Patents by Inventor Sigurd Falch

Sigurd Falch 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: 6267537
    Abstract: A riser bundle comprising a number of risers (2) extending in a wave configuration from the bottom of a body of water up to a floating vessel or the like, the riser bundle (1) along its length being provided with means giving different portions (5, 6 7) along the wave configuration different submerged weight and net buoyancy. The risers (2) are arranged around a centrally extending tube (3) and are surrounded by a tubular outer casing (4), the central tube (3) and the interspaces (8) between the risers (2), along different portions of the wave configuration in operation being filled with materials of different density. Thereby there is achieved at least one light portion (5) of the configuration having a desired positive net buoyancy, and a heavy portion (6 resp. 7) on each side of the light portion (5) having a desired positive submerged weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2001
    Assignee: Den Norske Stats Oljeselskap A.S.
    Inventors: Kare Breivik, Sigurd Falch, Gunnar Semb