Patents by Inventor Pål Georg Benestad

Pål Georg Benestad 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: 8097810
    Abstract: The invention relates to a high pressure, high voltage penetrator assembly for subsea, topside or land based use, wherein the assembly is upright attachable to a wet gas and/or liquid handling compressor or pump or to/from a transformer, and wherein the assembly includes a penetrator unit for feed-through of electric power to a motor of the compressor or pump or to/from the transformer; a funnel shaped housing with a housing chamber, the penetrator unit being located at an upper end of the chamber; a grid located inside the chamber transversely of a longitudinal axis of the chamber, the penetrator unit being located above the grid, a filter located in the chamber below the grid and above an inlet to a housing of the motor or to/from a housing of the transformer, and a sensor unit extending into the chamber from the penetrator unit and towards, but spaced from the grid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2012
    Inventors: Harald Benestad, Pål Georg Benestad
  • Publication number: 20100206630
    Abstract: The invention relates to a high pressure, high voltage penetrator assembly for subsea, topside or land based use, wherein the assembly is upright attachable to a wet gas and/or liquid handling compressor or pump or to/from a transformer, and wherein the assembly comprises a penetrator unit for feed-through of electric power to a motor of the compressor or pump or to/from the transformer; a funnel shaped housing with a housing chamber, the penetrator unit being located at an upper end of the chamber; a grid located inside the chamber transversely of a longitudinal axis of the chamber, the penetrator unit being located above the grid, a filter located in the chamber below the grid and above an inlet to a housing of the motor or to/from a housing of the transformer, and a sensor unit extending into the chamber from the penetrator unit and towards, but spaced from the grid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2008
    Publication date: August 19, 2010
    Inventors: Harald Benestad, Pål Georg Benestad
  • Patent number: 7718899
    Abstract: The invention relates to a high pressure, high voltage penetrator assembly for subsea use, wherein the assembly is upright attachable to a wet gas, subsea gas compressor, and wherein the assembly includes a penetrator unit for feed-through of electric power to a compressor motor; a funnel shaped housing with a housing chamber, the penetrator unit being located at an upper end of the chamber; a grid located inside the chamber transversely of a longitudinal axis of the chamber, the penetrator unit being located above the grid, a filter located in the chamber below the grid and above an inlet to a housing of the compressor motor, and a sensor unit extending into the chamber from the penetrator unit and towards, but spaced from the grid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2010
    Inventors: Harald Benestad, Pål Georg Benestad
  • Publication number: 20080314616
    Abstract: The invention relates to a high pressure, high voltage penetrator assembly for subsea use, wherein the assembly is upright attachable to a wet gas, subsea gas compressor, and wherein the assembly comprises a penetrator unit for feed-through of electric power to a compressor motor; a funnel shaped housing with a housing chamber, the penetrator unit being located at an upper end of the chamber; a grid located inside the chamber transversely of a longitudinal axis of the chamber, the penetrator unit being located above the grid, a filter located in the chamber below the grid and above an inlet to a housing of the compressor motor, and a sensor unit extending into the chamber from the penetrator unit and towards, but spaced from the grid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2007
    Publication date: December 25, 2008
    Inventors: Harald BENESTAD, Pål Georg BENESTAD