Patents by Inventor Fernando Jose D. Neder

Fernando Jose D. Neder 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).

  • Supporting system for lines and conductor pipes at offshore platforms
    Patent number: 5318385
    Abstract: A supporting system for lines and connecting pipes at offshore platforms consists of a supporting structure next to an offshore platform structure. The supporting structure consists of cones lying at the supporting structure, each of which is equipped in a front with a slot for receiving a flexible stretch of a line inserted into the slot. At the end of the line to be supported at the offshore platform, there is a support arrangement to support the line linked to the neck of a connector. The arrangement consists of top and bottom plates, between which is provided a set of vanes which extend radially and which lie equally apart. The set of vanes include two half-round vanes lying in the middle of the support arrangement, the vanes being connected at their top and top to respective top and bottom plates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 1992
    Date of Patent: June 7, 1994
    Assignee: Petroleo Brasileiro S.A.-Petrobras
    Inventors: Roberto de Oliveira Goulart, Fernando Jose D. Neder