Patents by Inventor Marco RAPONE

Marco RAPONE 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).

  • Real-time cathodic protection integrity monitoring sensor, system and method
    Patent number: 11377746
    Abstract: A sensor (4) for monitoring cathodic protection (CP) levels, i.e. cathodic protection potential and current capacity, the sensor being arranged to perform measurements of galvanic current and polarized potential between, on one hand, a reference object and, on the other hand, one of: i) a sacrificial anode (2) and ii) a protected component (1). The sensor comprises a reference electrode (5) in electrical and electrochemical contact with a metal sensing element (6) which has a defined surface area (6?) exposed to an electrolyte, the sensing element electrically coupled to one of the sacrificial anode (2) or the protected component (1) via a resistor (15) and a switch (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Vetco Gray Scandinavia AS
    Inventors: Lars Artun, Mariano Iannuzzi, Marco Rapone
  • REAL-TIME CATHODIC PROTECTION INTEGRITY MONITORING SENSOR, SYSTEM AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20200017977
    Abstract: A sensor (4) for monitoring cathodic protection (CP) levels, i.e. cathodic protection potential and current capacity, the sensor being arranged to perform measurements of galvanic current and polarized potential between, on one hand, a reference object and, on the other hand, one of: i) a sacrificial anode (2) and ii) a protected component (1). The sensor comprises a reference electrode (5) in electrical and electrochemical contact with a metal sensing element (6) which has a defined surface area (6?) exposed to an electrolyte, the sensing element electrically coupled to one of the sacrificial anode (2) or the protected component (1) via a resistor (15) and a switch (12).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2017
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Inventors: Lars ARTUN, Mariano IANNUZZI, Marco RAPONE