Patents by Inventor Guido Leon Kuiper

Guido Leon Kuiper 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).

  • Water intake riser assembly for an off-shore structure, and method of producing a liquefied hydrocarbon stream and method of producing a vaporous hydrocarbon stream
    Patent number: 9022128
    Abstract: A water intake assembly (105) is suspendable from an off-shore structure (102) is proposed. It has a bundle (106) of at least a first tubular conduit (106A) and a second tubular conduit (106B) generally stretching side by side along a length direction. At least a part of the distal portion (109) of the first tubular conduit extends further in the length direction than the second tubular conduit when in fully suspended condition. Described used of such a water intake riser assembly include: a method of producing a liquefied hydrocarbon stream and a method of producing a vaporous hydrocarbon steam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: Michalakis Efthymiou, Guido Leon Kuiper, Herman Theodoor Van Der Meyden
  • VORTEX-INDUCED VIBRATION (VIV) SUPPRESSION OF RISER ARRAYS
    Publication number: 20120006053
    Abstract: A system comprising an array of structures in a flowing fluid environment, the array comprising at least 3 structures; and vortex induced vibration suppression devices on at least 2 of the structures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2009
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Inventors: Donald Wayne Allen, Michalakis Efthymiou, Dean Leroy Henning, Guido Leon Kuiper, Li Lee