Patents by Inventor François-Xavier Rol

François-Xavier Rol 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).

  • Apparatus for the connection and laying of the successive parts of an offshore supply line from a vessel and applications thereof
    Patent number: 6796742
    Abstract: A device for laying submarine pipeline from a vessel at sea. The device has a support or laying tower that can be inclined in a variable manner. The device has a workstation for assembling the successive parts of an offshore pipeline with the workstation attached to the vessel independently of the tower and is displaceable along the vessel to assemble the successive parts of the pipeline.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2004
    Assignee: Bouygues Offshore
    Inventors: Pierre Roger, François-Xavier Rol, Christian Rueda, Michel Baylot