Patents by Inventor Gerson Machado

Gerson Machado 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).

  • Mono-column FPSO
    Patent number: 8544404
    Abstract: This invention relates to a platform of the FPSO type in the form of a mono-column, of circular or polygonal horizontal section or of a combination of circular and polygonal sections, comprising one or more central load tanks (12), which can be single or compartmented, surrounded, in an alternately and uniformly distributed manner, by permanent-ballast tanks (13) and by ballast tanks open to the sea (“moonpools”) (14).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Pertoleo Brasileiro S.A.—Petrobras
    Inventors: Ana Paula dos Santos Costa, Isaias Quaresma Masetti, Vinicius Leal Ferreira Matos, Kazuo Nishimoto, Gerson Machado