Patents by Inventor Peter Tanscheit

Peter Tanscheit 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).

  • Method of laying a hybrid pipeline on the seabed
    Patent number: 9121529
    Abstract: A rigid-to-flexible connector (RFC) is provided on the rigid pipe section instead of a pipeline end termination (PLET), and the pipe end having the RFC is raised to the surface of the sea, while leaving a portion of the rigid pipe section on the seabed. The RFC is then connected to one end of the flexible pipe section, and the latter lowered to the seabed, with the raised, end of the rigid pipe section attached, to return the rigid pipe section to the seabed. Since the RFC on the rigid pipe section is connected to the flexible pipe section at the surface of the sea, the RFC can have a simpler, lighter, technical design, resulting in significant cost, manufacturing time and quality control time savings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: Subsea 7 Limited
    Inventors: Jessica da Silva Machado, Peter Tanscheit, Frederico Nicoletti De Fraga, Paulo Marcio Moreira Castro