Patents by Inventor Edoardo Rolla

Edoardo Rolla 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).

  • Method and kit for transferring pipes from a carrier vessel to an underwater-pipeline laying vessel
    Patent number: 9387998
    Abstract: A method of transferring pipes from a carrier vessel to a laying vessel includes gripping the pipes in the hold of the carrier vessel and releasing the pipes, in a given position, inside a transfer station on the carrier vessel by means of a manipulator mounted on the carrier vessel. The method also includes guiding a gripping device, connected to a crane, into said given position at the transfer station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: SAIPEM S.p.A.
    Inventors: Kimon Ardavanis, Edoardo Rolla
  • Multipurpose deepwater vessel
    Patent number: 8888409
    Abstract: A multipurpose deepwater vessel equipped with a floating structure having a bow, a stern, a weather deck, a first board, and a second board; a J-lay tower hinged to the floating structure along the second board, and movable about a first axis into a number of work positions to join pipe assemblies into an underwater pipeline, and to lay an underwater pipeline; a heavy-duty crane connected at the bow to the floating structure to rotate about a second axis, and having a boom defining an operating range within which the J-lay tower is located in any one of its work positions; and a preassembly line, below the weather deck, for joining pipes into pipe assemblies for supply to the J-lay tower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Saipem S.p.A.
    Inventors: Kimon Ardavanis, Luca Canepa, Edoardo Rolla
  • Method and Kit for Transferring Pipes from a Carrier Vessel to an Underwater-Pipeline Laying Vessel
    Publication number: 20130272821
    Abstract: A method of transferring pipes from a carrier vessel to a laying vessel includes gripping the pipes in the hold of the carrier vessel and releasing the pipes, in a given position, inside a transfer station on the carrier vessel by means of a manipulator mounted on the carrier vessel. The method also includes guiding a gripping device, connected to a crane, into said given position at the transfer station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2010
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Applicant: SAIPEM S.p.A.
    Inventors: Kimon Ardavanis, Edoardo Rolla
  • Multipurpose Deepwater Vessel
    Publication number: 20120266797
    Abstract: A multipurpose deepwater vessel equipped with a floating structure having a bow, a stern, a weather deck, a first board, and a second board; a J-lay tower hinged to the floating structure along the second board, and movable about a first axis into a number of work positions to join pipe assemblies into an underwater pipeline, and to lay an underwater pipeline; a heavy-duty crane connected at the bow to the floating structure to rotate about a second axis, and having a boom defining an operating range within which the J-lay tower is located in any one of its work positions; and a preassembly line, below the weather deck, for joining pipes into pipe assemblies for supply to the J-lay tower.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2010
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Applicant: SAIPEM S.p.A.
    Inventors: Kimon Ardavanis, Luca Canepa, Edoardo Rolla