Patents by Inventor Fernando Manuel De Carvalho Ferreira

Fernando Manuel De Carvalho Ferreira 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).

  • Pig routing insert adapted for installation in a structure, structure and method
    Patent number: 11815215
    Abstract: A pig routing insert or drain is used in various subsea systems having a block structure, e.g., block manifolds, with a plurality of perforated fluid passages. The insert generally includes a substantially unrestricted flow opening configured to allow substantially unrestricted fluid flow and passage of a cleaning pig, and a partially restricted opening having at least one pig blocking structure, in which the partially restricted opening is configured to allow substantially unrestricted fluid flow through the partially restricted opening whilst blocking the passage of the cleaning pig through the partially restricted opening. A method for manufacturing and installing the pig routing insert or drain in a machined block manifold includes positioning a manufactured pig routing insert at an intersection of first and second perforated fluid flow holes formed in a body of a structure and fastening the manufactured pig routing insert within the intersection in the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: FMC TECHNOLOGIES DO BRASIL LTDA
    Inventors: Rafael Renan Dos Santos Barreto, Fernando Manuel De Carvalho Ferreira, Leonardo De Araújo Bernardo, Jorge Luiz Da Silva Bonfim, Kleber Stoffel Peres, Marco Vinicius Soares Da Silva, Alan Zaragoza Labes
  • PIG ROUTING INSERT ADAPTED FOR INSTALLATION IN A STRUCTURE, STRUCTURE AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20210164600
    Abstract: A pig routing insert or drain is used in various subsea systems having a block structure, e.g., block manifolds, with a plurality of perforated fluid passages. The insert generally includes a substantially unrestricted flow opening configured to allow substantially unrestricted fluid flow and passage of a cleaning pig, and a partially restricted opening having at least one pig blocking structure, in which the partially restricted opening is configured to allow substantially unrestricted fluid flow through the partially restricted opening whilst blocking the passage of the cleaning pig through the partially restricted opening. A method for manufacturing and installing the pig routing insert or drain in a machined block manifold includes positioning a manufactured pig routing insert at an intersection of first and second perforated fluid flow holes formed in a body of a structure and fastening the manufactured pig routing insert within the intersection in the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Applicant: FMC TECHNOLOGIES DO BRASIL LTDA
    Inventors: Rafael Renan Dos Santos Barreto, Fernando Manuel De Carvalho Ferreira, Leonardo De Araújo Bernardo, Jorge Luiz Da Silva Bonfim, Kleber Stoffel Peres, Marco Vinicius Soares Da Silva, Alan Zaragoza Labes