Patents by Inventor Yvon Botrel

Yvon Botrel 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).

  • Connector for an end of an underwater pipe
    Patent number: 4342519
    Abstract: A device for connecting two underwater pipes, one prolonged by a terminal and the other by a receptacle for the terminal. The device comprises separate, reversible means for securing and sealing the terminal in the receptacle, and also comprises a tension tool comprising a tension chuck secured to the end of a tension cable, the cable extending through the receptacle and the second pipe, and a plug connected to the chuck by an articulated connecting means having a length variable between a minimum and a maximum greater than the distance between the plug and the opening of the terminal, the chuck and the plug having releasable locking means and sealing means in the terminal. The device is adapted for connecting an underwater pipe to a tubular column, inter alia a production column at the foot of an oil rig.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 1980
    Date of Patent: August 3, 1982
    Assignee: Societe Nationale Elf Aquitaine (Production)
    Inventors: Yvon Botrel, Roland Fremond, Jean Mourlevat