Patents by Inventor Massimiliano Formenti

Massimiliano Formenti 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: 9970174
    Abstract: A silencer for silencing the driving of piles into the bed of a body of water is configured to fit around a pile, and has a first tube; a second tube inserted inside and spaced apart from the first tube, both the first and second tube being longer than the depth of the bed of the body of water on which they are to rest; and a bottom wall, which is joined hermetically to respective ends of the first and second tube to form a gap between the first and second tube, and is configured to rest on the bed of the body of water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: SAIPEM S.P.A.
    Inventors: Massimiliano Formenti, Nicola Bassetto
  • Patent number: 9523181
    Abstract: A digging machine configured to bury a continuous elongated member in the bed of a body of water has a frame extending along a longitudinal axis; a guide assembly fitted to the frame to move crosswise to the longitudinal axis, and configured to engage and move along the continuous elongated member; and a control device configured to adjust the position of the guide assembly with respect to the frame and the continuous elongated member according to the conformation of the continuous elongated member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: SAIPEM S.P.A.
    Inventors: Massimiliano Formenti, Alberto Serena, Mauro Bettanin
  • Publication number: 20160244934
    Abstract: A silencer for silencing the driving of piles into the bed of a body of water is configured to fit around a pile, and has a first tube; a second tube inserted inside and spaced apart from the first tube, both the first and second tube being longer than the depth of the bed of the body of water on which they are to rest; and a bottom wall, which is joined hermetically to respective ends of the first and second tube to form a gap between the first and second tube, and is configured to rest on the bed of the body of water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2014
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Inventors: Massimiliano Formenti, Nicola Bassetto
  • Publication number: 20160083928
    Abstract: A digging machine configured to bury a continuous elongated member in the bed of a body of water has a frame extending along a longitudinal axis; a guide assembly fitted to the frame to move crosswise to the longitudinal axis, and configured to engage and move along the continuous elongated member; and a control device configured to adjust the position of the guide assembly with respect to the frame and the continuous elongated member according to the conformation of the continuous elongated member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2014
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Inventors: Massimiliano Formenti, Alberto Serena, Mauro Bettanin
  • Patent number: 8834068
    Abstract: A device includes a digging device to cut the seafloor and with a device for hooking onto a pipeline and for sliding over the same. The device includes at least one float device constrainable to the pipeline for supporting it in span, connected to the back of said digging device with respect to the direction of the movement. The method includes excavating the seafloor by a digging device, collecting a float device from a storage base and transporting it to said pipeline, constraining the first float device to the pipeline behind the digging device and connecting the first float device to the digging device, when at least one portion of pipeline is in a suspended configuration, and when the portion of suspended pipeline increases, collecting a subsequent float device and constraining it to the pipeline and connecting the same to the float device previously constrained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: SAIPEM S.p.A.
    Inventors: Diego Lazzarin, Massimiliano Formenti
  • Publication number: 20120114420
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a group and a method for laying and burying pipelines at the seafloor, wherein the laying and burying group according to the present invention comprises a digging device (11) provided with at least means for cutting the seafloor (20) and with means for hooking onto a pipeline (15) and for sliding over the same, and is characterized in that it comprises at least one float device (14) constrainable to the pipeline (15) for supporting it (15) in span, connected to the back of said digging device (11) with respect to the direction of the movement thereof (11).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2010
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Applicant: SAIPEM S.p.A.
    Inventors: Diego Lazzarin, Massimiliano Formenti