Patents by Inventor Andrea Masi

Andrea Masi 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: 8978771
    Abstract: Systems and methods include using a subsea machine for separating a mixture received from a seabed well. The subsea machine includes: a chamber configured to receive and separate by gravity the mixture received from the seabed well. The chamber includes: a housing configured to contain the mixture received from the undersea well during separation, and a piston provided inside the housing and separating the housing into a top section and a bottom section. The piston is configured to move in a first direction along an axis to create more space in the top section for receiving the mixture from the seabed well and to move in a second opposite direction along the axis for removing the mixture from the chamber after separation has occurred.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Nuovo Pignone S.p.A.
    Inventors: Sergio Palomba, Simone Billi, Fabrizio Mammoliti, Andrea Masi, Alessandro Pagliantini
  • Patent number: 8632320
    Abstract: An integrated high-pressure compression unit for a process fluid that includes at least a first compression device able to compress the process fluid from a essentially gaseous initial thermodynamic state to an intermediate thermodynamic state, a second compression device connected mechanically to the first compression device and able to compress the process fluid from the intermediate thermodynamic state to a final thermodynamic state, a motor device able to drive the first compression device and the second compression device, and a pressure casing or housing in which at least the said first and second compression devices are mechanically coupled to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: Nuovo Pignone S.p.A.
    Inventors: Sergio Palomba, Andrea Masi, Marco De Iaco, Massimo Camatti, Lorenzo Bergamini
  • Publication number: 20120024534
    Abstract: Systems and methods include using a subsea machine for separating a mixture received from a seabed well. The subsea machine includes: a chamber configured to receive and separate by gravity the mixture received from the seabed well. The chamber includes: a housing configured to contain the mixture received from the undersea well during separation, and a piston provided inside the housing and separating the housing into a top section and a bottom section. The piston is configured to move in a first direction along an axis to create more space in the top section for receiving the mixture from the seabed well and to move in a second opposite direction along the axis for removing the mixture from the chamber after separation has occurred.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2011
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Inventors: Sergio Palomba, Simone Billi, Fabrizio Mammoliti, Andrea Masi, Alessandro Pagliantini
  • Publication number: 20110008186
    Abstract: An integrated high-pressure compression unit for a process fluid that includes at least a first compression device able to compress the process fluid from a essentially gaseous initial thermodynamic state to an intermediate thermodynamic state, a second compression device connected mechanically to the first compression device and able to compress the process fluid from the intermediate thermodynamic state to a final thermodynamic state, a motor device able to drive the first compression device and the second compression device, and a pressure casing or housing in which at least the said first and second compression devices are mechanically coupled to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2010
    Publication date: January 13, 2011
    Inventors: Sergio Palomba, Andrea Masi, Marco De Iaco, Massimo Camatti, Lorenzo Bergamini