Patents by Inventor Erik Eknes

Erik Eknes 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).

  • Method of preparing an object for submerged sonar inspection
    Publication number: 20090250839
    Abstract: Objects which are to be inspected by sonar imaging when they are submerged are coated with or formed with a surface which is a non-specular sonar reflector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2008
    Publication date: October 8, 2009
    Applicant: Coda Octopus Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Poul A. Andersen, Erik Eknes, Rolf Kahrs Hansen
  • Combined pressure compensator and cooling unit
    Publication number: 20080302115
    Abstract: A container for containing underwater sensors such as sonar transceivers, sonar imaging devices, optical imaging devices, etc, electronic equipment and a cooling liquid for cooling the electronic equipment is connected to a second, variable volume container which acts both as a heat exchanger and as a pressure compensator for compensating the pressure difference between the cooling fluid and the surrounding water or other fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2007
    Publication date: December 11, 2008
    Applicant: Coda Octopus Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Erik Eknes, Poul Andersen