Patents by Inventor Thomas Aunvik

Thomas Aunvik 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: 12460498
    Abstract: A system is for remotely controlling a running tool to install equipment in a subsea well through a subsea structure. The system has a control device for controlling the running tool and a communication module for wirelessly communicating with the control device. The control device and the communication module include wireless communication interfaces for communicating subsea with each other through the subsea structure when the control device is provided internally to the subsea structure and the communication module is provided externally to the subsea structure. The memory of the control device is configured with state identifiers for representing internal states of the running tool and programs associated with operations for controlling the running tool. The control device is configured to receive commands from the communication module, execute the programs based on the command, and return a state identifier for representing a current internal state of the running tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2025
    Assignee: Fox Subsea AS
    Inventors: Kjetil Storhaug Njærheim, Jan-Robert Lingjærde, Bjørn Tore Lien, Kenneth Thunheim, Thomas Aunvik
  • Publication number: 20250020037
    Abstract: A system is for remotely controlling a running tool to install equipment in a subsea well through a subsea structure. The system has a control device for controlling the running tool and a communication module for wirelessly communicating with the control device. The control device and the communication module include wireless communication interfaces for communicating subsea with each other through the subsea structure when the control device is provided internally to the subsea structure and the communication module is provided externally to the subsea structure. The memory of the control device is configured with state identifiers for representing internal states of the running tool and programs associated with operations for controlling the running tool. The control device is configured to receive commands from the communication module, execute the programs based on the command, and return a state identifier for representing a current internal state of the running tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2022
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Applicant: Fox Subsea AS
    Inventors: Kjetil Storhaug Njærheim, Jan-Robert Lingjærde, Bjørn Tore Lien, Kenneth Thunheim, Thomas Aunvik
  • Patent number: 11987328
    Abstract: A method and a system for providing fluid communication between a floating vessel and an installation, wherein the method connects a guiding line to a male stab arranged at an end portion of a fluid transfer hose. The guiding line is operatively connected to a pulling device, such as a winch, forming part of a fluid transfer unit having a female receptacle. The guiding line runs through the female receptacle, and a portion of the guiding line is pulled through the female receptacle until the male stab connects to the female receptacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Well Cleanup AS
    Inventors: Thomas Aunvik, Roar Førland Riseth
  • Patent number: 11940296
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method are for securing at least one measuring device to an object. The measuring device is configured for monitoring the object and is provided with a penetrating element for perforating a sheet forming part of the object. The apparatus has a body having a housing for holding the measuring device and an assembling device for moving the measuring device with respect to the housing. The assembling device has an engagement means movable between a retracted, passive position, and an extended, active position for engaging the measuring device to urge the penetrating element of the measuring device through the sheet of the object to secure the measuring device to the object. A control device is for operating the assembling device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Kaefer Blu AS
    Inventors: Arve Martinsen, Thomas Aunvik
  • Publication number: 20230081116
    Abstract: A method and a system for providing fluid communication between a floating vessel and an installation, wherein the method connects a guiding line to a male stab arranged at an end portion of a fluid transfer hose. The guiding line is operatively connected to a pulling device, such as a winch, forming part of a fluid transfer unit having a female receptacle. The guiding line runs through the female receptacle, and a portion of the guiding line is pulled through the female receptacle until the male stab connects to the female receptacle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2021
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Applicant: Well Cleanup AS
    Inventors: Thomas Aunvik, Roar Førland Riseth
  • Publication number: 20220412781
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method are for securing at least one measuring device to an object. The measuring device is configured for monitoring the object and is provided with a penetrating element for perforating a sheet forming part of the object. The apparatus has a body having a housing for holding the measuring device and an assembling device for moving the measuring device with respect to the housing. The assembling device has an engagement means movable between a retracted, passive position, and an extended, active position for engaging the measuring device to urge the penetrating element of the measuring device through the sheet of the object to secure the measuring device to the object. A control device is for operating the assembling device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2020
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Applicant: KAEFER BLU AS
    Inventors: Arve Martinsen, Thomas Aunvik