Patents by Inventor Andrea Bassi
Andrea Bassi 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).
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Patent number: 11965413Abstract: A monitoring system is for a well stream from a hydrocarbon well with seawater injection. The monitoring system includes a sample receiving system, a sample preparation system, an analyzing system, and a pressure control and measurement system. The monitoring system is connectable to a sample point for receiving a sample of the well stream. The sample receiving system includes a fluid conduit connectable for fluid communication with the sample point, and a separator for separating a water fraction from the sample. The sample preparation system includes a filter for filtering the water fraction. The analyzing system includes an x-ray fluorescence analyzer for measurement of a concentration of at least one of dissolved elements Fe, Ba, Ca, S, Cl, P, Cu, Zn, Pb, Br or scale inhibitor tracers in the sample. The pressure control and measurement system is connected to the sample receiving system or the sample preparation system.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2020Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: GRANT PRIDECO, INC.Inventors: Salim Deshmukh, Geir Vingelven, René Mikkelsen, Andrea Bassi
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Publication number: 20240106328Abstract: A phase-locked loop (PLL)-based power converter is disclosed. A power converter includes a switch circuit having a switch node coupled to a regulated power supply node via an inductor and configured to source a supply current to the regulated power supply node using one or more control signals. A control circuit performs a phase-frequency comparison of a reference clock signal and a switching frequency of the switch circuit and generate a control voltage using results of the phase-frequency comparison. The control circuit further generates a control current using the control voltage, a voltage of the regulated power supply node, and a duty cycle of the switch circuit, and a demand current using the voltage level of the regulated power supply node and a reference voltage. Using the demand current, the control current, and a sensed version of the supply current, the control circuit generates the one or more control signals.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2022Publication date: March 28, 2024Inventors: Andrea Acquas, Angelo Bassi, Federico Rossini, Nicola Rasera
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Filter press with multi-function robot for maintenance, tracking and wear control of filtering septa
Publication number: 20240075412Abstract: A filter press (100) is described comprising: a plurality of filtration chambers (155) each of which is delimited by two mutually facing filtering septa (140, 145) interposed between a pair of containment plates (105), a movement apparatus adapted to move each pair of containment plates (105) between a closed configuration and an open configuration, an inlet hydraulic circuit of the liquid to be filtered, an outlet hydraulic circuit of the filtered liquid, and a washing robot (400) adapted to wash the filtering septa (140, 145) that delimit each filtration chamber (155), wherein said washing robot (400) comprises: a trolley (405) adapted to move along a longitudinal direction (A) with respect to the containment plates (105), a bar (445) installed on the trolley (405) and movable relative thereto in a transverse direction with respect to the longitudinal direction (A), and a plurality of nozzles (450) installed on said bar (445) to dispense jets of a washing liquid toward said filtering septa (140, 145), the fType: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2022Publication date: March 7, 2024Inventors: Andrea BASSI, Davide COLLINI, Roberto DARDI -
Patent number: 11346719Abstract: A Fourier-transform hyperspectral imaging system may include an optical imaging system configured to produce an image of an object, and an adjustable birefringent common-path interferometer module comprising a movable birefringent element and configured to produce interfering replicas of an input radiation which are delayed from each other by a phase delay adjustable by the moving birefringent element. The interferometer module may be configured to produce collinear replicas for entering optical rays parallel to said optical axis. The hyperspectral imaging system further comprises a two-dimensional light detector configured to receive the replicas and provide digital images of the object depending on said adjustable phase delay. The system also includes an analysis device configured to perform a Fourier Transform of the digital images to obtain a hyperspectral representation of the object.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2019Date of Patent: May 31, 2022Assignees: POLITECNICO DI MILANO, CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHEInventors: Cristian Angelo Manzoni, Giulio Cerullo, Dario Polli, Antonio Perri, Fabrizio Preda, Gianluca Valentini, Andrea Bassi
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Publication number: 20220098970Abstract: Monitoring system for a well stream from at least one hydrocarbon well with seawater injection, wherein the monitoring system is connectable to a well stream sample point for receiving a sample of the well stream, wherein the monitoring system comprises a sample receiving system, a sample preparation system and an analysing system;—wherein the sample receiving system comprises:—a fluid conduit connectable for fluid communication with the well stream sample point and—a separator for separating a water fraction from a well stream sample;—wherein the sample preparation system comprises a filter for filtering the separated water fraction; and—wherein the analysing system comprises an x-ray fluorescence analyser for measurement of the concentration of at least one of the following dissolved elements Fe, Ba, Ca, S, Cl, P, Cu, Zn, Pb, Br or scale inhibitor tracers in the filtered water sample; wherein the monitoring system comprises at least one of the following pressure control and measurement systems: a first a prType: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2020Publication date: March 31, 2022Inventors: Salim DESHMUKH, Geir VINGELVEN, René MIKKELSEN, Andrea BASSI
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Patent number: 11285699Abstract: The manufactured product for covering surfaces comprises a first decorative layer having a visible face and a laying face opposite to the visible face, the laying face being adapted to be turned towards a laying surface to be covered, and a second layer arranged on the laying face of the first layer and made of a magnetic material or a metal material.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2016Date of Patent: March 29, 2022Assignee: Bassi Group International S.r.l.Inventor: Andrea Bassi
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Publication number: 20210181022Abstract: A Fourier-transform hyperspectral imaging system may include an optical imaging system configured to produce an image of an object, and an adjustable birefringent common-path interferometer module comprising a movable birefringent element and configured to produce interfering replicas of an input radiation which are delayed from each other by a phase delay adjustable by the moving birefringent element. The interferometer module may be configured to produce collinear replicas for entering optical rays parallel to said optical axis. The hyperspectral imaging system further comprises a two-dimensional light detector configured to receive the replicas and provide digital images of the object depending on said adjustable phase delay. The system also includes an analysis device configured to perform a Fourier Transform of the digital images to obtain a hyperspectral representation of the object.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2019Publication date: June 17, 2021Applicants: POLITECNICO DI MILANO, CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHEInventors: Cristian Angelo MANZONI, Giulio CERULLO, Dario POLLI, Antonio PERRI, Fabrizio PREDA, Gianluca VALENTINI, Andrea BASSI
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Patent number: 10520425Abstract: An integrated optofluidic device to illuminate, along an irradiation direction, a fluidic sample containing an object to be analysed, the device comprising: a substrate comprising an entry surface and being made of a material transparent to a light beam incident through the entry surface along the irradiation direction; a microfluidic channel formed in the substrate and having a channel portion intercepting the irradiation direction and extending along a longitudinal axis transverse to the irradiation direction, the microfluidic channel comprising a first flow inlet port for loading a fluidic sample therein, and an elongated lens cavity for an optofluidic cylindrical lens, the cavity being formed in the substrate and being arranged along the beam irradiation direction between the entry surface and the microfluidic channel, wherein the lens cavity is in fluid communication with a lens inlet port for loading a lens fluid.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2016Date of Patent: December 31, 2019Assignees: POLITECNICO DI MILANO, CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHE-CNRInventors: Andrea Bassi, Petra Paiè, Roberto Osellame, Francesca Bragheri
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Patent number: 10437038Abstract: The invention is directed to a method for creating an optical tomogram, which comprises the steps providing an optical microscope, arranging a sample (1) in the optical coverage region of a lens (5) of the microscope, setting the focus of the lens to a particular focal plane (2), recording an image of the sample through the microscope, rotating the sample through an angle ?, optionally displacing the sample along the longitudinal axis (z) of the lens (5) and/or perpendicular to the plane of the previously recorded image (9) and continuing the method with step d) until a predetermined number of section images (9) of the sample (1) have been recorded, wherein the sample (1) is displaced along the longitudinal axis (z) of the lens (5) and/or perpendicular to the plane of the previously recorded image (9), in accordance with step f), at least once during a rotation of the sample through 360°.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2015Date of Patent: October 8, 2019Assignee: MAX-PLANCK-GESELLESCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER WISSENSCHAFTEN E.V.Inventors: Andrea Bassi, Jan Huisken, Benjamin Schmid
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Publication number: 20180275045Abstract: An integrated optofluidic device to illuminate, along an irradiation direction, a fluidic sample containing an object to be analysed, the device comprising: a substrate comprising an entry surface and being made of a material transparent to a light beam incident through the entry surface along the irradiation direction; a microfluidic channel formed in the substrate and having a channel portion intercepting the irradiation direction and extending along a longitudinal axis transverse to the irradiation direction, the microfluidic channel comprising a first flow inlet port for loading a fluidic sample therein, and an elongated lens cavity for an optofluidic cylindrical lens, the cavity being formed in the substrate and being arranged along the beam irradiation direction between the entry surface and the microfluidic channel, wherein the lens cavity is in fluid communication with a lens inlet port for loading a lens fluid.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2016Publication date: September 27, 2018Applicants: POLITECNICO DI MILANO, CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHEInventors: Andrea Bassi, Petra Paiè, Roberto Osellame, Francesca Bragheri
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Publication number: 20180257340Abstract: The manufactured product for covering surfaces comprises a first decorative layer having a visible face and a laying face opposite to the visible face, the laying face being adapted to be turned towards a laying surface to be covered, and a second layer arranged on the laying face of the first layer and made of a magnetic material or a metal material.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2016Publication date: September 13, 2018Inventor: Andrea Bassi
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Publication number: 20180031818Abstract: The invention is directed to a method for creating an optical tomogram, which comprises the steps providing an optical microscope, arranging a sample (1) in the optical coverage region of a lens (5) of the microscope, setting the focus of the lens to a particular focal plane (2), recording an image of the sample through the microscope, rotating the sample through an angle ?, optionally displacing the sample along the longitudinal axis (z) of the lens (5) and/or perpendicular to the plane of the previously recorded image (9) and continuing the method with step d) until a predetermined number of section images (9) of the sample (1) have been recorded, wherein the sample (1) is displaced along the longitudinal axis (z) of the lens (5) and/or perpendicular to the plane of the previously recorded image (9), in accordance with step f), at least once during a rotation of the sample through 360°.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2015Publication date: February 1, 2018Inventors: Andrea BASSI, Jan HUISKEN, Benjamin SCHMID
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Patent number: 8161852Abstract: A rotary centering device for the transfer of a bar from the guiding channel of a feeder to a lathe, comprising a supporting element and provided with at least one circular seat in which a grip element for a bar is supported, the grip element being constituted by a bush which has a tubular portion and a plurality of sectors connected to the tubular portion, elastic elements being provided which act on the bush and are designed to control its axial movement between a first stop position, in which the sectors define a circular opening whose diameter is the same as that of the bar, and a second position, in which the sectors are moved until they form an opening to allow the passage of the bar pusher.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2009Date of Patent: April 24, 2012Assignee: Imeca Giuliani Macchine Italia S.p.A.Inventors: Maurizio Casalini, Claudio Magnani, Pierantonio Melandri, Massimo Ragazzini, Andrea Bassi
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Publication number: 20110048184Abstract: A rotary centering device for the transfer of a bar from the guiding channel of a feeder to a lathe, comprising a supporting element and provided with at least one circular seat in which a grip element for a bar is supported, the grip element being constituted by a bush which has a tubular portion and a plurality of sectors connected to the tubular portion, elastic elements being provided which act on the bush and are designed to, control its axial movement between a first stop position, in which the sectors define a circular opening whose diameter is the same as that of the bar, and a second position, in which the sectors are moved until they form an opening to allow the passage of the bar pusher.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2009Publication date: March 3, 2011Inventors: Maurizio Casalini, Claudio Magnani, Pierantonio Melandri, Massimo Ragazzini, Andrea Bassi
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Publication number: 20110000348Abstract: A control and management method for lathes and loaders for lathes, comprising the steps of: detecting geometric parameters and mechanical characteristics of a bar to be turned; determining development of the critical frequencies of the bar upon a rotation thereof about the longitudinal axis as the rotation rate and length of the bar vary; starting turning of the bar, avoiding the combinations of mandrel rotation rate and bar length at which the rotation rate of the bar intersects the curves that represent the development of the critical frequencies.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2008Publication date: January 6, 2011Inventors: Pierantonio Melandri, Andrea Bassi, Claudio Magnani, Andrea Ghinassi, Francesco Turchetti, Luca Reali, Mauro Mirandola, Filippo Bandini, Maurizio Moretti, Vittorio Pestillo
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Patent number: 7848433Abstract: A system, method and computer-readable media are introduced that relate to data coding and decoding. A computing device encodes received data such as video data into a base layer of compressed video and an enhancement layer of compressed video. The computing device controls drift introduced into the base layer of the compressed video. The computing device, such as a scalable video coder, allows drift by predicting the base layer from the enhancement layer information. The amount of drift is managed to improve overall compression efficiency.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2005Date of Patent: December 7, 2010Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P.Inventors: Amy Ruth Reibman, Leon Bottou, Andrea Bassi