Patents by Inventor Gouri Venkataraman

Gouri Venkataraman 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).

  • Monolithic isolation stress joint
    Patent number: 6467545
    Abstract: A monolithic isolation stress joint is disclosed having a first conduit element, a first insulating joint assembly, and a stress joint connected to the first conduit element through the first insulating joint assembly. The stress joint is formed of a material which has advantageous elastic flexure characteristics but which is electrochemically active with respect to the first conduit element from which it is electrically isolated by the first insulating joint assembly. A second conduit element is connected to the stress joint through a second insulating joint assembly, the second conduit element being formed of a material which is electrochemically active with respect to the stress joint and which is electrically isolated therefrom with the second insulating joint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2002
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: Gouri Venkataraman, Vidish Subba Rao, Robert Henry Wittman, Richard Bryan Lee