Patents by Inventor Michael Joseph Ottomanelli

Michael Joseph Ottomanelli 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: 10458588
    Abstract: A hydrocarbon fluid pipeline may include pipeline segments connected together in end-to-end relation between first and second spaced apart geographic locations and configured to carry hydrocarbon fluid therethrough. The hydrocarbon fluid pipeline may also include a radio frequency (RF) heating station that may include an RF source and an RF heater between adjacent pipeline segments of the plurality thereof. The RF heater may include an inner tubular dielectric coupler between the adjacent pipeline segments, and an electrically conductive outer housing surrounding the inner tubular dielectric coupler and connected to the RF source to heat the hydrocarbon fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: HARRIS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mark Ernest Blue, Ronald Edward Jackson, Jr., Michael Joseph Ottomanelli, Donald S. George
  • Publication number: 20160040817
    Abstract: A hydrocarbon fluid pipeline may include pipeline segments connected together in end-to-end relation between first and second spaced apart geographic locations and configured to carry hydrocarbon fluid therethrough. The hydrocarbon fluid pipeline may also include a radio frequency (RF) heating station that may include an RF source and an RF heater between adjacent pipeline segments of the plurality thereof. The RF heater may include an inner tubular dielectric coupler between the adjacent pipeline segments, and an electrically conductive outer housing surrounding the inner tubular dielectric coupler and connected to the RF source to heat the hydrocarbon fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2015
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventors: MARK ERNEST BLUE, RONALD EDWARD JACKSON, JR., MICHAEL JOSEPH OTTOMANELLI, DONALD S. GEORGE
  • Patent number: 9198234
    Abstract: A hydrocarbon fluid pipeline may include pipeline segments connected together in end-to-end relation between first and second spaced apart geographic locations and configured to carry hydrocarbon fluid therethrough. The hydrocarbon fluid pipeline may also include a radio frequency (RF) heating station that may include an RF source and an RF heater between adjacent pipeline segments of the plurality thereof. The RF heater may include an inner tubular dielectric coupler between the adjacent pipeline segments, and an electrically conductive outer housing surrounding the inner tubular dielectric coupler and connected to the RF source to heat the hydrocarbon fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: HARRIS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mark Ernest Blue, Ronald Edward Jackson, Jr., Michael Joseph Ottomanelli, Donald S. George
  • Publication number: 20130233429
    Abstract: A hydrocarbon fluid pipeline may include pipeline segments connected together in end-to-end relation between first and second spaced apart geographic locations and configured to carry hydrocarbon fluid therethrough. The hydrocarbon fluid pipeline may also include a radio frequency (RF) heating station that may include an RF source and an RF heater between adjacent pipeline segments of the plurality thereof. The RF heater may include an inner tubular dielectric coupler between the adjacent pipeline segments, and an electrically conductive outer housing surrounding the inner tubular dielectric coupler and connected to the RF source to heat the hydrocarbon fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2012
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Applicant: Harris Corporation
    Inventors: Mark Ernest Blue, Ronald Edward Jackson, JR., Michael Joseph Ottomanelli, Donald S. George