Patents by Inventor Paolo Vielmo

Paolo Vielmo 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: 11168811
    Abstract: A machine configured to repair a pipeline extending along a longitudinal axis determined in a body of water, the machine comprising: a frame configured to be clamped to the pipeline; an applicator configured to apply material along an outer surface of the pipeline and comprising a support body shaped as an open ring and configured to be arranged about the pipeline; and an actuating assembly, which is supported by the frame, is arranged between the frame and the applicator, has a distal end configured to support the applicator in a cantilevered fashion and in a rotatable manner, and is configured to displace the applicator along the longitudinal axis and/or to rotate the applicator about the longitudinal axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: SAIPEM S.P.A.
    Inventors: Alberto Serena, Diego Magri, Paolo Vielmo, Riccardo Mattarucco
  • Publication number: 20200063895
    Abstract: A machine configured to repair a pipeline extending along a longitudinal axis determined in a body of water, the machine comprising: a frame configured to be clamped to the pipeline; an applicator configured to apply material along an outer surface of the pipeline and comprising a support body shaped as an open ring and configured to be arranged about the pipeline; and an actuating assembly, which is supported by the frame, is arranged between the frame and the applicator, has a distal end configured to support the applicator in a cantilevered fashion and in a rotatable manner, and is configured to displace the applicator along the longitudinal axis and/or to rotate the applicator about the longitudinal axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2017
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventors: Alberto Serena, Diego Magri, Paolo Vielmo, Riccardo Mattarucco
  • Patent number: 9982801
    Abstract: A device configured to bury a conduit in the bed of a body of water has a digging module configured to dig a trench in the bed of the body of water; a manipulating module configured to feed conduit sections into the trench; and a push module configured to join the conduit sections inside the trench and move the device in a travelling direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: SAIPEM S.P.A.
    Inventor: Paolo Vielmo
  • Publication number: 20160003373
    Abstract: A device configured to bury a conduit in the bed of a body of water has a digging module configured to dig a trench in the bed of the body of water; a manipulating module configured to feed conduit sections into the trench; and a push module configured to join the conduit sections inside the trench and move the device in a travelling direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2014
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Inventor: Paolo Vielmo
  • Patent number: 9140382
    Abstract: A gripper for selectively gripping continuous elongated members can include a tubular supporting structure extending along a given axis and designed to surround a continuous elongated member. The gripper can also include at least two inflatable bags within the tubular structure and in the shape of complementary cylindrical sectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: SAIPEM S.p.A.
    Inventors: Alberto Fassetta, Paolo Vielmo
  • Publication number: 20120312220
    Abstract: A gripper for selectively gripping continuous elongated members can include a tubular supporting structure extending along a given axis and designed to surround a continuous elongated member. The gripper can also include at least two inflatable bags within the tubular structure and in the shape of complementary cylindrical sectors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2010
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Inventors: Alberto Fassetta, Paolo Vielmo
  • Patent number: 5772483
    Abstract: A single point mooring method, wherein a fixed structure is anchored to sea bed. A first member is connected to the fixed structure rotatably around a first axis and a second member is connected to the first member rotatably around a second axis perpendicular to the first axis. The tanker mooring line is connected to the second member rotatably, and a flexible pipeline for transferring fluid to or from the tanker is rotatably connected to the second member so as to compensate stress in the tanker mooring line caused by translational and rotational movements of the tanker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 30, 1998
    Assignee: Tecnomare S.p.A.
    Inventors: Paolo Vielmo, Vincenzo Di Tella
  • Patent number: 4974996
    Abstract: Device for the precision-positioning of bodies on fixed structures on the sea bottom in high-depth waters. The device comprises a fixed structure and an articulated structure. One end of the articulated structure is fastened to the body to be positioned, and the other end is engaged inside a reference seat of the fixed structure on the sea bottom. The precision-positioning of the body is carried out by linearly and/or angularly displacing the articulated structure with respect to the fixed structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 1990
    Date of Patent: December 4, 1990
    Assignee: Tecnomare SpA
    Inventors: Paolo Vielmo, Attilio Brighenti
  • Patent number: 4531063
    Abstract: A system for recovering wave energy and its conversion into mechanical and electrical energy, comprising a pickup member kept in a submerged position and one or more resilient lines (extensible flexible hoses) connected mechanically at one end to the pickup member and at the other end to an anchor fixed to the sea or lake bed. The interior of the resilient lines are in communication at one end with a gas-filled accumulator vessel and are blind at the other end, and are also filled with an incompressible fluid. One or more turbines and displacement engines convert the pressure and kinetic energy of the incompressible fluid into mechanical energy. The turbines are coupled to an electric generator for generating electrical energy utilizing the mechanical energy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 1982
    Date of Patent: July 23, 1985
    Inventors: Paolo Vielmo, Attilio Brighenti, Antonio Blandino Alamia
  • Patent number: 4482274
    Abstract: A floating platform used in exploiting subsea oil shoals and a method for installing the platform which comprises a platform structure and an array of vertical tubular anchoring lines connected to the uprights of the platform and to anchoring blocks lying on the sea bottom, the tube sections which form the anchoring lines being connected together in sequential order by welding to make up a solid entity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 1981
    Date of Patent: November 13, 1984
    Assignee: Tecnomare, S.p.A.
    Inventors: Roberto Brandi, Giovanni Bucaneve, Antonio Della Greca, Gaetano Sebastiani, Francesco Toffano, Paolo Vielmo
  • Patent number: 4195426
    Abstract: In a self-propelled, remotely controlled vehicle adapted to operate on the sea bottom for extracting ores therefrom, a V-shaped tubular structure has at its apexes a system of crawlers for moving the structure on the sea bottom. Underneath each side of the V-shaped structure, a scraping system is operative and its long axis is perpendicular to the corresponding side of the V-shaped structure. Tubular conveying systems for elevating the ore to the surface are provided. The V-shaped structure is collapsible by means of hydraulic actuators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 1978
    Date of Patent: April 1, 1980
    Assignee: Tecnomare, S.P.A.
    Inventors: Valeriano Banzoli, Vincenzo Di Tella, Paolo Vielmo