Patents by Inventor Hervé de Varax

Hervé de Varax 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).

  • Vessel for laying rigid pipes at great depth
    Patent number: 6371694
    Abstract: A vessel for laying rigid tubular pipes has two vertically upright wheels for storing tubular pipe which is wound with plastic deformation. An inclinable laying davit is arranged approximately above a moon pool. An arched chute deflects the pipe at the top of the davit, followed down the davit by a pipe-straightener and tensioner. The mid-planes of the two adjacent wheels face approximately towards the davit, and the mid-planes intersect in the vertical longitudinal mid-plane of the vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2002
    Assignee: Coflexip
    Inventors: Hervé de Varax, John Duncan Cruickshank
  • Device and method for installing pipes at very great depths
    Patent number: 6361250
    Abstract: A device for laying flexible pipes from the moon pool of a laying vessel comprises an inclinable tower arranged in and essentially a great height above the level of the moon pool, designed to place therein a certain length of pipe to be laid, and two members with clamping jaws mounted on moving carriages capable of travelling the height of the tower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2002
    Assignee: Coflexip
    Inventor: Hervé de Varax
  • Spectacles frame of wood
    Patent number: 4255024
    Abstract: The main components of the frame are constituted by slats of wood arranged in layers, shaped and adhesively assembled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 1978
    Date of Patent: March 10, 1981
    Inventors: Thibaut de Monts, Herve de Varax, Jacques Gourvenec