Patents by Inventor Herve Jean Albert Marcel Valla

Herve Jean Albert Marcel Valla 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).

  • Patent number: 6148921
    Abstract: The invention features an offshore oil installation (1) comprising two mounting plates (6, 8) resting on the ocean bed, each mounting plate (6, 8) supporting a manifold (10; 10') connected at two ends with two respective terminal joining pieces of flexible pipe section (5, 7; 7, 9) fixed to the manifold (10; 10') substantially in the extension of each other, each manifold (10; 10') further comprising a flange for sealed joining with a pipe (12) coming from an underwater structure such as a wellhead (2; 3), the manifold (10; 10') of the two supporting plates (6; 8) being interconnected at one end by a flexible pipe section (7) and connected at the other end by two respective pipe sections (5, 9) to a surface extracting installation (4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2000
    Assignee: Coflexip
    Inventors: Herve Jean Albert Marcel Valla, Pierre Henri Vasseur