a); and d) the vibration amplitude response A of the elastic structure over part of length Lt is determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2003
    Assignee: Institute Francais du Petrole
    Inventor: Cédric Le Cunff