Patents by Inventor Rune Sørhus

Rune Sørhus 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: 8966994
    Abstract: Method for monitoring a body inserted in pipe conducting a fluid flow, the body being positioned in a distance from the pipe wall providing a gap between the body and the pipe wall, the gap constituting an electromagnetic, e.g. microwave, resonator, at least one coupling probe being positioned close to said gap, the method comprising the steps of applying an electromagnetic signal, monitoring the frequency response of the resonator through the probe, and analyzing the frequency response to provide a measure of movements, e.g. vibrations induced by a turbulent flow, of the body. The invention also relates to an insert with support structure especially shaped to avoid influence on the resonance measurement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Roxar Flow Measurement AS
    Inventors: Roberto Gentile, Rune Sørhus, Ebbe Gustaf Nyfors
  • Publication number: 20120006430
    Abstract: Method for monitoring a body inserted in pipe conducting a fluid flow, the body being positioned in a distance from the pipe wall providing a gap between the body and the pipe wall, the gap constituting an electromagnetic, e.g. microwave, resonator, at least one coupling probe being positioned close to said gap, the method comprising the steps of applying an electro-magnetic signal monitoring the frequency response of the resonator through the probe, and analysing the frequency response to provide a measure of movements, e.g. vibrations induced by a turbulent flow, of the body. The invention also relates to an insert with support structure especially shaped to avoid influence on the resonance measurement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2010
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Inventors: Roberto Gentile, Rune Sørhus, Ebbe Gustaf Nyfors
  • Patent number: 7293471
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a flow meter that obtains the individual flow rates of gas, liquid hydrocarbons, and water in a predominantly gas-containing flowing fluid mixture. The flow meter comprises a water content meter (7) that provides a signal representing a measure of the water content of said fluid. The flow meter also comprises a double differential pressure generating (3) and measuring (4) structure, denoted a DDP-unit (2), that provides two measurement signals (6A and 6B) representing two independent values of differential pressure (DP) in said fluid (1). In addition to the above, the meter also comprises a signal processing unit (8) having inputs (9A-C) for receiving the measurement signals and the water content signal, and a calculation module (10) which calculates values representing the volumetric flow rates of said gas, liquid hydrocarbons and water in said fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2007
    Assignee: Roxar Flow Measurement AS
    Inventors: Øystein Lund Bø, Ebbe Gustaf Nyfors, Rune Sørhus