Patents by Inventor Michele Vinciguerra

Michele Vinciguerra 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).

  • Laying of conduit at sea using horizontal reels
    Patent number: 9249900
    Abstract: A method of laying conduit at sea from a reel vessel includes the steps of laying conduit, for example pipeline or umbilical, from a first reel which rotates about a first substantially vertical axis. Conduit is laid from a second reel of conduit rotating about a second substantially vertical axis spaced apart from the first axis. A portion of the route travelled by the conduit during the step of laying conduit from the first reel of conduit is substantially the same as a portion of the route travelled by the conduit during the step of laying conduit from the second reel of conduit, for example, the conduit from the second reel may pass around a part of the periphery of the first reel and then follow substantially the same path as previously travelled by the conduit laid from the first reel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: Saipem S.p.A.
    Inventors: Kimon Tullio Ardavanis, Michele Vinciguerra, Dario Donelli
  • LAYING OF CONDUIT AT SEA USING HORIZONTAL REELS
    Publication number: 20150139736
    Abstract: A method of laying conduit at sea from a reel vessel includes the steps of laying conduit, for example pipeline or umbilical, from a first reel which rotates about a first substantially vertical axis. Conduit is laid from a second reel of conduit rotating about a second substantially vertical axis spaced apart from the first axis. A portion of the route travelled by the conduit during the step of laying conduit from the first reel of conduit is substantially the same as a portion of the route travelled by the conduit during the step of laying conduit from the second reel of conduit, for example, the conduit from the second reel may pass around a part of the periphery of the first reel and then follow substantially the same path as previously travelled by the conduit laid from the first reel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2012
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Applicant: SAIPEM S.p.A.
    Inventors: Kimon Tullio Ardavanis, Michele Vinciguerra, Dario Donelli