Patents by Inventor Georges Vigouroux

Georges Vigouroux 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).

  • Safety installation for a submerged drilling well-head
    Patent number: 4553600
    Abstract: A safety installation for a well-head located on the sea bottom comprises an emergency unit mounted on the well-head below the well shut-off units and including a complete-closure shut-off device controlled by sound transmission and by an intervention liquid supplied to a lateral inflow, a re-entry structure provided with an inflow funnel and placed on the sea bottom in the region of the well-head but spaced therefrom, and a flexible pipe connecting the lateral inflow of the emergency unit to the re-entry structure for intervention liquid and being wound on a drum on the re-entry structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 1984
    Date of Patent: November 19, 1985
    Assignee: Compagnie Francaise des Petroles
    Inventors: Georges Vigouroux, Gilbert Fort, Louis Soleille