Patents by Inventor Emerson Verissimo

Emerson Verissimo 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).

  • Publication number: 20230251394
    Abstract: The embodiments herein describe a seismic source that includes at least two firing heads connected to a shared reservoir of compressed gas. When underwater, a controller can instruct the firing heads to fire at the same time or at different times to create gas bubbles that generate seismic energy for identifying structures underneath a body of water. If the firing heads fire at the same, the resulting gas bubble may coalesce to form a single bubble, depending on the size of the respective bubbles and the separation distance between the firing heads. In one embodiment, the firing heads are attached at opposite ends of the shared reservoir (although this is not a requirement). The length of the reservoir, which dictates in part the separation distance of the firing heads, can be set so that gas bubbles generated by the firing heads at substantially the same time coalesce.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2023
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Inventors: Kenneth Graeme Williamson, Paul Farmer, Joseph Richard Gagliardi, Nikolaos Bernitsas, Timothy A. Dudley, Emerson Verissimo, Darrell Burch
  • Publication number: 20220003105
    Abstract: Embodiments herein describe apparatus, systems and methods adapted to monitor underwater wells, boreholes, drill holes, etc. (subsea wells). Depending on embodiment, the apparatus, systems and methods can be configured to capture sensor readings and/or to monitor status of a target subsea wells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2021
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Inventors: Emerson Verissimo, Darrell Burch, Andre Simon Doerfer, Felix Bircher
  • Publication number: 20200393583
    Abstract: The embodiments herein describe a seismic source that includes at least two firing heads connected to a shared reservoir of compressed gas. When underwater, a controller can instruct the firing heads to fire at the same time or at different times to create gas bubbles that generate seismic energy for identifying structures underneath a body of water. If the firing heads fire at the same, the resulting gas bubble may coalesce to form a single bubble, depending on the size of the respective bubbles and the separation distance between the firing heads. In one embodiment, the firing heads are attached at opposite ends of the shared reservoir (although this is not a requirement). The length of the reservoir, which dictates in part the separation distance of the firing heads, can be set so that gas bubbles generated by the firing heads at substantially the same time coalesce.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2020
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Inventors: Kenneth Graeme Williamson, Paul Farmer, Joseph Richard Gagliardi, Nikolaos Bernitsas, Timothy A. Dudley, Emerson Verissimo, Darrell Burch