Patents by Inventor Frédéric GENTIL

Frédéric GENTIL 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: 20220252198
    Abstract: A heated subsea pipe and process for transporting fluids, includes a plurality of pipe sections each having a transport tube for receiving the fluids, an electrically insulating inner layer arranged around the transport tube, a sealing tube made of electrically conductive material arranged around the electrically insulating inner layer, a thermally insulating outer layer arranged around the sealing tube. The transport tube is electrically connected to the sealing tube at each of the two ends of the pipe. The pipe includes two electrical cables connected to an electric generator and, to the transport tube and to the sealing tube of the pipe at a point situated between the two ends of the pipe to produce two parallel electrical circuits each traversed by an electric current for heating the transport tube of the pipe by Joule effect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2020
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Inventors: Frédéric GENTIL, Raymond HALLOT, Thomas VALDENAIRE
  • Patent number: 11383799
    Abstract: A floating support structure for an offshore wind turbine, comprises a float intended to be partly immersed and on which a wind turbine mast is intended to be assembled, and a counterweight connected to the float and intended to be immersed under the float. The float comprises a toroid or polygon-shaped main structure with at least five sides, a central tubular structure having a diameter adapted to receive the mast of the wind turbine and comprising a section able to be ballasted in order to adjust the waterline of the float, a first series of horizontal struts distributed about a vertical axis and connecting the main structure to the central structure, and a second series of oblique struts distributed about a vertical axis and connecting the main structure to the central structure at an angle comprised between 15° and 60° with the horizontal struts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: SAIPEM S.A.
    Inventors: Christophe Colmard, Paul Franc, Jean-Baptiste Le Clezio, Frédéric Gentil, Thierry Delahaye, Nicolas Chazot, Raymond Hallot
  • Publication number: 20200391834
    Abstract: A floating support structure for an offshore wind turbine, comprises a float intended to be partly immersed and on which a wind turbine mast is intended to be assembled, and a counterweight connected to the float and intended to be immersed under the float. The float comprises a toroid or polygon-shaped main structure with at least five sides, a central tubular structure having a diameter adapted to receive the mast of the wind turbine and comprising a section able to be ballasted in order to adjust the waterline of the float, a first series of horizontal struts distributed about a vertical axis and connecting the main structure to the central structure, and a second series of oblique struts distributed about a vertical axis and connecting the main structure to the central structure at an angle comprised between 15° and 60° with the horizontal struts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2018
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Inventors: Christophe COLMARD, Paul FRANC, Jean-Baptiste LE CLEZIO, Frédéric GENTIL, Thierry DELAHAYE, Nicolas CHAZOT, Raymond HALLOT