Patents by Inventor Kristian Glejbol

Kristian Glejbol 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: 9482373
    Abstract: The invention relates to an unbonded flexible pipe with a length and a longitudinal axis. The pipe comprises an inner sealing sheath defining a bore, a pressure armor layer, an intermediate sealing sheath and a tensile armor. The pressure armor layer comprises at least one elongate metal element arranged with pressure armor gaps and is arranged in an annulus provided between the inner sealing sheath and the intermediate sealing sheath. The tensile armor is arranged on the outer side of the intermediate sealing sheath. Either the intermediate sealing sheath forms a drainage layer or the unbonded flexible pipe further comprises a drainage layer arranged in the annulus. The drainage layer comprises at least one drainage path arranged along the length of the pipe, wherein the drainage path is in fluid communication with the pressure armor gaps. The drainage layer optionally comprises a perforated tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: NATIONAL OILWELL VARCO DENMARK I/S
    Inventor: Kristian Glejbol
  • Patent number: 9482372
    Abstract: The invention relates to a flexible unbonded pipe for sub sea fluid transfer. The pipe comprises an inner sealing sheath defining a bore and a center axis. Inside the inner sealing sheath the pipe comprises a carcass. The pipe further comprises a pair of reinforcement layers consisting essentially of helically wound elongate armoring elements of fiber reinforced polymer material. The elongate armoring elements of the innermost of the pair of reinforcement layers are wound in a first winding direction with an angle ? to the center axis, and the elongate armoring elements of the outermost of the pair of reinforcement layers are wound in a second winding direction with an angle ? to the center axis, wherein ???f?/2, ? is about 65° or less. The pipe preferably comprises an anti-creep layer placed between the inner sealing sheath and the innermost of the pair of reinforcement layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: NATIONAL OILWELL VARCO DENMARK I/S
    Inventor: Kristian Glejbol
  • Patent number: 9458956
    Abstract: The invention relates to a flexible armored pipe for transportation of fluids, comprising an inner sealing sheath and at least one displacement reduced armor layer comprising a plurality of elongate elements comprising at least a female type elongate element comprising at least one recess in each opposite side and a male type elongate element comprising at least one protruding tongue in each opposite side and wherein each of the female type and the male type elongate elements are substantially symmetrical in a symmetry line substantially normal to the inner sealing sheath when the pipe is in a non-bended state and where said protruding tongues of said male type elongate element windings are engaged in said recesses of adjacent female type elongate element windings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: NATIONAL OILWELL VARCO DENMARK I/S
    Inventors: Jonas Gudme, Kristian Glejbol, Christian Ditlev Cappeln
  • Publication number: 20160208961
    Abstract: A flexible offshore pipe includes a plurality of layers forming an inner pipe structure that includes an innermost sealing sheath. A first and a second tensile armor layer each including helically wound elongate armor elements surround the inner pipe structure. The first and the second tensile armor layer each has a winding pitch length and are cross wound. The pipe includes unbonded length sections and holding length sections. The elongate armor elements of the first tensile armor layer in the unbonded length sections are unbonded to said inner pipe structure and in each holding length section at least one of the elongate armor elements of the first tensile armor layer is more restricted to displacement relative to said inner pipe structure than the elongate armor elements of the first tensile armor layer in the unbonded length sections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2014
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Inventors: Kristian Glejbol, Jan Rytter
  • Patent number: 9395022
    Abstract: The invention relates to a unbonded flexible pipe and a method for manufacturing such pipe. The unbonded flexible pipe has a length and a center axis along its length, and comprises an internal sealing sheath around its center axis, a carcass arranged inside the internal sealing sheath, and at least one armor arranged around the internal sealing sheath. The carcass comprises at least one helically wound elongate carcass reinforcement element providing a plurality of carcass reinforcement element windings along the length of the pipe wherein the carcass reinforcement element windings surround and/or are surrounded by a polymer structure, which polymer structure locks said carcass reinforcement element windings relative to each other. Accordingly the carcass reinforcement element windings need not be directly interlocked with each, but are mainly or totally locked to each other by the polymer structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: NATIONAL OILWELL VARCO DENMARK I/S
    Inventor: Kristian Glejbol
  • Publication number: 20160178106
    Abstract: An unbonded flexible pipe for offshore transportation of fluids from a subsea facility. The unbonded flexible pipe has a length along a longitudinal center axis, and a first and a second end, and a first end fitting connected to the first end. The unbonded flexible pipe comprises from inside and out an electrically conductive carcass, an electrically insulating innermost sealing sheath, at least one electrically conductive armor layer comprising at least one helically wound electrically conductive wire and an electrically insulating outer sealing sheath. At least the electrically conductive layers are mechanically terminated in the first end fitting and the pipe comprises electrical connections arranged to apply a voltage over the electrically conductive layers which electrically conductive layers are electrically connected at a distance along the length of the unbonded flexible pipe from the first end fitting of the unbonded flexible pipe to provide an electric circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2014
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Inventor: Kristian Glejbøl
  • Patent number: 9303463
    Abstract: The invention relates to a riser for transporting fluid between an upper facility and a subsea facility. The riser has a center axis and a length along the center axis and comprises an unbonded flexible metal armored riser section and an unbonded flexible composite armored riser section arranged in fluid connection to each other. The metal armored riser section comprises at least two cross-wound tensile armor layers each comprising a plurality of helically wound elongate metal armor elements wound with a winding angle of about 60 degree or less relative to the center axis. The composite armored riser section comprises at least one tensile armor layer comprising a plurality of helically wound elongate composite armor elements wound with a winding angle of about 60 degree or less relative to the center axis. The invention also relates to an offshore system comprising such riser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: NATIONAL OILWELL VARCO DENMARK I/S
    Inventors: Kristian Glejbol, Niels J. Rishoj Nielsen
  • Publication number: 20160003382
    Abstract: The invention relates to an unbonded flexible pipe with a length and a longitudinal axis. The pipe comprises an inner sealing sheath defining a bore, a pressure armor layer, an intermediate sealing sheath and a tensile armor. The pressure armor layer comprises at least one elongate metal element arranged with pressure armor gaps and is arranged in an annulus provided between the inner sealing sheath and the intermediate sealing sheath. The tensile armor is arranged on the outer side of the intermediate sealing sheath. Either the intermediate sealing sheath forms a drainage layer or the unbonded flexible pipe further comprises a drainage layer arranged in the annulus. The drainage layer comprises at least one drainage path arranged along the length of the pipe, wherein the drainage path is in fluid communication with the pressure armor gaps. The drainage layer optionally comprises a perforated tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2013
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Inventor: Kristian Glejbol
  • Publication number: 20150292663
    Abstract: An assembly of a flexible pipe and an end-fitting, wherein the flexible pipe of the unbonded type comprises a plurality of layers including an outermost armor layer. At least the outermost armor layer is terminated and secured by securing material in a housing cavity of the end-fitting. The end-fitting comprises an annular end-fitting body structure and an annular outer casing, wherein an upper wall section of the housing cavity is provided by the outer casing. The outer casing comprises a strain-bearing fiber armored polymer layer arranged such that a tensile load subjected to the secured outermost armor layer results in strain in the strain-bearing fiber armored polymer layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2013
    Publication date: October 15, 2015
    Inventors: Kristian Glejbol, Jesper Ries
  • Publication number: 20150275586
    Abstract: The invention relates to a riser for transporting fluid between an upper facility and a subsea facility. The riser has a center axis and a length along the center axis and comprises an unbonded flexible metal armored riser section and an unbonded flexible composite armored riser section arranged in fluid connection to each other. The metal armored riser section comprises at least two cross-wound tensile armor layers each comprising a plurality of helically wound elongate metal armor elements wound with a winding angle of about 60 degree or less relative to the center axis. The composite armored riser section comprises at least one tensile armor layer comprising a plurality of helically wound elongate composite armor elements wound with a winding angle of about 60 degree or less relative to the center axis. The invention also relates to an offshore system comprising such riser.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2013
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Applicant: National Oilwell Varco Denmark I/S
    Inventors: Kristian Glejbøl, Niels J. Rishoj Nielsen
  • Patent number: 9108006
    Abstract: A RFID comprising a value sensor such as a pressure sensor is integrated with a liquid drug container to enable wireless pressure or other drug relevant parameter value monitoring and code-matching of drug container to a medical delivery device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: Novo Nordisk A/S
    Inventors: Peter Lundholm Jensen, Kristian Glejbøl, Lars Peter Klitmose, Salim Bouaidat
  • Patent number: 9057465
    Abstract: The invention relates to an unbonded, flexible pipe having a length and comprising a tubular inner sealing sheath, at least one metal armor layer and an outer sealing sheath. The unbonded, flexible pipe comprises at least one insulated length section comprising a fluid permeable thermally insulating cover surrounding the outer sealing sheath in the insulated length section. The thermally insulating cover is further surrounded by a liquid permeable jacket, and preferably the thermally insulating cover is liquid permeable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2015
    Assignee: NATIONAL OILWELL VARCO DENMARK I/S
    Inventor: Kristian Glejbøl
  • Patent number: 8992484
    Abstract: An injection device including a dose setting assembly, and an injection assembly, wherein operating the dose setting assembly to set a dose causes an engagement element to pass a tooth on a toothed rod in a combined translational and rotational movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Novo Nordisk A/S
    Inventors: Bo Radmer, Kristian Glejbøl, Jonas Torry-Smith, Tom Hede Markussen, Lars Morten Bom, Christian Peter Enggaard, Sara Juana Niemann, Martin Ebro
  • Publication number: 20150060589
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of producing an unbonded flexible pipe and an unbonded flexible pipe. The method comprises providing an innermost sealing sheath defining a bore and a longitudinal axis, and a pressure armor layer surrounding the innermost sealing sheath. The pressure armor layer comprises at least one helically wound elongate armor element with at least one helical armor element gap between windings thereof, and the method comprises providing a foundation layer for the pressure armor layer. The foundation layer is provided with at least one helically shaped groove, and the elongate armor element is applied in the helically shaped groove, preferably such that the foundation layer at least partly fills the helical armor element gap, the foundation layer is preferably a fluid permeable foundation layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2013
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Inventor: Kristian Glejbol
  • Publication number: 20150059904
    Abstract: A unbonded flexible pipe with a length and a longitudinal axis is described. The pipe comprises an innermost sealing sheath defining a bore, at least one armor layer surrounding the inner sealing sheath and at least one optical fiber containing layer, wherein the optical fiber containing layer comprises at least one tape and at least one optical fiber arranged with a length of at least about 3 times the length of the flexible pipe. In an embodiment the optical fiber is incorporated into the at least one tape of said optical fiber containing layer to provide an integrated fiber tape where advantageously the optical fiber is arranged with S-shaped folds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Inventors: Alexandros Nokkentved, Bo Asp Moller Andersen, Niels Juul, Nicky Weppenaar, Kristian Glejbol
  • Patent number: 8960239
    Abstract: An unbonded flexible pipe with a length and a center axis along its length includes an internal sealing sheath surrounding the center axis, and at least two tensile armor layers having cross wound elements surrounding the internal sealing sheath. The two tensile armor layers include a first tensile armoring layer having a plurality of first helically wound, elongate armoring elements, and a second tensile armoring layer having a plurality of second helically wound, elongate armoring elements. The first helically wound, elongate armoring elements consist of a first material or a first combination of materials and the second helically wound, elongate armoring elements consist of a second material or a second combination of materials, where the first material or the first combination of materials is different from the second material or the second combination of materials. The unbonded flexible pipe further includes a galvanic barrier layer between the first and the second tensile armoring layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: National Oilwell Varco Denmark I/S
    Inventor: Kristian Glejbol
  • Publication number: 20150027580
    Abstract: The invention relates to an elongate reinforcement element for reinforcing an unbonded flexible pipe, a method of producing the elongate reinforcement element and an unbonded flexible pipe comprising the elongate reinforcement element. The reinforcement element comprises a plurality of elongate armor strips and an elongate support element comprising a channel, wherein the plurality of elongate armor strips are arranged in the channel of the elongate support element. Preferably the elongate armor strips are arranged to be superimposed in the channel and the plurality of superimposed elongate armor strips are displaceable in relation to each other upon bending of the elongate reinforcement element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Applicant: National Oilwell Varco Denmark I/S
    Inventor: Kristian Glejbol
  • Publication number: 20140305532
    Abstract: The invention concerns an unbonded flexible pipe for subsea transportation of fluids, the pipe comprises from inside and outwards a carcass, an inner sealing sheath, a pressure armor, and a tensile armor. The pressure armor comprises at least one helically wound elongate and interlocked element in the form of a strip with a cross-sectional profile comprising a planar mid section and a first and a second interlocking edge configured to have an angle to the planar mid section and to protrude in a direction away from the inner sealing sheath to provide a channel between the first and the second interlocking edges, the pressure armor further comprises at least one helically wound elongate and non-interlocked elongate element where windings of the non-interlocked elongate element are placed at least partly in the channel such that displacement with respect to the helically wound elongate and interlocked element is limited by the first and the second interlocking edges.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2012
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Applicant: National Oilwell Varco Denmark I/S
    Inventor: Kristian Glejbol
  • Publication number: 20140196810
    Abstract: The invention relates to an armouring element for an unbonded flexible pipe. The armouring element has a longitudinal axis and an elongated outer shape along said axis. The armouring element further has a longitudinal recess configured for fully or partly taking up a sensor element. The recess has a recess surface area and at least a surface area fixing part of the recess surface area has a surface finish comprising a surface roughness Ra. The invention further relates to an armouring element assembly and an unbonded flexible pipe comprising the armouring element, and a method of producing an armouring element assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2012
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Applicant: NATIONAL OILWELL VARCO DENMARK I/S
    Inventors: Kristian Glejbol, Nicky Weppenaar
  • Publication number: 20140124078
    Abstract: The invention relates to an unbonded flexible pipe comprising an internal sealing sheath and at least one armoring layer comprising at least one helically wound fibre containing elongate armoring element, wherein the fibre containing elongate armoring element comprises polymer material, and at least about 10% by weight of basalt fibers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2012
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: NATIONAL OILWELL VARCO DENMARK I/S
    Inventors: Kristian Glejbol, Kristian Kassow