Patents by Inventor Rémi FRIVILLE

Rémi FRIVILLE 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).

  • Device for controlling the filling of a pipe as it is being laid in a stretch of water, and associated assembly and method
    Patent number: 10139014
    Abstract: A device includes an upstream section defining a water introduction inlet; an injector for injecting a process fluid into the water introduced into the upstream section; an intermediate section mounted downstream of the injector for receiving the water containing the process fluid; a downstream section for conveying water to the fluid transport pipe being laid. The device also includes a liquid volume compensation reservoir, having a variable receiving volume of water discharged from the fluid transport pipe, a connector to which are connected the intermediate section, the downstream section and the liquid volume compensation reservoir, wherein the inlet cross-section of the compensation reservoir is greater than 40 times the internal cross-section of the intermediate section taken at the connector. This device operates reliably even when the stretch of water is rough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: TECHNIP FRANCE
    Inventors: Sylvain Routeau, Emilie Lachaud, Rémi Friville, Tegwen De Kerdanet
  • DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING THE FILLING OF A PIPE AS IT IS BEING LAID IN A STRETCH OF WATER, AND ASSOCIATED ASSEMBLY AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20180135777
    Abstract: A device includes an upstream section defining a water introduction inlet; an injector for injecting a process fluid into the water introduced into the upstream section; an intermediate section mounted downstream of the injector for receiving the water containing the process fluid; a downstream section for conveying water to the fluid transport pipe being laid. The device also includes a liquid volume compensation reservoir, having a variable receiving volume of water discharged from the fluid transport pipe, a connector to which are connected the intermediate section, the downstream section and the liquid volume compensation reservoir, wherein the inlet cross-section of the compensation reservoir is greater than 40 times the internal cross-section of the intermediate section taken at the connector. This device operates reliably even when the stretch of water is rough.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2016
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Inventors: Sylvain ROUTEAU, Emilie LACHAUD, Rémi FRIVILLE, Tegwen DE KERDANET