Patents by Inventor Olivier FRESNET

Olivier FRESNET 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).

  • Supporting system for a floating vessel in shallow or very shallow water
    Patent number: 10850813
    Abstract: A supporting system for a floating unit in shallow water exerts controlled stresses on the floating unit hull and includes supporting structure for the hull. An extendable supporting device operatively connects to the supporting structure and is suitable to support a predetermined weight of the floating unit and load when entirely supported by the extendable supporting device and when the extendable supporting device rests on a bed of a water body. An actuator device connects to the supporting structure and operatively connects to the extendable supporting device for extension or contraction. A control device operatively connects to the actuator device to control the extraction or contraction movement of the extendable supporting device. The system includes at least one hull stress monitoring device operatively connected to the control device. A device to monitor the stress, or load, on the extendable supporting device operatively connects to the control device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: SAIPEM S.p.A.
    Inventors: Alberto Serena, Diego Lazzarin, Olivier Fresnet
  • SUPPORTING SYSTEM FOR A FLOATING UNIT IN SHALLOW OR VERY SHALLOW WATER
    Publication number: 20180001976
    Abstract: A supporting system for a floating unit in shallow water exerts controlled stresses on the floating unit hull and includes supporting structure for the hull. An extendable supporting device operatively connects to the supporting structure and is suitable to support a predetermined weight of the floating unit and load when entirely supported by the extendable supporting device and when the extendable supporting device rests on a bed of a water body. An actuator device connects to the supporting structure and operatively connects to the extendable supporting device for extension or contraction. A control device operatively connects to the actuator device to control the extraction or contraction movement of the extendable supporting device. The system includes at least one hull stress monitoring device operatively connected to the control device. A device to monitor the stress, or load, on the extendable supporting device operatively connects to the control device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2016
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Inventors: Alberto SERENA, Diego LAZZARIN, Olivier FRESNET