Patents by Inventor Tom Kjetill Askeland

Tom Kjetill Askeland 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).

  • Pressure accumulator to establish sufficient power to handle and operate external equipment and use thereof
    Patent number: 8474253
    Abstract: A pressure accumulator (10) to establish the necessary power to drive and operate external equipment is described, such as hydraulic and/or mechanical systems comprising a main body (12) with an inner, longitudinal, main chamber (14) that is divided into several sub-chambers. The inner, main chamber (14) comprises at least three sub-chambers (14a, 14b, 14c) that are separated from each other with the help of mutual, intermediate pistons (16,18), where the first of said chambers is a compensating chamber (14a) arranged to take up the same pressure as the surroundings, the second of said chambers is a gas expansion chamber (14b) encompassing a gas generator (20) with an initiator/detonator (22), and the third of said chambers is a pressure chamber (14c) arranged to be pressurized with the help of the gas expansion chamber (14b) and to exert a force on the external equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Siem Wis AS
    Inventor: Tom Kjetill Askeland
  • Pressure accumulator to establish sufficient power to handle and operate external equipment and use thereof
    Publication number: 20090211239
    Abstract: A pressure accumulator (10) to establish the necessary power to drive and operate external equipment is described, such as hydraulic and/or mechanical systems comprising a main body (12) with an inner, longitudinal, main chamber (14) that is divided into several sub-chambers. The inner, main chamber (14) comprises at least three sub-chambers (14a, 14b, 14c) that are separated from each other with the help of mutual, intermediate pistons (16,18), where the first of said chambers is a compensating chamber (14a) arranged to take up the same pressure as the surroundings, the second of said chambers is a gas expansion chamber (14b) encompassing a gas generator (20) with an initiator/detonator (22), and the third of said chambers is a pressure chamber (14c) arranged to be pressurised with the help of the gas expansion chamber (14b) and to exert a force on the external equipment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2006
    Publication date: August 27, 2009
    Inventor: Tom Kjetill Askeland