Patents by Inventor Elin Mæland

Elin Mæland 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: 7955105
    Abstract: A connector arrangement in a submersible electrical assembly including an electric equipment or electrical power consumer housed in an enclosure filled with conductive fluid. Power is supplied to the power consumer in a connecting area defined through a dielectric containment located inside the enclosure, and to a penetrator comprising power cable termination components enclosed in a penetrator housing extending from a rear end to a forward end of the penetrator. The rear end is arranged to seal about a power cable receivable in the housing from the rear end. The forward end exposes a connector arranged for electrically connecting the power consumer to the penetrator. The penetrator housing in the forward end is extended beyond the connector through a housing section projecting into the power consumer enclosure and terminated in a forward end by an end wall. The end wall has a passage sealable about a power consumer conductor mateable with the connector of the penetrator in a connecting mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2011
    Assignee: Vetco Gray Scandinavia AS
    Inventor: Elin Maeland
  • Patent number: 7614894
    Abstract: A plug-in termination of a single-phase conductor in a power cable termination assembly for submerged use. A first barrier separates an outer pressure-compensated housing from the sea. A second barrier separates an inner pressure-compensated housing from the outer pressure-compensated housing. The single-phase conductor runs through the first and second barriers and is secured in the inner pressure-compensated housing by its end being terminated within an insulator body insertable into the inner housing. The unsheathed conductor end is electrically connected within the insulator body to a conducting pin which is fixedly embedded by molding into the insulator body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2009
    Assignee: Vetco Gray Scandinavia AS
    Inventors: Elin Mæland, Gunnar Hafskjold
  • Publication number: 20090197447
    Abstract: A connector arrangement in a submersible electrical assembly including an electric equipment or electrical power consumer housed in an enclosure filled with conductive fluid. Power is supplied to the power consumer in a connecting area defined through a dielectric containment located inside the enclosure, and to a penetrator comprising power cable termination components enclosed in a penetrator housing extending from a rear end to a forward end of the penetrator. The rear end is arranged to seal about a power cable receivable in the housing from the rear end. The forward end exposes a connector arranged for electrically connecting the power consumer to the penetrator. The penetrator housing in the forward end is extended beyond the connector through a housing section projecting into the power consumer enclosure and terminated in a forward end by an end wall. The end wall has a passage sealable about a power consumer conductor mateable with the connector of the penetrator in a connecting mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2007
    Publication date: August 6, 2009
    Applicant: VETCO GRAY SCANDINAVIA AS
    Inventor: Elin Maeland
  • Publication number: 20090042437
    Abstract: A plug-in termination of a single-phase conductor in a power cable termination assembly for submerged use. A first barrier separates an outer pressure-compensated housing from the sea. A second barrier separates an inner pressure-compensated housing from the outer pressure-compensated housing. The single-phase conductor runs through the first and second barriers and is secured in the inner pressure-compensated housing by its end being terminated within an insulator body insertable into the inner housing. The unsheathed conductor end is electrically connected within the insulator body to a conducting pin which is fixedly embedded by molding into the insulator body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2007
    Publication date: February 12, 2009
    Applicant: VETCO GRAY SCANDINAVIA AS
    Inventors: Elin Mæland, Gunnar Hafskjold