Patents by Inventor Frans LAUNONEN

Frans LAUNONEN 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).

  • Fuel tank arrangement of a marine vessel
    Patent number: 10976007
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a fuel tank arrangement of a marine vessel including a fuel tank for Liquefied Natural Gas, the fuel tank having a shell, a heat insulation in connection therewith, connections for a pipeline for bunkering LNG to the fuel tank, a pipeline for taking boil-off gas from the fuel tank and a pipeline for taking LNG from the fuel tank, and a deep well pump for pumping LNG from the tank to the pipeline, wherein at least one recess is extending inwardly from the shell and being arranged on top of the fuel tank, the deep well pump being installed in the at least one recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: WÄRTSILÄ FINLAND OY
    Inventors: Sören Karlsson, Frank Harteveld, Frans Launonen, Piero Zoglia
  • Liquefied gas fuel feeding system and a method of operating a power plant of internal combustion engines powered with liquefied gas
    Patent number: 10767573
    Abstract: A liquefied gas fuel feeding system can include a liquefied gas container configured to store liquefied gas and gaseous gas in cryogenic circumstances, a first fuel passage opening into an ullage space of the gas, a second fuel passage opening into a bottom section of the gas and provided with a controllable pump, at least two fuel delivery passages each configured to convey gas to a single gas consumer of at least two gas consumers, and a valve assembly configured to connect alternatively the first fuel passage or the second fuel passage to each one of the at least two fuel delivery passages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: WÄRTSILÄ FINLAND OY
    Inventors: Tomas Högnabba, Piero Zoglia, Frans Launonen, Luca Boaro
  • LIQUEFIED GAS FUEL FEEDING SYSTEM AND A METHOD OF OPERATING A POWER PLANT OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES POWERED WITH LIQUEFIED GAS
    Publication number: 20190264623
    Abstract: A liquefied gas fuel feeding system can include a liquefied gas container configured to store liquefied gas and gaseous gas in cryogenic circumstances, a first fuel passage opening into an ullage space of the gas, a second fuel passage opening into a bottom section of the gas and provided with a controllable pump, at least two fuel delivery passages each configured to convey gas to a single gas consumer of at least two gas consumers, and a valve assembly configured to connect alternatively the first fuel passage or the second fuel passage to each one of the at least two fuel delivery passages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2019
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Applicant: WÄRTSILÄ FINLAND OY
    Inventors: Tomas HÖGNABBA, Piero ZOGLIA, Frans LAUNONEN, Luca BOARO
  • A FUEL TANK ARRANGEMENT OF A MARINE VESSEL
    Publication number: 20180266628
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a fuel tank arrangement of a marine vessel including a fuel tank for Liquefied Natural Gas, the fuel tank having a shell, a heat insulation in connection therewith, connections for a pipeline for bunkering LNG to the fuel tank, a pipeline for taking boil-off gas from the fuel tank and a pipeline for taking LNG from the fuel tank, and a deep well pump for pumping LNG from the tank to the pipeline, wherein at least one recess is extending inwardly from the shell and being arranged on top of the fuel tank, the deep well pump being installed in the at least one recess.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2015
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Applicant: WÄRTSILÄ FINLAND OY
    Inventors: Sören KARLSSON, Frank HARTEVELD, Frans LAUNONEN, Piero ZOGLIA