Patents by Inventor Erik OLSVIK

Erik OLSVIK 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).

  • Horizontal subsea tie-in system
    Patent number: 11085276
    Abstract: A subsea horizontal tie-in system comprising a porch part (100) with a porch hub (101a), a termination part (200) with a termination hub (201a). The termination part is configured to land on the porch part. The tie-in system further has an alignment system to align the porch hub (101a) and the termination hub (201a) during movement of the termination hub towards the porch hub in a landed state. The alignment system comprises guide arrangements (A1, A2, B1, B2) having porch guide faces (113p, 113q, 113r) on the porch part and termination guide faces (213p, 213q, 213r) on the termination part. The porch guide faces and termination guide faces are configured to slide against each other during said movement. The porch part (100) comprises a base plate (103) on which the porch guide faces are arranged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: Nautilus Subsea AS
    Inventors: Per Lillejordet, Simon Nicholas Mills, Erik Olsvik, Paul Fredrik Tveiten
  • HORIZONTAL SUBSEA TIE-IN SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20200157923
    Abstract: A subsea horizontal tie-in system comprising a porch part (100) with a porch hub (101a), a termination part (200) with a termination hub (201a). The termination part is configured to land on the porch part. The tie-in system further has an alignment system to align the porch hub (101a) and the termination hub (201a) during movement of the termination hub towards the porch hub in a landed state. The alignment system comprises guide arrangements (A1, A2, B1, B2) having porch guide faces (113p, 113q, 113r) on the porch part and termination guide faces (213p, 213q, 213r) on the termination part. The porch guide faces and termination guide faces are configured to slide against each other during said movement. The porch part (100) comprises a base plate (103) on which the porch guide faces are arranged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2018
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Applicant: Nautilus Subsea AS
    Inventors: Per LILLEJORDET, Simon Nicholas MILLS, Erik OLSVIK, Paul Fredrik TVEITEN