Patents by Inventor Jean-Claude Schawann

Jean-Claude Schawann 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: 4489962
    Abstract: A flexible joint for deep-sea oil installations.This joint combines the two parts of a swivel joint, consisting of a spherical ring-shaped male adapter and a spherical ring-shaped female adapter, by using means of connection comprising a plurality of identical resilient devices, positioned in even numbers in two crowns, the far ends of these devices resting on two ring-shaped end-plates, the upper end-plate being integral and coaxial with the male adapter, and the lower end-plate being connected to the upper end-plate by a system that also attaches it coaxially to the male adapter, and the close ends of the resilient devices resting, by means of thrust-plates, either on one of two opposed shoulders associated to the male adapter, equidistant from the end-plates on which the far ends of the two crowns rest, or on one face of a ring-shaped flange integral and coaxial with the female adapter.Prestressing of the resilient devices makes this joint particularly suitable for use with riser pipes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 1982
    Date of Patent: December 25, 1984
    Assignee: Societe Nationale Elf Aquitaine (Production)
    Inventors: Jean-Paul Caumont, Jean-Claude Schawann