Patents by Inventor Svein BIRKEMOE

Svein BIRKEMOE 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).

  • Electronic assembly supported by a plurality of cards
    Patent number: 9742409
    Abstract: A subsea electronics module for use in a subsea well installation, comprising: a backplane connecting a plurality of slots; a plurality of physical cards each supporting an electronic assembly having an identical architecture including a programmable logic module and a memory, the physical cards each being inserted into a respective slot of the backplane; and wherein the identical electronic assembly of each physical card is configured by program instructions stored in the memory thereon to be configured to perform in use a set of electronic functions of one of a plurality of different defined card roles in dependence on either one or both of: the position of the slot into which that card is inserted; an indication of a card role configuration selection for that card.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: AKER SOLUTIONS LIMITED
    Inventors: Marius Fraurud, Svein Birkemoe, Piet Buyse
  • ELECTRONIC ASSEMBLY SUPPORTED BY A PLURALITY OF CARDS
    Publication number: 20160100501
    Abstract: A subsea electronics module for use in a subsea well installation, comprising: a backplane connecting a plurality of slots; a plurality of physical cards each supporting an electronic assembly having an identical architecture including a programmable logic module and a memory, the physical cards each being inserted into a respective slot of the backplane; and wherein the identical electronic assembly of each physical card is configured by program instructions stored in the memory thereon to be configured to perform in use a set of electronic functions of one of a plurality of different defined card roles in dependence on either one or both of: the position of the slot into which that card is inserted; an indication of a card role configuration selection for that card.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2015
    Publication date: April 7, 2016
    Inventors: Marius FRAURUD, Svein BIRKEMOE, Piet BUYSE