Patents by Inventor Tom Inge Nesheim

Tom Inge Nesheim 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).

  • Publication number: 20260063681
    Abstract: An embodiment of a system includes a canister that defines a chamber and that is configured to maintain the chamber at a controlled pressure in a subsea environment. In addition, the system includes an electrical connector defined on the canister that is configured to be electrically coupled to a subsea device. Further, the system includes a fiber optic sensing element positioned in the chamber and coupled to the electrical connector such that the fiber optic sensing element is configured to detect a voltage or a current of the subsea device via the electrical connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2025
    Publication date: March 5, 2026
    Inventors: Katrine Spilde Lilleskare, Audun Magne Askeland, Tom Inge Nesheim
  • Patent number: 10663278
    Abstract: A proximity sensing system is configured to sense proximity of a rotating component in subsea rotating equipment such as pumps, compressors and separators. A plurality of sensing probe modules are included to sense proximity at various locations of the rotating shaft. The probe modules can include a fixed length stinger that can be gas-filled to maintain atmospheric pressure. The probe modules can also be a stinger-less design were the sensor is fixed to an inner pump housing and flexible cable is run through a channel of an outer pump pressure casing to a high pressure penetrator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: ONESUBSEA IP UK LIMITED
    Inventors: Tom Inge Nesheim, Daniel Tonning
  • Publication number: 20190017799
    Abstract: A proximity sensing system is configured to sense proximity of a rotating component in subsea rotating equipment such as pumps, compressors and separators. A plurality of sensing probe modules are included to sense proximity at various locations of the rotating shaft. The probe modules can include a fixed length stinger that can be gas-filled to maintain atmospheric pressure. The probe modules can also be a stinger-less design were the sensor is fixed to an inner pump housing and flexible cable is run through a channel of an outer pump pressure casing to a high pressure penetrator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2017
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Inventors: Tom Inge Nesheim, Daniel Tonning