Patents by Inventor Leonardo De Araujo Bernardo

Leonardo De Araujo Bernardo 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: 11852268
    Abstract: A flange connection set includes a modified compact flange, having a channel for external-internal seal tests, coupled to a connecting component, and coupled between the compact flange and the connecting component, there is a KX sealing ring with a radius closer to the radius of the conduit. Different types of keys provide the flange connection the ability to withstand high shear and torsional loads without affecting its operation, while also resisting high bending moment loads and preserving the integrity of the sealing ring and the fasteners.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: FMC TECHNOLOGIES DO BRASIL LTDA
    Inventors: André Guercio Faísca, Guilherme Sousa Moura, Huei Sun Lai, Ivar Hordnes, Leonardo de Araujo Bernardo, Nigel Mckie, Renato Saioron Bernardo
  • Patent number: 11815215
    Abstract: A pig routing insert or drain is used in various subsea systems having a block structure, e.g., block manifolds, with a plurality of perforated fluid passages. The insert generally includes a substantially unrestricted flow opening configured to allow substantially unrestricted fluid flow and passage of a cleaning pig, and a partially restricted opening having at least one pig blocking structure, in which the partially restricted opening is configured to allow substantially unrestricted fluid flow through the partially restricted opening whilst blocking the passage of the cleaning pig through the partially restricted opening. A method for manufacturing and installing the pig routing insert or drain in a machined block manifold includes positioning a manufactured pig routing insert at an intersection of first and second perforated fluid flow holes formed in a body of a structure and fastening the manufactured pig routing insert within the intersection in the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: FMC TECHNOLOGIES DO BRASIL LTDA
    Inventors: Rafael Renan Dos Santos Barreto, Fernando Manuel De Carvalho Ferreira, Leonardo De Araújo Bernardo, Jorge Luiz Da Silva Bonfim, Kleber Stoffel Peres, Marco Vinicius Soares Da Silva, Alan Zaragoza Labes
  • Patent number: 11230908
    Abstract: A subsea equipment includes two manifolds for fluid import and export from oil wells. The first and second manifolds are arranged in parallel and are interconnected by a jumper. The first manifold includes all equipment for field flow control, such as, for example, selection valves, actuators or robot for remote operations and mandrels for connection to the Christmas trees. The second manifold includes only block valves and mandrels for future interconnection or interconnection to the first manifold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: FMC TECHNOLOGIES DO BRASIL LTDA
    Inventors: Leonardo de Araujo Bernardo, Nicholas Gatherar, Huei Sun Lai, Jorge Luiz Da Silva Bonfim
  • Patent number: 11085275
    Abstract: The present invention refers to a shared actuation system to place tools on any subsea valve interface on an oil production station located in a subsea structure, such as a manifold. The system comprises a connection device for connection to the subsea structure, attached to the connection device at least one structural element, all connected to each other through rotary joints, providing at least two degrees of freedom for a distal end of the structure elements where an actuation tool is positioned, for interaction with the valve interfaces on the subsea structure, where the structural elements further is connected to a sail element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: FMC TECHNOLOGIES DO BRASIL LTDA
    Inventors: Alex Ceccon De Azevedo, Leonardo De Araujo Bernardo, Alan Zaragoza Labes
  • Publication number: 20210239246
    Abstract: A flange connection set includes a modified compact flange, having a channel for external-internal seal tests, coupled to a connecting component, and coupled between the compact flange and the connecting component, there is a KX sealing ring with a radius closer to the radius of the conduit. Different types of keys provide the flange connection the ability to withstand high shear and torsional loads without affecting its operation, while also resisting high bending moment loads and preserving the integrity of the sealing ring and the fasteners.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2019
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Applicant: FMC TECHNOLOGIES DO BRASIL LTDA
    Inventors: André Guércio Faísca, Guilherme Sousa Moura, Huei Sun Lai, Ivar Hordnes, Leonardo de Araujo Bernardo, Nigel Mckie, Renato Saioron Bernardo
  • Publication number: 20210164600
    Abstract: A pig routing insert or drain is used in various subsea systems having a block structure, e.g., block manifolds, with a plurality of perforated fluid passages. The insert generally includes a substantially unrestricted flow opening configured to allow substantially unrestricted fluid flow and passage of a cleaning pig, and a partially restricted opening having at least one pig blocking structure, in which the partially restricted opening is configured to allow substantially unrestricted fluid flow through the partially restricted opening whilst blocking the passage of the cleaning pig through the partially restricted opening. A method for manufacturing and installing the pig routing insert or drain in a machined block manifold includes positioning a manufactured pig routing insert at an intersection of first and second perforated fluid flow holes formed in a body of a structure and fastening the manufactured pig routing insert within the intersection in the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Applicant: FMC TECHNOLOGIES DO BRASIL LTDA
    Inventors: Rafael Renan Dos Santos Barreto, Fernando Manuel De Carvalho Ferreira, Leonardo De Araújo Bernardo, Jorge Luiz Da Silva Bonfim, Kleber Stoffel Peres, Marco Vinicius Soares Da Silva, Alan Zaragoza Labes
  • Publication number: 20200332628
    Abstract: A subsea equipment includes two manifolds for fluid import and export from oil wells. The first and second manifolds are arranged in parallel and are interconnected by a jumper. The first manifold includes all equipment for field flow control, such as, for example, selection valves, actuators or robot for remote operations and mandrels for connection to the Christmas trees. The second manifold includes only block valves and mandrels for future interconnection or interconnection to the first manifold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Applicant: FMC TECHNOLOGIES DO BRASIL LTDA
    Inventors: Leonardo de Araujo Bernardo, Nicholas Gatherar, Huei Sun Lai, Jorge Luiz Da Silva Bonfim
  • Patent number: 10648295
    Abstract: Equipment for connection of subsea pipelines for oil and gas fields includes one machined block manifold having at least one fluid import spindle of side input, one stop valves set provided on a surface of machined block manifold, which also receives a header and branches, a point for line support and device for subsea installation, subsea line or pipeline. This set is installed on a foundation frame in sea soil and will be part of an oil drilling system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Inventors: Alan Zaragoza Labes, Huei Sun Lai, Jorge Luiz Da Silva Bonfim, Leonardo De Araujo Bernardo, Rafael Renan Dos Santos Barreto
  • Patent number: 10533399
    Abstract: A system includes a manifold and a shared valve actuation system that is operatively coupled to the manifold at a single location. The manifold is comprised of a block with at least one drilled header hole formed within the block, a plurality of drilled flow inlet holes formed within the block, wherein the number of drilled flow inlet holes corresponds to the number of external flow lines that supply fluid to the manifold, and a plurality of isolation valves coupled to the block, the valve element for each of the isolation valves positioned within the block. The system includes an arm that rotates about an axis that is normal to an upper surface of the block of the manifold, a plurality of structural elements that are coupled to one another via rotary joints, and a tool that engages and actuates one of the plurality of isolation valves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: FMC TECHNOLOGIES DO BRASIL LTDA
    Inventors: Alex Ceccon De Azevedo, Leonardo De Araujo Bernardo, Alan Zaragoza Labes, Luciano Gomes Martins, Paulo Augusto Couto Filho
  • Publication number: 20190301617
    Abstract: A directional gate type block valve includes a valve body, a gate type straddle, a transmission stem and four seats for process fluid sealing, wherein the transmission stem drives the gate type straddle allowing 3 position options for gate type straddle, directing or even completely sealing the system. This directional gate type block valve provides the exploration system the simplification of using only one equipment for directing the process fluid, besides allowing its use in a wide range of permissible working pressures. Other advantages due to its simple geometry are given by the low cost of manufacture, assembly and test of the directional gate type block valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2017
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Applicant: FMC TECHNOLOGIES DO BRASIL LTDA
    Inventors: Alan Zaragoza Labes, Paulo Augusto Couto Filho, Huei Sun Lai, Leonardo De Araújo Bernardo, Hugo Guedes Porto, Sérgio Ricardo Pinho Antunes, Renato Saioron Bernardo, André Guércio Faísca, Jorge Luiz Da Silva Bonfim
  • Publication number: 20180371877
    Abstract: Equipment for connection of subsea pipelines for oil and gas fields includes one machined block manifold having at least one fluid import spindle of side input, one stop valves set provided on a surface of machined block manifold, which also receives a header and branches, a point for line support and device for subsea installation, subsea line or pipeline. This set is installed on a foundation frame in sea soil and will be part of an oil drilling system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Applicant: FMC TECHNOLOGIES DO BRASIL LTDA
    Inventors: Alan Zaragoza Labes, Huei Sun Lai, Jorge Luiz Da Silva Bonfim, Leonardo De Araujo Bernardo, Rafael Renan Dos Santos Barreto
  • Publication number: 20180187522
    Abstract: A system includes a manifold and a shared valve actuation system that is operatively coupled to the manifold at a single location. The manifold is comprised of a block with at least one drilled header hole formed within the block, a plurality of drilled flow inlet holes formed within the block, wherein the number of drilled flow inlet holes corresponds to the number of external flow lines that supply fluid to the manifold, and a plurality of isolation valves coupled to the block, the valve element for each of the isolation valves positioned within the block. The system includes an arm that rotates about an axis that is normal to an upper surface of the block of the manifold, a plurality of structural elements that are coupled to one another via rotary joints, and a tool that engages and actuates one of the plurality of isolation valves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2015
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Applicant: FMC TECHNOLOGIES DO BRASIL LTDA
    Inventors: Alex Ceccon De Azevedo, Leonardo De Araujo Bernardo, Alan Zaragoza Labes, Luciano Gomes Martins, Paulo Augusto Couto Filho
  • Publication number: 20170159410
    Abstract: The present invention refers to a shared actuation system to place tools on any subsea valve interface on an oil production station located in a subsea structure, such as a manifold. The system comprises a connection device for connection to the subsea structure, attached to the connection device at least one structural element, all connected to each other through rotary joints, providing at least two degrees of freedom for a distal end of the structure elements where an actuation tool is positioned, for interaction with the valve interfaces on the subsea structure, where the structural elements further is connected to a sail element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2015
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Applicant: FMC TECHNOLOGIES DO BRASIL LTDA
    Inventors: Alex Ceccon De Azevedo, Leonardo De Araujo Bernardo, Alan Zaragoza Labes