Patents by Inventor Juan Pablo Pontaza

Juan Pablo Pontaza 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: 11118714
    Abstract: The present invention provides a piping system (1) at least comprising a main pipeline (2) and a side branch pipeline (3), wherein the side branch pipeline (3) meets the main pipeline (2) at a junction (4), wherein the side branch pipeline (3) is provided with a perforated plate (5) having a plurality of perforations (6), wherein the perforated plate (5) has a downstream half (5B) and an upstream half (5A) (relative to the flow direction in the main pipeline (2)), wherein the downstream half (5B) has less open area than the upstream half (5A), and wherein the perforated plate (5) is provided with a protrusion (8), at the side of the perforated plate (5) facing away from the junction (4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: SHELL OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Raghunath Gopal Menon, Juan Pablo Pontaza
  • Publication number: 20190195410
    Abstract: The present invention provides a piping system (1) at least comprising a main pipeline (2) and a side branch pipeline (3), wherein the side branch pipeline (3) meets the main pipeline (2) at a junction (4), wherein the side branch pipeline (3) is provided with a perforated plate (5) having a plurality of perforations (6), wherein the perforated plate (5) has a downstream half (5B) and an upstream half (5A) (relative to the flow direction in the main pipeline (2)), wherein the downstream half (5B) has less open area than the upstream half (5A), and wherein the perforated plate (5) is provided with a protrusion (8), at the side of the perforated plate (5) facing away from the junction (4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2017
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Inventors: Raghunath Gopal MENON, Juan Pablo PONTAZA
  • Publication number: 20160160614
    Abstract: An open water capture device comprising: a subsea collector and a subsea containment separator connected to the subsea collector, wherein the subsea containment separator comprises a top surface, a bottom surface, an outer surface, a riser comprising a diffuser section, wherein the riser penetrates the bottom surface of the subsea containment separator, and a baffle, wherein the baffle defines a first concentric annular region and a second concentric annular region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2014
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Inventors: John Michael WARD, Moye WICKS, Karl Gregory ANDERSON, Juan Pablo PONTAZA
  • Patent number: 8678039
    Abstract: An elongated conduit including a tubular outer pipe, an elastic inner pipe and an annulus between the outer pipe and inner pipe, the conduit being provided with a fluid supply device, the outer pipe being provided with an inlet for introducing the fluid in the annulus between the outer pipe and the inner pipe, which inlet communicates with the fluid supply device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: Franciscus Antonius Henri Janssen, Raghunath Gopal Menon, Juan Pablo Pontaza, Aloysius Johannes Nicolaas Vreenegoor, Johannes Bernardus Wilhelmus Van Zummeren
  • Publication number: 20120192984
    Abstract: The invention provides an elongated conduit (2) comprising a tubular outer pipe (3), an elastic inner pipe (4) and an annulus between the outer pipe and inner pipe, the conduit being provided with a fluid supply device (7), the outer pipe being provided with inlet means (6) for introducing the fluid (9) in the annulus between the outer pipe and the inner pipe, which inlet means communicates with the fluid supply device. The invention also provides a method to remove a blockage in the inner pipe of said elongated conduit. In addition, the invention relates to a method for transporting a liquid, semi-liquid, paste-like or solid material through the inner pipe of said elongated conduit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2010
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Inventors: Franciscus Antonius Henri Janssen, Raghunath Gopal Menon, Juan Pablo Pontaza, Aloysius Johannes Nicolaas Vreenegoor, Johannes Bernardus Wilhelmus Van Zummeren