Patents by Inventor Ludwig Gross

Ludwig Gross 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).

  • Publication number: 20230359165
    Abstract: The system comprises a centralization and interface module, capable of interconnecting module for dynamically simulating the process and an immersive simulation module for enabling an operator and/or a robot to perform, in real time in an immersive three-dimensional representation, a virtualized implementation of an industrial process comprising actions performed in the immersive three-dimensional representation. It comprises a module for monitoring the implementation of the process, the module being capable of recording monitoring data including operating parameters of the process and/or real-time actions of the operator and/or the robot, and a rendering module capable of processing the obtained monitoring data and providing a rendering of a virtual implementation of the process, the rendering being designed to control or optimize the industrial process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: Julien Metayer, Ludwig Gross, Fabrice Rey
  • Patent number: 9346521
    Abstract: A recovery system and method for recovering a deployed vessel having a rotatable support coupled with a stored recovery assembly, including a release unit, line, deployment weight, and drag device on the deployed vessel. A recovery vessel can have a hoist with a coupling element, such as a grapple. For recovery, the recovery assembly can be deployed from the deployed vessel. The drag device can assist in floating and/or maintaining a taut line, especially when the vessel is downwind of the drag device. The coupling element from the recovery vessel can couple with the taut line. Once coupled, the recovery vessel can raise the coupling element with the line, which can rotate the rotatable support to a lifting position above a center of gravity of the deployed vessel. The recovery vessel can then lift the deployed vessel vertically out of the water to a storage position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: TECHNIP FRANCE
    Inventors: Emilie Lachaud, Didier Renard, Ludwig Gross, Sylvain Routeau
  • Publication number: 20160059937
    Abstract: The disclosure includes a recovery system and method for recovering a deployed vessel having a rotatable support coupled with a stored recovery assembly, including a release unit, line, deployment weight, and drag device on the deployed vessel. A recovery vessel can have a hoist with a coupling element, such as a grapple. For recovery, the recovery assembly can be deployed from the deployed vessel. The drag device can assist in floating and/or maintaining a taut line, especially when the vessel is downwind of the drag device. The coupling element from the recovery vessel can couple with the taut line. Once coupled, the recovery vessel can raise the coupling element with the line, which can rotate the rotatable support to a lifting position above a center of gravity of the deployed vessel. The recovery vessel can then lift the deployed vessel vertically out of the water to a storage position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2014
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Inventors: Emilie LACHAUD, Didier RENARD, Ludwig GROSS, Sylvain ROUTEAU
  • Patent number: 7600569
    Abstract: A method and a device for installing a sub-sea riser for an offshore operation, between a base installation disposed on the sea bed and a sea installation protruding above the base installation. The sub-sea riser is provided with a first end and a second end. The method comprises the following stages in the following order: a) the first end of the riser is joined to the sea installation; b) the sub-sea riser is deployed; c) the second end of the riser is guided towards the base installation; d) the second end is coupled to the base installation by releasing the second end and the efforts of the recoil force exerted on the base installation are transferred; e) the second end and the base installation are connected to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2009
    Assignee: Technip France
    Inventors: Sylvain Routeau, Ludwig Gross, Didier Renard
  • Publication number: 20080014026
    Abstract: A method and a device for installing a sub-sea riser for an offshore operation, between a base installation disposed on the sea bed and a sea installation protruding above the base installation. The sub-sea riser is provided with a first end and a second end. The method comprises the following stages in the following order: a) the first end of the riser is joined to the sea installation; b) the sub-sea riser is deployed; c) the second end of the riser is guided towards the base installation; d) the second end is coupled to the base installation by releasing the second end and the efforts of the recoil force exerted on the base installation are transferred; e) the second end and the base installation are connected to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2004
    Publication date: January 17, 2008
    Inventors: Sylvain Routeau, Ludwig Gross, Didier Renard